The best photography from around the region this week: September 27, 2012

A Free Syrian Army soldier holds up a statue of the late Syrian president Hafez Assad which is attached to a shoe, at the old city of Aleppo city in Syria. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

A soldier stands guard at an armed militia base the army stormed with pro-government demonstrators in Benghazi, Libya. Asmaa Waguih / Reuters

An Afghan man smokes a cigarette in a tea house at dawn in Kabul, Afghanistan. Roberto Schmidt / AFP

Palestinian children light candles to show solidarity with the Syrian people during a vigil in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. Ali Ali / EPA

Pakistani protesters topple a shipping container police used to block the road to the US consulate in Lahore, Pakistan. KM Chaudary / AP Photo

Dust rises from the ground during an operation in which US soldiers detonate charges fired by a rocket and trigger during a dawn operation at Naja-bien village in Afghanistan. Tony Karumba / AFP

An Afghan villager rides a donkey on a dusty road in the Zadyan district of Balkh province, Afghanistan. Qais Usyan / AFP

A wounded Pakistani man is helped by others during clashes with riot police that erupted as protestors tried to approach the US embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo

A Syrian man looks at his mobile phone in the Bustan Al Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo in Syria. Manu Brabo / AP Photo

A Lebanese girl holds a copy of the Quran as she attends a protest against a film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo

A woman looks at graffiti with the Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's face on a playing card along Mohamed Mahmoud street near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Amr Abdallah / Reuters

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