• The golden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned between 1342-1325 BC) as it lies for restoration at the restoration lab of the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo. AFP
    The golden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned between 1342-1325 BC) as it lies for restoration at the restoration lab of the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo. AFP
  • Palestinians walk in an empty street inside Al-Tujjar caravanserai in the West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
    Palestinians walk in an empty street inside Al-Tujjar caravanserai in the West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
  • Tailors, who are members of a civil sewing workshop, make masks and overalls for protection from the Coronavirus, in Damascus, Syria. EPA
    Tailors, who are members of a civil sewing workshop, make masks and overalls for protection from the Coronavirus, in Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • Palestinian artists Hammam Mosallam (left) and Yussef Abu Zerr (right) apply facepaint on a mask and a child's face at their home workshop in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as part of a joint project aimed at raising awareness about the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
    Palestinian artists Hammam Mosallam (left) and Yussef Abu Zerr (right) apply facepaint on a mask and a child's face at their home workshop in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as part of a joint project aimed at raising awareness about the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
  • A soldier stands guard in a nearly empty street during a curfew to help fight the spread of the coronavirus, in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
    A soldier stands guard in a nearly empty street during a curfew to help fight the spread of the coronavirus, in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
  • Members of the Iraqi civil defence disinfect the mausoleum of Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan in Baghdad's Sunni Muslim district of Aadhamiya. AFP
    Members of the Iraqi civil defence disinfect the mausoleum of Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan in Baghdad's Sunni Muslim district of Aadhamiya. AFP
  • Iranians wearing protective mask walk past graffiti on a wall in Tehran. AFP
    Iranians wearing protective mask walk past graffiti on a wall in Tehran. AFP
  • An aerial view of the performance of dancer Su Sevda Uzun from a terrace of her friend's home while she is accompanied by musicians Hakan Kaya and Alper Kalayciklioglu which they organise regularly for their neighbours in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
    An aerial view of the performance of dancer Su Sevda Uzun from a terrace of her friend's home while she is accompanied by musicians Hakan Kaya and Alper Kalayciklioglu which they organise regularly for their neighbours in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
  • Yemeni children gather to get free food rations from a charity group in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    Yemeni children gather to get free food rations from a charity group in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • A supporter of Christian right-wing phalange party light candles with a sentence that reads in Arabic: 'with our steadfastness and struggle Lebanon stayed alive,' to mark the 45th anniversary of Lebanon's civil war on April 13, 1975 at Martyr's square in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    A supporter of Christian right-wing phalange party light candles with a sentence that reads in Arabic: 'with our steadfastness and struggle Lebanon stayed alive,' to mark the 45th anniversary of Lebanon's civil war on April 13, 1975 at Martyr's square in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Clothing factory CEO Khouloud Guesmi, right, checks a face mask in her factory in Le Bardo, outside Tunis. AP Photo
    Clothing factory CEO Khouloud Guesmi, right, checks a face mask in her factory in Le Bardo, outside Tunis. AP Photo
  • Masked customers and employees are seen at supermarket in Amman, Jordan. EPA
    Masked customers and employees are seen at supermarket in Amman, Jordan. EPA
  • Egyptian clown Ahmed Naser wears a face mask and helps children to put on face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Darb Al-Ban district, Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Egyptian clown Ahmed Naser wears a face mask and helps children to put on face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Darb Al-Ban district, Cairo, Egypt. EPA

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for April 14, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the region in the past 24 hours

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April 14, 2020

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