• The deserted Corniche Beirut seaside promenade during lockdown against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    The deserted Corniche Beirut seaside promenade during lockdown against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • The Great pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) seen through the scaffolding on the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which is currently under construction, in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo. AFP
    The Great pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) seen through the scaffolding on the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which is currently under construction, in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo. AFP
  • A zoo keeper walks at the deserted Al Zawraa park closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    A zoo keeper walks at the deserted Al Zawraa park closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • An expatriated worker wears a mask while working at a factory in Salmabad village south of the Bahraini capital Manama. AFP
    An expatriated worker wears a mask while working at a factory in Salmabad village south of the Bahraini capital Manama. AFP
  • Indian nationals are pictured outside a school that was turned into a centre to receive residency violators wishing to avail an amnesty Kuwait announced for April, in Kuwait City. AFP
    Indian nationals are pictured outside a school that was turned into a centre to receive residency violators wishing to avail an amnesty Kuwait announced for April, in Kuwait City. AFP
  • The Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon Wang Kejian (centre) sits next to Lebanon's Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan (left) during a ceremony delivering China's aid and medical equipment to Lebanon at Rafiq Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    The Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon Wang Kejian (centre) sits next to Lebanon's Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan (left) during a ceremony delivering China's aid and medical equipment to Lebanon at Rafiq Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • A Libyan man stands at the site of shelling on the residential area of Arada in the capital Tripoli. AFP
    A Libyan man stands at the site of shelling on the residential area of Arada in the capital Tripoli. AFP
  • Yemenis collect empty cooking gas cylinders for resupplying them at a petrol station, at a neighbourhood in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    Yemenis collect empty cooking gas cylinders for resupplying them at a petrol station, at a neighbourhood in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • A Syrian woman mourns over the tombstone of a relative's grave, following her return to the rebel-held town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province. AFP
    A Syrian woman mourns over the tombstone of a relative's grave, following her return to the rebel-held town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province. AFP
  • A Palestinian boy gestures as he wears a costume, sewed by his mother, representing the microscopic view of the coronavirus amid concerns about the spread of the disease, at his family house in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A Palestinian boy gestures as he wears a costume, sewed by his mother, representing the microscopic view of the coronavirus amid concerns about the spread of the disease, at his family house in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • A Palestinian child poses with a makeshift mask made of cabbage in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2020 amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / MOHAMMED ABED
    A Palestinian child poses with a makeshift mask made of cabbage in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2020 amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / MOHAMMED ABED

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for April 16, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the Middle East and North Africa in the past 24 hours

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April 16, 2020

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