• People play volleyball on the beach as the Pink Moon rises in the sky over the Salmiya district in Kuwait. AFP
    People play volleyball on the beach as the Pink Moon rises in the sky over the Salmiya district in Kuwait. AFP
  • Paramedics carry an injured Palestinian protester during clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza City. AFP
    Paramedics carry an injured Palestinian protester during clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza City. AFP
  • A protester carries tyres to burn during clashes in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    A protester carries tyres to burn during clashes in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • The mother of a Palestinian accused of killing a young Israeli woman, stands inside the damaged family home in West Bank town of Hebron. AFP
    The mother of a Palestinian accused of killing a young Israeli woman, stands inside the damaged family home in West Bank town of Hebron. AFP
  • A barber waits for customers inside a shop decorated with posters of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    A barber waits for customers inside a shop decorated with posters of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
  • A shooting target is placed behind a door during the 11th annual warrior Competition in Amman, Jordan. EPA
    A shooting target is placed behind a door during the 11th annual warrior Competition in Amman, Jordan. EPA
  • A man shows his ink-stained finger at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    A man shows his ink-stained finger at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Algerians wave a giant national flag during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers. AFP
    Algerians wave a giant national flag during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers. AFP
  • Worshippers utter religious chants at the Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. AFP
    Worshippers utter religious chants at the Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. AFP

The Middle East framed - regional photography for April 20, 2019

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