• A Yemeni man walks in front of a shop at a market in the capital Sanaa's old quarter. AFP
    A Yemeni man walks in front of a shop at a market in the capital Sanaa's old quarter. AFP
  • Lightning strikes the liberation tower in Kuwait City during a thunder storm. AFP
    Lightning strikes the liberation tower in Kuwait City during a thunder storm. AFP
  • Algerians march during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on April 5, 2019. Algerians were gathered today for the first mass protests since the resignation of ailing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a key test of whether the momentum for reform can be maintained. AFP
    Algerians march during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on April 5, 2019. Algerians were gathered today for the first mass protests since the resignation of ailing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a key test of whether the momentum for reform can be maintained. AFP
  • Supporters of Morocco's al-Hirak al-Shaabi movement hold placards and shout slogans calling for the release of the movement's members outside the Casablanca. AFP
    Supporters of Morocco's al-Hirak al-Shaabi movement hold placards and shout slogans calling for the release of the movement's members outside the Casablanca. AFP
  • A worker walks through a new groundwater lowering project at the Osirion, behind Temple of Seti I, Abydos archeological site, Sohag, Egypt. Reuters
    A worker walks through a new groundwater lowering project at the Osirion, behind Temple of Seti I, Abydos archeological site, Sohag, Egypt. Reuters
  • A visitor uses her phone to take a picture inside the New Kingdom period (16th-11th centuries BC) Temple of Seti I, while touring in the archaeological site of Abydos near Egypt's southern city of Sohag, about 540 kilometres from the capital Cairo. AFP
    A visitor uses her phone to take a picture inside the New Kingdom period (16th-11th centuries BC) Temple of Seti I, while touring in the archaeological site of Abydos near Egypt's southern city of Sohag, about 540 kilometres from the capital Cairo. AFP
  • A Syrian girl herds her livestock near a garbage dump at the entrance of Joubb Jannine, in Lebanon's west Bekaa valley. AFP
    A Syrian girl herds her livestock near a garbage dump at the entrance of Joubb Jannine, in Lebanon's west Bekaa valley. AFP
  • Revellers take part in a colour festival in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. AFP
    Revellers take part in a colour festival in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. AFP
  • Palestinians hold a huge Palestine flag during a parade at the first Jericho Carnival 2019 in the West Bank City of Jericho. EPA
    Palestinians hold a huge Palestine flag during a parade at the first Jericho Carnival 2019 in the West Bank City of Jericho. EPA
  • A Palestinian protester tries to help a wounded comrade who appears to be seriously injured, after he was allegedly shot by Israeli sniper, during the clashes after Friday protests near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
    A Palestinian protester tries to help a wounded comrade who appears to be seriously injured, after he was allegedly shot by Israeli sniper, during the clashes after Friday protests near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Palestinian bride Shayma Al-Huwaity, 20, is seen near her family house that was damaged recently in an Israeli air strike on a nearby Hamas site, on her wedding day in Gaza City. REUTERS
    Palestinian bride Shayma Al-Huwaity, 20, is seen near her family house that was damaged recently in an Israeli air strike on a nearby Hamas site, on her wedding day in Gaza City. REUTERS
  • Airport employees wave to the last plane from Ataturk airport on April 06, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. Ataturk Airport was opened in 1953 and was the first international airport in Istanbul. It was named after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey. Getty Images
    Airport employees wave to the last plane from Ataturk airport on April 06, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. Ataturk Airport was opened in 1953 and was the first international airport in Istanbul. It was named after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey. Getty Images

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for April 6, 2019

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April 06, 2019

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