• A Palestinian baker puts the final touches on coronavirus-themed cakes at his bakery in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    A Palestinian baker puts the final touches on coronavirus-themed cakes at his bakery in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Palestinian youths from Gaza's Free Parkour team practice their skills next to the beach in Gaza City. EPA
    Palestinian youths from Gaza's Free Parkour team practice their skills next to the beach in Gaza City. EPA
  • People sit near shops that are closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus at a nearly empty market in the eastern suburb of Baghdad. AP Photo
    People sit near shops that are closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus at a nearly empty market in the eastern suburb of Baghdad. AP Photo
  • An Iraqi woman wearing a mask walks in an empty street in Baghdad. AFP
    An Iraqi woman wearing a mask walks in an empty street in Baghdad. AFP
  • A Palestinian works inside a greenhouse of flowers near the West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
    A Palestinian works inside a greenhouse of flowers near the West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
  • Vendors and farmers at Amman Central fruits and vegetable market, Amman, Jordan. EPA
    Vendors and farmers at Amman Central fruits and vegetable market, Amman, Jordan. EPA
  • View of nearly deserted 6th October Bridge in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    View of nearly deserted 6th October Bridge in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • King Mohammed VI meets officials at the palace in Casablanca. Wearing face masks in public is now obligatory in Morocco. AFP
    King Mohammed VI meets officials at the palace in Casablanca. Wearing face masks in public is now obligatory in Morocco. AFP
  • Shops are closed in the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
    Shops are closed in the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
  • A man inspects the wreckage of a car outside the Khadra General Hospital in Tripoli. AFP
    A man inspects the wreckage of a car outside the Khadra General Hospital in Tripoli. AFP
  • Yemenis walk through a market in the old quarter of Sanaa. EPA
    Yemenis walk through a market in the old quarter of Sanaa. EPA
  • Lebanese Artist Hayat Nazer paints on the roof of her family's apartment in Tripoli. AFP
    Lebanese Artist Hayat Nazer paints on the roof of her family's apartment in Tripoli. AFP
  • Algerian volunteers prepare personal protection equipment in the capital Algiers. AFP
    Algerian volunteers prepare personal protection equipment in the capital Algiers. AFP
  • A colleague records a lesson in an empty classroom by geography teacher Danielle Dbeis, to be broadcast for distance learning, amid the coronavirus pandemic,in the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Idlib. AFP
    A colleague records a lesson in an empty classroom by geography teacher Danielle Dbeis, to be broadcast for distance learning, amid the coronavirus pandemic,in the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Idlib. AFP
  • Volunteers perform a puppet show for children in a camp for displaced Syriansn the village of Kafr Yahmul, north of the Syrian city of Idlib. AFP
    Volunteers perform a puppet show for children in a camp for displaced Syriansn the village of Kafr Yahmul, north of the Syrian city of Idlib. AFP
  • People wearing face masks are reflected in a shop window as they walk in empty Istiklal Street in Istanbul. EPA
    People wearing face masks are reflected in a shop window as they walk in empty Istiklal Street in Istanbul. EPA

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for April 9, 2020

We bring you the best images from the Middle East and North Africa

Stephen Nelmes

April 09, 2020

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