• Pilgrims pray at the feet of a shrine to the Virgin Mary in Harissa, east Beirut, Lebanon. The Virgin Mary statue is also known as 'Our Lady of Lebanon". AP
    Pilgrims pray at the feet of a shrine to the Virgin Mary in Harissa, east Beirut, Lebanon. The Virgin Mary statue is also known as 'Our Lady of Lebanon". AP
  • A Lebanese girl takes a photograph of her friend as she poses in front of Bacchus Temple in Baalbeck, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. EPA
    A Lebanese girl takes a photograph of her friend as she poses in front of Bacchus Temple in Baalbeck, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. EPA
  • Chinese dancers perform during the opening of the 54th session of the International Carthage Festival at the Roman theatre of Carthage in Tunis. AFP
    Chinese dancers perform during the opening of the 54th session of the International Carthage Festival at the Roman theatre of Carthage in Tunis. AFP
  • Chinese dancers perform during the opening of the 54th session of the International Carthage Festival at the Roman theatre of Carthage in Tunis. AFP
    Chinese dancers perform during the opening of the 54th session of the International Carthage Festival at the Roman theatre of Carthage in Tunis. AFP
  • Egypt's security forces guard the road after they thwarted a suicide bomb attack outside a church in Qalyubiyah, a governorate north of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    Egypt's security forces guard the road after they thwarted a suicide bomb attack outside a church in Qalyubiyah, a governorate north of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Zamalek v Al-Qadsia - Arab Club Championship - Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt. Reuters
    Zamalek v Al-Qadsia - Arab Club Championship - Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt. Reuters
  • A building after it collapsed during a police operation in Salt, about 30 km from Amman, Jordan. Jordanian Security forces stormed a building in the city of Salt where men suspected of planting the home-made bomb that killed one policeman were believed to be hiding. EPA
    A building after it collapsed during a police operation in Salt, about 30 km from Amman, Jordan. Jordanian Security forces stormed a building in the city of Salt where men suspected of planting the home-made bomb that killed one policeman were believed to be hiding. EPA
  • A boy rides his bicycle in a street that was destroyed during a bombardment the previous day, in the rebel-held town of Orum al-Kubra, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. AFP
    A boy rides his bicycle in a street that was destroyed during a bombardment the previous day, in the rebel-held town of Orum al-Kubra, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. AFP
  • Relatives of Palestinian volunteer paramedic Abdullah al-Qutati, mourn during his funeral in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. EPA
    Relatives of Palestinian volunteer paramedic Abdullah al-Qutati, mourn during his funeral in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Palestinians participate in a protest against the more than a decade-long Israel's naval blockade of Gaza, in Beit Lahya on the border with Israel in the northern Gaza strip. AFP
    Palestinians participate in a protest against the more than a decade-long Israel's naval blockade of Gaza, in Beit Lahya on the border with Israel in the northern Gaza strip. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for August 12, 2018

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August 12, 2018

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