• A Palestinian woman enjoys the day on the beach during the Eid Al Adha festival in Tel Aviv Israel. AP
    A Palestinian woman enjoys the day on the beach during the Eid Al Adha festival in Tel Aviv Israel. AP
  • In this Friday, July 26, 2019 photo, children play next to their destroyed house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Rebels still frequently strike with shelling and mortars into Aleppo, killing civilians nearly three years after the government recaptured the city. Aleppo is a symbol of how President Bashar Assad succeeded in turning the tide in Syria’s long civil war with a series of wins, but it’s equally a symbol of how he’s been unable to secure a final victory. Half of Aleppo remains in ruins, and rebels remain on the doorstep. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
    In this Friday, July 26, 2019 photo, children play next to their destroyed house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Rebels still frequently strike with shelling and mortars into Aleppo, killing civilians nearly three years after the government recaptured the city. Aleppo is a symbol of how President Bashar Assad succeeded in turning the tide in Syria’s long civil war with a series of wins, but it’s equally a symbol of how he’s been unable to secure a final victory. Half of Aleppo remains in ruins, and rebels remain on the doorstep. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Syrian soldiers stand guard at the main gate of the ancient Citadel in the old city of Aleppo, Syria. AP
    Syrian soldiers stand guard at the main gate of the ancient Citadel in the old city of Aleppo, Syria. AP
  • A Syrian soldier is silhouetted against the setting sun as he stands guard at the main gate of the ancient Aleppo Citadel in Aleppo, Syria. AP
    A Syrian soldier is silhouetted against the setting sun as he stands guard at the main gate of the ancient Aleppo Citadel in Aleppo, Syria. AP
  • A man looks at a rocket that flew away after a weapons depot of an Iraqi militia group caught fire, in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS
    A man looks at a rocket that flew away after a weapons depot of an Iraqi militia group caught fire, in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS
  • A view of the explosion of a weapon stash belonging to the Sayid al-Shuhadaa combat division part of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), near Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    A view of the explosion of a weapon stash belonging to the Sayid al-Shuhadaa combat division part of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), near Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • Birds trainer Nada Abdullah plays with a yellow-crested cockatoo at the Parrot Academy in Cairo, Egyp. EPA
    Birds trainer Nada Abdullah plays with a yellow-crested cockatoo at the Parrot Academy in Cairo, Egyp. EPA
  • This handout satelite image released by Airbus Defence and Space shows a gereral view of the Saudi holy city of Mecca with the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine in the centre of the picture, during the climax of the annual Hajj pilgrimage this year. AFP
    This handout satelite image released by Airbus Defence and Space shows a gereral view of the Saudi holy city of Mecca with the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine in the centre of the picture, during the climax of the annual Hajj pilgrimage this year. AFP
  • Muslim pilgrims perform the final walk around the Kaaba (Tawaf al-Wadaa) at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca. AFP
    Muslim pilgrims perform the final walk around the Kaaba (Tawaf al-Wadaa) at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca. AFP
  • A man picks fruits from a palm tree, to be used for making legmi, a coveted date palm drink, in the southwestern Tunisian town of Gabes. APF
    A man picks fruits from a palm tree, to be used for making legmi, a coveted date palm drink, in the southwestern Tunisian town of Gabes. APF
  • A customer buys a glass of legmi from a street vendor, a coveted date palm drink, in the southwestern Tunisian town of Gabes. AFP
    A customer buys a glass of legmi from a street vendor, a coveted date palm drink, in the southwestern Tunisian town of Gabes. AFP
  • People walk on the seafront, on the Asian side of Istanbul, backdropped by the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. AP
    People walk on the seafront, on the Asian side of Istanbul, backdropped by the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. AP
  • Two Yemeni youths drive a quad bike as people celebrate the Eid Al-Adha in Aden . AFP
    Two Yemeni youths drive a quad bike as people celebrate the Eid Al-Adha in Aden . AFP
  • Yemeni children sit on a ride as people celebrate the Eid Al-Adha in Aden. AFP
    Yemeni children sit on a ride as people celebrate the Eid Al-Adha in Aden. AFP

The Middle East framed - regional photography for August 13, 2019

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