• People attend a prayer near the site of a massive explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. Reuters
    People attend a prayer near the site of a massive explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. Reuters
  • Saudi farmers display dates to customers during Unaizah Season for Dates, at Unaizah city in Al-Qassim province, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    Saudi farmers display dates to customers during Unaizah Season for Dates, at Unaizah city in Al-Qassim province, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • Smoke and flames rise after Israeli army war planes carried out airstrikes over Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. AFP
    Smoke and flames rise after Israeli army war planes carried out airstrikes over Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. AFP
  • A Saudi farmer displays dates to customers during Unaizah Season for Dates, at Unaizah city in Al-Qassim province, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    A Saudi farmer displays dates to customers during Unaizah Season for Dates, at Unaizah city in Al-Qassim province, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • Palestinian protesters calling themselves the 'night confusion units' gather near the Gaza-Israel border east Gaza Strip. Five Palestinian protesters were injured during the protest near border between Israel and eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
    Palestinian protesters calling themselves the 'night confusion units' gather near the Gaza-Israel border east Gaza Strip. Five Palestinian protesters were injured during the protest near border between Israel and eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • An Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel. REUTERS
    An Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel. REUTERS
  • Iraqi high school students, wearing face masks, during their final exam after five months of schools closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, at a school in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    Iraqi high school students, wearing face masks, during their final exam after five months of schools closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, at a school in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • Iraqi high school students, wearing face masks, during their final exam after five months of schools closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, at a school in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    Iraqi high school students, wearing face masks, during their final exam after five months of schools closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, at a school in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey. AFP
    US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey. AFP
  • Children play table football at the Bass Palestinian refugee camp in the Lebanese southern coastal city of Tyre. AFP
    Children play table football at the Bass Palestinian refugee camp in the Lebanese southern coastal city of Tyre. AFP
  • Yemeni students wearing protective face masks take final school exams at a public school in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    Yemeni students wearing protective face masks take final school exams at a public school in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
  • A policeman, mask-clad, watches as people cool off in the water at El Kettani beach in the Bab El Qued suburb of Algeria's capital Algiers as the country eases pandemic restrictions. AFP
    A policeman, mask-clad, watches as people cool off in the water at El Kettani beach in the Bab El Qued suburb of Algeria's capital Algiers as the country eases pandemic restrictions. AFP
  • Members of the Christian community attend Mass during a procession of the Madonna of Trapani at the Saint-Augustin church in La Goulette in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA
    Members of the Christian community attend Mass during a procession of the Madonna of Trapani at the Saint-Augustin church in La Goulette in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for August 16, 2020

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August 16, 2020

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