• A detailed view of a sculpture of the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra, in workshop of Egyptian artist Ibrahim Salah at the Fiesal neighborhood in Giza, Egypt. EPA
    A detailed view of a sculpture of the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra, in workshop of Egyptian artist Ibrahim Salah at the Fiesal neighborhood in Giza, Egypt. EPA
  • Palestinians sit at their home that is illuminated by a battery-powered light during a power cut after Gaza's lone power plant shut down amid tension with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    Palestinians sit at their home that is illuminated by a battery-powered light during a power cut after Gaza's lone power plant shut down amid tension with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • A girl peeks out from behind the curtain inside a school building where Syrians displaced from Ras Al Ain, a border town controlled by Turkey and its Syrian proxies, are staying in the city of Hasakeh. AFP
    A girl peeks out from behind the curtain inside a school building where Syrians displaced from Ras Al Ain, a border town controlled by Turkey and its Syrian proxies, are staying in the city of Hasakeh. AFP
  • Painted wall of a demolished cafeteria for the new project coming up in Al Satwa area in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
    Painted wall of a demolished cafeteria for the new project coming up in Al Satwa area in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
  • Men sit on the sidewalk of a beach in Sirte, Libya. Reuters
    Men sit on the sidewalk of a beach in Sirte, Libya. Reuters
  • Moroccan King Mohammed VI, flanked by his brother brother Prince Moulay Rachid, right, and son Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, makes a speech to mark the 67th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People in the city of Al Hoceima. AFP
    Moroccan King Mohammed VI, flanked by his brother brother Prince Moulay Rachid, right, and son Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, makes a speech to mark the 67th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People in the city of Al Hoceima. AFP
  • A Yemeni boy holds a piece of a compressed cardboard with a ornamental pattern read in Arabic "Praise be to Allah" at a workshop in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    A Yemeni boy holds a piece of a compressed cardboard with a ornamental pattern read in Arabic "Praise be to Allah" at a workshop in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
  • A sailboat on the Nile river with the Cairo Tower and Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah hotel in the background, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    A sailboat on the Nile river with the Cairo Tower and Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah hotel in the background, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • A view of the Milky Way galaxy rising in the sky above the Judaean mountains and the Dead Sea in the occupied West Bank between Palestinian Jericho and Israel's Ein Gedi. AFP
    A view of the Milky Way galaxy rising in the sky above the Judaean mountains and the Dead Sea in the occupied West Bank between Palestinian Jericho and Israel's Ein Gedi. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for August 21, 2020

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August 21, 2020

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