• Palestinian youths walk along a wall by the seaport in Gaza City near sunset. AFP
    Palestinian youths walk along a wall by the seaport in Gaza City near sunset. AFP
  • Palestinians inflate plastic bags before being attached with incendiary devices and flown towards Israel, near Rafah along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. AFP
    Palestinians inflate plastic bags before being attached with incendiary devices and flown towards Israel, near Rafah along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. AFP
  • Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi speaks during a meeting with security leaders, in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
    Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi speaks during a meeting with security leaders, in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
  • Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi visits and offers condolences to the family of Reham Yacoub, a female activist who was killed by unidentified gunmen, in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
    Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi visits and offers condolences to the family of Reham Yacoub, a female activist who was killed by unidentified gunmen, in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
  • Three Iranian fishermen, who, according to a maritime security officials, were released by Somali pirates after being held for five years, pose for a photo at VIP hall in Imam Khomeini airport, in Tehran. Reuters
    Three Iranian fishermen, who, according to a maritime security officials, were released by Somali pirates after being held for five years, pose for a photo at VIP hall in Imam Khomeini airport, in Tehran. Reuters
  • Volunteers organise boxes of meals to distribute in Beirut, Lebanon. Food blessed is a local hunger-relief initiative, founded by Tania Terro in 2012, that works with businesses and the civil society to reduce the number of people going hungry in Lebanon. EPA
    Volunteers organise boxes of meals to distribute in Beirut, Lebanon. Food blessed is a local hunger-relief initiative, founded by Tania Terro in 2012, that works with businesses and the civil society to reduce the number of people going hungry in Lebanon. EPA
  • Kuwaitis listen to a sheikh recite the story of Ashura in Kuwait City. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. AFP
    Kuwaitis listen to a sheikh recite the story of Ashura in Kuwait City. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. AFP
  • Cars are parked around a religious community centre in the island of Sitra, south of Bahraini capital Manama, allowing their occupants to listen to a sermon whilst maintaining social distancing. AFP
    Cars are parked around a religious community centre in the island of Sitra, south of Bahraini capital Manama, allowing their occupants to listen to a sermon whilst maintaining social distancing. AFP
  • A man stands holding a cast fishing rod along the seashore at a beach in Libya's eastern coastal city of Benghazi. AFP
    A man stands holding a cast fishing rod along the seashore at a beach in Libya's eastern coastal city of Benghazi. AFP
  • A boy kicks a ball while shooting at a football net along a beach in Libya's eastern coastal city of Benghazi. AFP
    A boy kicks a ball while shooting at a football net along a beach in Libya's eastern coastal city of Benghazi. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for August 23, 2020

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