• Cement barriers reinforce the sea wall near the citadel in Alexandria, Egypt. AP
    Cement barriers reinforce the sea wall near the citadel in Alexandria, Egypt. AP
  • US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper greets Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US. EPA
    US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper greets Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US. EPA
  • A Lebanese truck lies crushed under a bridge in Beirut’s Mar Mikhail neighbourhood. AFP
    A Lebanese truck lies crushed under a bridge in Beirut’s Mar Mikhail neighbourhood. AFP
  • Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration against the ruling class in Algeria's capital Algiers. AFP
    Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration against the ruling class in Algeria's capital Algiers. AFP
  • A migrant forces his way into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. Over 150 migrants made their way into Ceuta after storming a barbed-wire border fence with Morocco. AFP
    A migrant forces his way into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. Over 150 migrants made their way into Ceuta after storming a barbed-wire border fence with Morocco. AFP
  • Members of the Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces line up in the countryside outside Tall Tamr in the northwestern Syrian province of Hasakah. AFP
    Members of the Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces line up in the countryside outside Tall Tamr in the northwestern Syrian province of Hasakah. AFP
  • A member of the Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces stands in the countryside outside Tall Tamr in the northwestern Syrian province of Hasakah. AFP
    A member of the Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces stands in the countryside outside Tall Tamr in the northwestern Syrian province of Hasakah. AFP
  • Parents shop for school uniforms for their children, three days ahead of the start of the new academic year in Damascus, Syria. EPA
    Parents shop for school uniforms for their children, three days ahead of the start of the new academic year in Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • Members of the paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces take part in their graduation ceremony at a military camp in Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters
    Members of the paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces take part in their graduation ceremony at a military camp in Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters
  • Palestinian protesters run for cover from Israeli soldiers during clashes following a weekly demonstration in the village of Kfar Qaddum in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP
    Palestinian protesters run for cover from Israeli soldiers during clashes following a weekly demonstration in the village of Kfar Qaddum in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Syrians from the country's northern countryside gather during a demonstration by the Bab al-Hawa crossing between Turkey and Syria's northwestern Idlib province. A FP
    Syrians from the country's northern countryside gather during a demonstration by the Bab al-Hawa crossing between Turkey and Syria's northwestern Idlib province. A FP
  • Palestinian protesters throw stones with slingshots during clashes near the border between Israel and eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
    Palestinian protesters throw stones with slingshots during clashes near the border between Israel and eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Drivers rest on their vehicles parked on a street in Old Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Drivers rest on their vehicles parked on a street in Old Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • This picture shows a view outside a health facility that was hit by a reported Russian air strike after midnight in town of Urum al-Kubra in the western countryside of Syria's northern Aleppo province, just before a truce went into effect. AFP
    This picture shows a view outside a health facility that was hit by a reported Russian air strike after midnight in town of Urum al-Kubra in the western countryside of Syria's northern Aleppo province, just before a truce went into effect. AFP
  • A boy stands in an alley between tents at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) of Iraq's Yazidi minority in the Sharya area, some 15 kilometres from the northern city of Dohuk in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region. AFP
    A boy stands in an alley between tents at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) of Iraq's Yazidi minority in the Sharya area, some 15 kilometres from the northern city of Dohuk in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region. AFP

The Middle East framed - regional photography for August 31, 2019

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