• People hold Palestinian and Lebanese flags as they gather to show solidarity with the Lebanese people following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, in Gaza City. REUTERS
    People hold Palestinian and Lebanese flags as they gather to show solidarity with the Lebanese people following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, in Gaza City. REUTERS
  • A general view shows the damage following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. REUTERS
    A general view shows the damage following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. REUTERS
  • A currency exchange office worker counts US dollars banknotes at a money exchange office, in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    A currency exchange office worker counts US dollars banknotes at a money exchange office, in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • Palestinians attend a candlelight vigil in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in support of Lebanon a day after a blast in a warehouse in the port of the Lebanese capital sowed devastation across entire city neighbourhoods. AFP
    Palestinians attend a candlelight vigil in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in support of Lebanon a day after a blast in a warehouse in the port of the Lebanese capital sowed devastation across entire city neighbourhoods. AFP
  • The Lebanon national flag is displayed on the Kuwait Towers as a sign of solidarity with the victims of the Beirut explosion, in Kuwait city, Kuwait. EPA
    The Lebanon national flag is displayed on the Kuwait Towers as a sign of solidarity with the victims of the Beirut explosion, in Kuwait city, Kuwait. EPA
  • Al-Hilal's French player Bafetimbi Gomis (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the Saudi Professional League soccer match between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
    Al-Hilal's French player Bafetimbi Gomis (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the Saudi Professional League soccer match between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
  • Tunisian singer and violinist Yasmine Azaiez (R) performs during the Hammamet International Festival in Hammamet, Tunisia. EPA
    Tunisian singer and violinist Yasmine Azaiez (R) performs during the Hammamet International Festival in Hammamet, Tunisia. EPA
  • A Yemeni man inspects the ruins of a building which collapsed following heavy rain fall in the old city of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The fierce storms have added to the woes of the war-torn country, which the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Five years of conflict has left swathes of the country in ruins. AFP
    A Yemeni man inspects the ruins of a building which collapsed following heavy rain fall in the old city of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The fierce storms have added to the woes of the war-torn country, which the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Five years of conflict has left swathes of the country in ruins. AFP
  • A Lebanese couple inspect the damage to their house in an area overlooking the destroyed Beirut port in the aftermath of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital. Rescuers searched for survivors in Beirut after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. The blast, which appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse, was felt as far away as Cyprus, some 150 miles (240 kilometres) to the northwest. AFP
    A Lebanese couple inspect the damage to their house in an area overlooking the destroyed Beirut port in the aftermath of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital. Rescuers searched for survivors in Beirut after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. The blast, which appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse, was felt as far away as Cyprus, some 150 miles (240 kilometres) to the northwest. AFP
  • Migrants wearing face masks board an aeroplane bound for Iraq, at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Greece. EPA
    Migrants wearing face masks board an aeroplane bound for Iraq, at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Greece. EPA
  • A Palestinian girl carries the national flag and the Lebanese flag during a candlelight vigil in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in support of Lebanon a day after a blast in a warehouse in the port of the Lebanese capital sowed devastation across entire city neighbourhoods. AFP
    A Palestinian girl carries the national flag and the Lebanese flag during a candlelight vigil in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in support of Lebanon a day after a blast in a warehouse in the port of the Lebanese capital sowed devastation across entire city neighbourhoods. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for August 6, 2020


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