The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 16, 2018

We bring you the best pictures from the Middle East and North Africa

A policeman patrols on a camel at the historical site of the Saqqara, in Giza, Egypt, where a 4,400 year old tomb has been unearthed. AP Photo

A Palestinian seeks cover from a tear gas grenade fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes at the al-Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah. EPA

Boys play a video game in the old city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EPA

A Yemeni fighter from the pro-government forces walks in the Houthi-held Red Sea port city of Hodeida. AFP

Saad Attab, 58, an Iraqi from Samarra city, makes a flute on a street in Damascus, Syria. Attab sought safe haven in Damascus in 2003 with the US invasion of Iraq. EPA

Contestants display their animals during a dog show in Muscat. AFP

The newly-discovered tomb belonging to the high priest "Wahtye" at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kilometres south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP

Mourners attend the funeral procession of 24-year old Muhammed Ali Kalo in Istanbul after he was killed Thursday in the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin. AP Photo

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