The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 23, 2018

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

Tourists and pilgrims visit the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. AFP

A man dressed as Santa Claus takes a selfie in front of a Christmas tree in Gaza City. Reuters

A shopper walks past a store selling Christmas decorations in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters

People dressed as Santa Claus walk in Damascus' central neighbourhood of Qassaa in Syria. AFP

Children play outside their home in al-Hamdaniya, Iraq. Reuters

Women carry photos of the two murdered Scandinavian university students during a candlelight vigil outside the Danish embassy in Rabat, Morocco. AP Photo

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, right, inaugurates a military agricultural project in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters

Construction workers talk in front of a statue of Ramses II at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. AP Photo

Refugees hold their children as they sit in Ouzai refugee compound, in Sidon, Lebanon. AP Photo

A Syrian refugee looks through a window as she holds her daughter in Ouzai refugee compound, in Sidon, Lebanon. AP Photo

Syrian refugee Itihad Sayed weeps during an interview at her home in Ouzai refugee compound, in Sidon, Lebanon. AP Photo

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