• Iraqi displaced children stand at a flooded refugees camp following heavy rainfall in Nimrud town, northeast of Mosul city, northern Iraq, after nearly 600 refugee tents were destroyed. AFP
    Iraqi displaced children stand at a flooded refugees camp following heavy rainfall in Nimrud town, northeast of Mosul city, northern Iraq, after nearly 600 refugee tents were destroyed. AFP
  • Abdul Malik al-Hajry and Abdul Majid Hanash, representatives for the Huthi rebel delegation, speaks at a press briefing during the ongoing peace talks on Yemen held at Johannesberg Castle, in Rimbo, Sweden. AP
    Abdul Malik al-Hajry and Abdul Majid Hanash, representatives for the Huthi rebel delegation, speaks at a press briefing during the ongoing peace talks on Yemen held at Johannesberg Castle, in Rimbo, Sweden. AP
  • People gather near the 30-metre-high Christmas tree which has been officially lit up at the entrance of Bnachii Lake, Zgharta district, north Lebanon. EPA
    People gather near the 30-metre-high Christmas tree which has been officially lit up at the entrance of Bnachii Lake, Zgharta district, north Lebanon. EPA
  • Faithful attend the beatification ceremony for seven monks and twelve clergy, who were killed in Algeria’s civil war, at the Notre Dame de Santa Cruz in the city of Oran. Reuters
    Faithful attend the beatification ceremony for seven monks and twelve clergy, who were killed in Algeria’s civil war, at the Notre Dame de Santa Cruz in the city of Oran. Reuters
  • Jury members attend the closing ceremony of the 17th Marrakech International Film Festival. From left to right is Scottish director Lynne Ramsay and her daughter, French director Laurent Cantet, Indian actress Ileana D'Cruz , British director Tala Hadid, Mexican director Michel Franco, Lebanese director Joana Hadjithomas, president of the jury US director James Gray, jury members US actress Dakota Johnson and German/spanish actor Daniel Bruhl. AFP
    Jury members attend the closing ceremony of the 17th Marrakech International Film Festival. From left to right is Scottish director Lynne Ramsay and her daughter, French director Laurent Cantet, Indian actress Ileana D'Cruz , British director Tala Hadid, Mexican director Michel Franco, Lebanese director Joana Hadjithomas, president of the jury US director James Gray, jury members US actress Dakota Johnson and German/spanish actor Daniel Bruhl. AFP
  • A man holds anti-Israel posters outside the Tunisian Tourism Ministry in Tunis. Rene Trabelsi, a Jew, has been recently named Tunisian tourism minister, a first in more than 50 years. AP
    A man holds anti-Israel posters outside the Tunisian Tourism Ministry in Tunis. Rene Trabelsi, a Jew, has been recently named Tunisian tourism minister, a first in more than 50 years. AP
  • Traditional African clothing at an exhibition at Africa 2018 Forum in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Reuters
    Traditional African clothing at an exhibition at Africa 2018 Forum in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Reuters
  • People are seen walking inside a big virtual cave in Mar Elias al-Ghayyour Church in the mostly Christian-inhabited al-Dweilaa neighborhood in the countryside of Damascus, Syria. EPA
    People are seen walking inside a big virtual cave in Mar Elias al-Ghayyour Church in the mostly Christian-inhabited al-Dweilaa neighborhood in the countryside of Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • People walk past a shop selling portraits of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Gaziantep, Turkey. Reuters
    People walk past a shop selling portraits of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Gaziantep, Turkey. Reuters

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 9, 2018

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December 09, 2018

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