• A member of the Middle East Caving and Expeditionary Team descends while exploring Birdwing cave, the deepest in the Gulf, on Jebel Kawr near Ibri, Oman. Reuters
    A member of the Middle East Caving and Expeditionary Team descends while exploring Birdwing cave, the deepest in the Gulf, on Jebel Kawr near Ibri, Oman. Reuters
  • Palestinians walk in front of closed shops in the Old city of Hebron, the West Bank. Palestinians are protesting against an Israeli plan to demolish the old fruits and vegetables wholesale market in the old city to facilitate the construction of a new settlement. The market area was closed by the Israeli army to the public in 1994, media reported. EPA
    Palestinians walk in front of closed shops in the Old city of Hebron, the West Bank. Palestinians are protesting against an Israeli plan to demolish the old fruits and vegetables wholesale market in the old city to facilitate the construction of a new settlement. The market area was closed by the Israeli army to the public in 1994, media reported. EPA
  • Algerian demonstrators carry bricks to build a wall at the entrance of the daira (sub-prefecture) of Tizi-Ouzou, in the Kabylie heartland of the Amazigh community, about 100km east of the capital Algiers during a rally ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. AFP
    Algerian demonstrators carry bricks to build a wall at the entrance of the daira (sub-prefecture) of Tizi-Ouzou, in the Kabylie heartland of the Amazigh community, about 100km east of the capital Algiers during a rally ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. AFP
  • A Palestinian carpenter works on a wooden sculpture of Christian religious figures at a workshop in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. EPA
    A Palestinian carpenter works on a wooden sculpture of Christian religious figures at a workshop in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. EPA
  • The Suleymaniye Mosque (right) and the New Mosque (left) are seen from a ferry crossing the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, during sunset. EPA
    The Suleymaniye Mosque (right) and the New Mosque (left) are seen from a ferry crossing the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, during sunset. EPA
  • A wedding dress is seen in the destroyed window of a bridal shop in a damaged building in Balyun in Syria's northwestern Idlib province the day after a reported Russian airstrike on a market in the village. AFP
    A wedding dress is seen in the destroyed window of a bridal shop in a damaged building in Balyun in Syria's northwestern Idlib province the day after a reported Russian airstrike on a market in the village. AFP
  • Palestinian youths walk over a wall decorated with graffiti following a rainstorm in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian youths walk over a wall decorated with graffiti following a rainstorm in Gaza City. AFP
  • Mourners carry the coffin of the Iraqi civil activist Fahim Al Taie, who was killed overnight, during the funeral in Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters
    Mourners carry the coffin of the Iraqi civil activist Fahim Al Taie, who was killed overnight, during the funeral in Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters
  • Nineteen-year-old Taliban deserter hides his face in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Reuters
    Nineteen-year-old Taliban deserter hides his face in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Reuters

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 9, 2019

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December 09, 2019

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