The Middle East framed - regional photography for February 16, 2020

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

Palestinian demonstrators returns a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest in the village of Aboud near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

A general view from above of Gaza city. AFP

A believer waves the flag of Lebanon during Pope Francis' Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican. EPA

Anti-government protesters shout slogans as they hold up placards with slogans such as 'No Trust' in central Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

People walk by a burned tent in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo

Civilians flee from Idlib toward the north to find safety inside Syria near the border with Turkey. AP Photo

Women smoke publicly at a coffee shop in north Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AFP

University students carry Iraqi flags during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters

Women with burqa pass mannequins in Muslim headscarf hijab, at a market in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh leaves for a meeting with the country's President Kais Saied in Tunis. Reuters

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