An Afghan labourer works at a brick kiln in Jalalabad. EPA
An Afghan labourer works at a brick kiln in Jalalabad. EPA
A Palestinian militant holds a weapon as he surveys an Islamic site that was targeted in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
A Palestinian militant holds a weapon as he surveys an Islamic site that was targeted in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
Hannaa Jassem, 24, a nurse sits with her family at home in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
Hannaa Jassem, 24, a nurse sits with her family at home in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
A Saudi man holds a falcon at the yard of a historical building in the Murabba Palace, in Riyadh. EPA
A Saudi man holds a falcon at the yard of a historical building in the Murabba Palace, in Riyadh. EPA
A solar panel outside the entrance of an underground shelter where several families of internally displaced Syrians from Aleppo and Idlib provinces are taking refuge, in the village of Taltunah near Idlib. AFP
A solar panel outside the entrance of an underground shelter where several families of internally displaced Syrians from Aleppo and Idlib provinces are taking refuge, in the village of Taltunah near Idlib. AFP
Members of a family of internally displaced Syrians sit together in an underground shelter in Taltunah. AFP
Members of a family of internally displaced Syrians sit together in an underground shelter in Taltunah. AFP
A Palestinian farmer works next to sheep at a field in the Jordan Valley. AFP
A Palestinian farmer works next to sheep at a field in the Jordan Valley. AFP
A Turkish man carries sheep in Baskale, in the Van province, after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran killed at least nine people in neighbouring Turkey and injured dozens more on both sides of the border, authorities said. AFP
A Turkish man carries sheep in Baskale, in the Van province, after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran killed at least nine people in neighbouring Turkey and injured dozens more on both sides of the border, authorities said. AFP
A Moroccan protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against poverty and the economic situation, called for by the "Moroccan Social Front movement", in the capital Casablanca. AFP
A Moroccan protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against poverty and the economic situation, called for by the "Moroccan Social Front movement", in the capital Casablanca. AFP
Newly graduated national army soldiers march during their graduation ceremony after a three month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul. AP Photo
Newly graduated national army soldiers march during their graduation ceremony after a three month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul. AP Photo
An anti-government protester waves an Iraqi flag during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad. AP Photo
An anti-government protester waves an Iraqi flag during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad. AP Photo

The Middle East framed - regional photography for February 24, 2020

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