• Iranian workers disinfect Qom's Masumeh shrine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
    Iranian workers disinfect Qom's Masumeh shrine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
  • Vehicles sit in a traffic jam during a storm in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Vehicles sit in a traffic jam during a storm in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An Iraqi worker sanitises an area near a religious school in Najaf, where the country's first coronavirus case was detected. Reuters
    An Iraqi worker sanitises an area near a religious school in Najaf, where the country's first coronavirus case was detected. Reuters
  • Saudi Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman talks to journalists during the Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage conference in Riyadh. AFP
    Saudi Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman talks to journalists during the Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage conference in Riyadh. AFP
  • Syrian fighters fire an anti-aircraft gun in the town of Sarmin, about 8 kilometres southeast of the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. AFP
    Syrian fighters fire an anti-aircraft gun in the town of Sarmin, about 8 kilometres southeast of the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. AFP
  • People enjoy a sunny day at the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
    People enjoy a sunny day at the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
  • Palestinians salvage belongings from the site of an Israeli airstrike east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    Palestinians salvage belongings from the site of an Israeli airstrike east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Defused Russian anti-personnel mines are gathered together in the village of al-Nayrab, near Idlib in northwestern Syria. AFP
    Defused Russian anti-personnel mines are gathered together in the village of al-Nayrab, near Idlib in northwestern Syria. AFP

The Middle East framed - regional photography for February 25, 2020


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