• Friends and relatives of Alaa Mashzoub, seen in the poster, pray at his mourning majlis in Karbala, Iraq. Mashzoub, an Iraqi novelist and an outspoken critic of foreign interference in Iraqi affairs, was gunned down this week in Karbala. AP Photo
    Friends and relatives of Alaa Mashzoub, seen in the poster, pray at his mourning majlis in Karbala, Iraq. Mashzoub, an Iraqi novelist and an outspoken critic of foreign interference in Iraqi affairs, was gunned down this week in Karbala. AP Photo
  • General Michael Lollesgaard, the newly appointed head of the UN observer mission in Yemen, is pictured on arrival at Sanaa International airport. AFP
    General Michael Lollesgaard, the newly appointed head of the UN observer mission in Yemen, is pictured on arrival at Sanaa International airport. AFP
  • People hold placards and shout slogans during a solidarity demonstration of the 'Gilets Jaunes' or 'Yellow Vests' movement, in front of the French Embassy building in Rabat, Morocco. EPA
    People hold placards and shout slogans during a solidarity demonstration of the 'Gilets Jaunes' or 'Yellow Vests' movement, in front of the French Embassy building in Rabat, Morocco. EPA
  • Civilians fleeing fighting between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and ISIS militants in the frontline Syrian village of Baghuz, await to be screened and registered by the SDF in the countryside of the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province. AFP
    Civilians fleeing fighting between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and ISIS militants in the frontline Syrian village of Baghuz, await to be screened and registered by the SDF in the countryside of the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province. AFP
  • A group of members of the Central Committee for Municipal Elections are seen during an election simulation in local school, Tripoli, Libya. Reuters
    A group of members of the Central Committee for Municipal Elections are seen during an election simulation in local school, Tripoli, Libya. Reuters
  • Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen speaks at a press conference in Ramallah, West Bank. AP Photo
    Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen speaks at a press conference in Ramallah, West Bank. AP Photo
  • Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish officials visit the Byzantine-era monument of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Reuters
    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish officials visit the Byzantine-era monument of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Reuters

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for February 6, 2019

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February 06, 2019

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