• An Iraqi protester holds a broken tree as he drives a scooter towards other protesters blocking the road with a tire fire, during a demonstration against corruption and lack of services in the southern city of Basra. AFP
    An Iraqi protester holds a broken tree as he drives a scooter towards other protesters blocking the road with a tire fire, during a demonstration against corruption and lack of services in the southern city of Basra. AFP
  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan arrive at Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi. AP
    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan arrive at Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi. AP
  • Fire engulfs an oil storage tank at the Aden oil refinery following an explosion in Aden, Yemen. Reuters
    Fire engulfs an oil storage tank at the Aden oil refinery following an explosion in Aden, Yemen. Reuters
  • The snow-covered town of Ehden in the Lebanese mountains north of Beirut. AFP
    The snow-covered town of Ehden in the Lebanese mountains north of Beirut. AFP
  • Syrian refugee students sit during a rest in the playground of one of the schools that are run by Kayany Foundation in the town of Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. A five-day storm that battered Lebanon with heavy rain and snow has had a devastating effect on thousands of refugees living in tents dotting eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. AP
    Syrian refugee students sit during a rest in the playground of one of the schools that are run by Kayany Foundation in the town of Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. A five-day storm that battered Lebanon with heavy rain and snow has had a devastating effect on thousands of refugees living in tents dotting eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. AP
  • Female bicycle riders of "Wings Bike" team prepare to ride in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The event aimed to encourage female who face sexual harassment during riding to ride bicycles, the organisers said. AP
    Female bicycle riders of "Wings Bike" team prepare to ride in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The event aimed to encourage female who face sexual harassment during riding to ride bicycles, the organisers said. AP
  • Members of the Catholic Church head to the Latin Church during the Jordan Catholic church annual pilgrimage, at the Baptism Site, Jordan Valley, some 60km Southwest of Amman, Jordan. Thousands of Jordanian Catholics headed to the place believed to be where John baptized Jesus Christ in the water of the Jordan River. EPA
    Members of the Catholic Church head to the Latin Church during the Jordan Catholic church annual pilgrimage, at the Baptism Site, Jordan Valley, some 60km Southwest of Amman, Jordan. Thousands of Jordanian Catholics headed to the place believed to be where John baptized Jesus Christ in the water of the Jordan River. EPA
  • A Jordanian policeman stand next to a giant cross, during the Jordan Catholic church annual pilgrimage, at the Baptism Site, Jordan Valley, some 60km Southwest of Amman, Jordan. Thousands of Jordanian Catholics headed to the place believed to be where John baptized Jesus Christ in the water of the Jordan River. EPA
    A Jordanian policeman stand next to a giant cross, during the Jordan Catholic church annual pilgrimage, at the Baptism Site, Jordan Valley, some 60km Southwest of Amman, Jordan. Thousands of Jordanian Catholics headed to the place believed to be where John baptized Jesus Christ in the water of the Jordan River. EPA
  • Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli forces during clashes following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian lands by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli forces during clashes following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian lands by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Relatives arrive to the morgue of Shifa hospital to see the body of a woman was killed by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, in Gaza City. Spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra says the woman was shot in the head Friday at a protest site east of Gaza City. AP
    Relatives arrive to the morgue of Shifa hospital to see the body of a woman was killed by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, in Gaza City. Spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra says the woman was shot in the head Friday at a protest site east of Gaza City. AP
  • Palestinian protesters run through tear gas fumes during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza CitY. AFP
    Palestinian protesters run through tear gas fumes during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza CitY. AFP
  • A Syrian girl walks in the mud at a camp for the displaced near the village of Shamarin, near the border with Turkey in the northern Aleppo province. AFP
    A Syrian girl walks in the mud at a camp for the displaced near the village of Shamarin, near the border with Turkey in the northern Aleppo province. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for January 12, 2019

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January 13, 2019

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