• An Israeli jeep drives along the border during protests in the east Gaza Strip. EPA
    An Israeli jeep drives along the border during protests in the east Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Security forces gather near a burning police checkpoint in Basra, southern Iraq. AP
    Security forces gather near a burning police checkpoint in Basra, southern Iraq. AP
  • The UAE's delegation at the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    The UAE's delegation at the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • US Senator Lindsey Graham holds a media conference at JW Marriott Hotel in Ankara. AFP
    US Senator Lindsey Graham holds a media conference at JW Marriott Hotel in Ankara. AFP
  • A Russian Christian Orthodox priest baptises a pilgrim in the muddy waters of the Jordan River during the Epiphany celebrations at the Qasr al- Yahud baptismal site near the West Bank city of Jericho. AFP
    A Russian Christian Orthodox priest baptises a pilgrim in the muddy waters of the Jordan River during the Epiphany celebrations at the Qasr al- Yahud baptismal site near the West Bank city of Jericho. AFP
  • Peace demonstrators raise signs during a protest near the house of a Palestinian family, which an Israeli court had ordered to be evicted while declaring Israeli settlers to be the legal owners, in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. AFP
    Peace demonstrators raise signs during a protest near the house of a Palestinian family, which an Israeli court had ordered to be evicted while declaring Israeli settlers to be the legal owners, in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. AFP
  • A priest leads the Epiphany Mass at the Monastery of St Simon in Cairo. AFP
    A priest leads the Epiphany Mass at the Monastery of St Simon in Cairo. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for January 19, 2019


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