• Tourists on a ferry feed to seagulls with Maiden Tower in the background during the lockdown in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
    Tourists on a ferry feed to seagulls with Maiden Tower in the background during the lockdown in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
  • A Yemeni cavallier takes part in a tent-pegging competition in the capital Sanaa. AFP
    A Yemeni cavallier takes part in a tent-pegging competition in the capital Sanaa. AFP
  • Fire and smoke plumes rise at the scene of an explosion in the Lebanese Hermel governorate in the eastern Bekaa valley, near the Syrian border. At least ten people were injured in the explosion of a gas storage warehouses in an area bordering Syria, the Lebanese Red Cross said. AFP
    Fire and smoke plumes rise at the scene of an explosion in the Lebanese Hermel governorate in the eastern Bekaa valley, near the Syrian border. At least ten people were injured in the explosion of a gas storage warehouses in an area bordering Syria, the Lebanese Red Cross said. AFP
  • Red Bull KTM Factory Team's Toby Price in action during stage 2 of Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 2 - Bisha to Wadi ad-Dawasir - Bisha, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    Red Bull KTM Factory Team's Toby Price in action during stage 2 of Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 2 - Bisha to Wadi ad-Dawasir - Bisha, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • Enppi player John Ebuka (C) in action during the Egyptian Premier League soccer match between Enppi and Zamalek SC at Petrosport Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Enppi player John Ebuka (C) in action during the Egyptian Premier League soccer match between Enppi and Zamalek SC at Petrosport Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • A Palestinian fisherman pulls out his net from the sea amid heavy morning fog, on Gaza City's waterfront. AFP
    A Palestinian fisherman pulls out his net from the sea amid heavy morning fog, on Gaza City's waterfront. AFP
  • Hisham Abdulkhaliq, a disabled volleyball player who was injured during the war against Islamic State militants in Iraq's Mosul, sits near his destroyed house in the old city of Mosul, Iraq. Reuters
    Hisham Abdulkhaliq, a disabled volleyball player who was injured during the war against Islamic State militants in Iraq's Mosul, sits near his destroyed house in the old city of Mosul, Iraq. Reuters
  • A male family member of a protester reads the Quran in front of the "rebels mural" as families take part in a sit-in on Nile Street in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, to pay tribute to killed anti-regime demonstrators. AFP
    A male family member of a protester reads the Quran in front of the "rebels mural" as families take part in a sit-in on Nile Street in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, to pay tribute to killed anti-regime demonstrators. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for January 4, 2021

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January 04, 2021

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