• Newly graduated Afghan female National Army soldiers attend their graduation ceremony after a three month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP Photo
    Newly graduated Afghan female National Army soldiers attend their graduation ceremony after a three month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP Photo
  • Kuwaiti traders sit and observe the stock market's developments at the trading hall of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, in Kuwait City. EPA
    Kuwaiti traders sit and observe the stock market's developments at the trading hall of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, in Kuwait City. EPA
  • A private security guard speaks on a radio as a vehicle approaches the house of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A private security guard speaks on a radio as a vehicle approaches the house of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • Mourners carry the coffin of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis towards the Imam Ali Shrine in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq during a funeral procession. AFP
    Mourners carry the coffin of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis towards the Imam Ali Shrine in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq during a funeral procession. AFP
  • A young Palestinian boy holding a cat walks through floodwaters following heavy rains in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza strip. AFP
    A young Palestinian boy holding a cat walks through floodwaters following heavy rains in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza strip. AFP
  • Palestinian children play on a flooded street following heavy rains in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza strip. AFP
    Palestinian children play on a flooded street following heavy rains in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza strip. AFP
  • UAE driver Khalid al Qassimi of PH-Sport in action during the first stage of the Rally Dakar 2020 from Jeddah to Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
    UAE driver Khalid al Qassimi of PH-Sport in action during the first stage of the Rally Dakar 2020 from Jeddah to Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
  • Portraits of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani are seen on the airport highway in Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
    Portraits of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani are seen on the airport highway in Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
  • People wait outside medical facilities to donate blood after an attack on a military academy in Tripoli, Libya. REUTERS
    People wait outside medical facilities to donate blood after an attack on a military academy in Tripoli, Libya. REUTERS

The Middle East framed - regional photography for January 5, 2020

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January 05, 2020

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