The Middle East framed - regional photography for January 6, 2019

We bring you the best pictures from the Middle East and North Africa

A tourist looks at Elephant Rock in the Ula desert near the twon of al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. AFP

A view of Saudi Arabia's northwestern town of al-Ula. AFP

Seagulls fly over Gulf waters north of Kuwait City. AFP

Syrian Orthodox Church believers light candles during a Christmas service in Damascus. EPA

Christians and Muslims visit the statue of Our Lady of Lebanon during Epiphany holiday in Harissa, Lebanon. Reuters

Two Egyptians stand in front of their house on the street leading to the church where an explosion occurred leaving one casualty, in Cairo. AFP

An Iraqi soldier sits atop a military vehicle in central Baghdad's Tahrir square, during celebrations marking the founding of the country's army. AFP

Syrians stand in a street next to debris and rubble from buildings which were damaged by reported air strikes in the rebel-held town of Orum al-Kubra, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. AFP

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