The Middle East Framed - regional photography for January 6, 2021

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

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  A worshipper walks inside in the Church of the Nativity during Christmas celebrations according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

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  A Palestinian woman wears a face mask with Santa Claus during Christmas celebrations according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Gaza City. Reuters

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  epa08920280 A handout photo made available by ASO of Alabdalali Saleh and Mohammed Alnaim of Saudi Arabia, Hummer, Saleh, in action during the 3rd stage of the Dakar 2021 with start and finish in Wadi Al Dawasir, in Saudi Arabia. EPA

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  Ethiopian refugees who fled the Tigray conflict, buy supplies ahead of Orthodox Christmas celebrations at a market in the Um Raquba refugee camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref state. AFP

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  Believers, wearing masks to help protect from the spread of coronavirus, light candles as they arrive at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, to attend the Epiphany Mass, led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians. AP Photo

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  Palestinians stand by the Mediterranean Sea during sunset at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. AFP

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  A closeup of the newly unveiled statue of Iran's most revered military commander, Qasem Soleimani, next to a Lebanese flag in the southern Beirut suburb of Ghobeiry. AFP

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  A priest is pictured at the Saint Sarkis Armenian Cathedral in the Iranian capital Tehran, during a mass celebrating the Armenian Christmas. AFP

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