• A pearl diver uses a gig to hunt for fish in the waters near a dhow in Kuwait City. AFP
    A pearl diver uses a gig to hunt for fish in the waters near a dhow in Kuwait City. AFP
  • A boy holds a Turkish flag during a rally to honour the victims of the July 15 2016 failed coup attempt. AP Photo
    A boy holds a Turkish flag during a rally to honour the victims of the July 15 2016 failed coup attempt. AP Photo
  • A girl cries as a Turkish crowd chants the names of people who were killed during a coup attempt at the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul on July 15 2016. AFP
    A girl cries as a Turkish crowd chants the names of people who were killed during a coup attempt at the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul on July 15 2016. AFP
  • A baker makes Iranian bread - known as taftoon - at a bakery in Kuwait City. AFP
    A baker makes Iranian bread - known as taftoon - at a bakery in Kuwait City. AFP
  • A visitor reads the biography of the late Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz after the official opening of a museum in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    A visitor reads the biography of the late Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz after the official opening of a museum in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Smoke billows following an airstrike by Syrian regime forces in Maaret al-Numan in the northwest of the country. AFP
    Smoke billows following an airstrike by Syrian regime forces in Maaret al-Numan in the northwest of the country. AFP
  • A diver jumps off a cliff during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the Raouche rock in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
    A diver jumps off a cliff during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the Raouche rock in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
  • An Iraqi stands in front of the the Abu al-Fadhel al-Abbas mosque in Baghdad's al-Turath district. AFP
    An Iraqi stands in front of the the Abu al-Fadhel al-Abbas mosque in Baghdad's al-Turath district. AFP

The Middle East framed - regional photography for July 16, 2019

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