• US military vehicles drive in the vicinity of an oil field in Rumaylan (Rmeilan) amid a sandstorm in Syria's kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
    US military vehicles drive in the vicinity of an oil field in Rumaylan (Rmeilan) amid a sandstorm in Syria's kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
  • Demonstrators light fires at a road block in the street during an anti-government protest in Beirut, Lebanon. Bloomberg
    Demonstrators light fires at a road block in the street during an anti-government protest in Beirut, Lebanon. Bloomberg
  • A US military vehicle drives in the vicinity of an oil field in Rumaylan (Rmeilan) amid a sandstorm in Syria's kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
    A US military vehicle drives in the vicinity of an oil field in Rumaylan (Rmeilan) amid a sandstorm in Syria's kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
  • A man, wearing a protective mask, sits in the vicinity of Arbil Citadel in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region amid a lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
    A man, wearing a protective mask, sits in the vicinity of Arbil Citadel in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region amid a lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
  • A mask-clad man rides a bicycle while another rides a scooter along a street in the central Karrada district of Iraq's capital Baghdad. AFP
    A mask-clad man rides a bicycle while another rides a scooter along a street in the central Karrada district of Iraq's capital Baghdad. AFP
  • Palestinians demonstrate against Israeli plans for the annexation of parts of the West Bank, in the in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Arabic reads " This is how we understand conflict, either Palestine, or fire, generation after generation". AP Photo
    Palestinians demonstrate against Israeli plans for the annexation of parts of the West Bank, in the in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Arabic reads " This is how we understand conflict, either Palestine, or fire, generation after generation". AP Photo
  • Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a video conference call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in Tehran, Iran. Reuters
    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a video conference call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in Tehran, Iran. Reuters
  • A demonstrator shouts slogans from a road block during an anti-government protest in Beirut, Lebanon. Bloomberg
    A demonstrator shouts slogans from a road block during an anti-government protest in Beirut, Lebanon. Bloomberg
  • Representatives of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen take pictures of alleged Iranian weapons seized by Saudi forces from Yemen's Houthi rebels, after a press conference at the Armed Forces Oficers club in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh after air strikes on the rebel-held Yemeni capital. AFP
    Representatives of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen take pictures of alleged Iranian weapons seized by Saudi forces from Yemen's Houthi rebels, after a press conference at the Armed Forces Oficers club in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh after air strikes on the rebel-held Yemeni capital. AFP
  • Saudi-led coalition spokesman, Colonel Turki Al Malki, speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    Saudi-led coalition spokesman, Colonel Turki Al Malki, speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • A member of staff sprays disinfectant on the hands of Kuwaiti visitors at the re-opened 360 Mall in the capital Kuwait City after 110 days of shutdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country. AFP
    A member of staff sprays disinfectant on the hands of Kuwaiti visitors at the re-opened 360 Mall in the capital Kuwait City after 110 days of shutdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country. AFP
  • A worker cleans the display glass of ancient pharaoh masks as tourists visit the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square after its reopening in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    A worker cleans the display glass of ancient pharaoh masks as tourists visit the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square after its reopening in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Tunisian women learn to cycle at the Japanese garden in central Tunis which is every Sunday transformed into an impromptu bicycle academy for dozens of novice cyclists on. AFP
    Tunisian women learn to cycle at the Japanese garden in central Tunis which is every Sunday transformed into an impromptu bicycle academy for dozens of novice cyclists on. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for July 2, 2020


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