• Worshippers perform prayers at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AFP
    Worshippers perform prayers at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AFP
  • A Libyan street vendor sells corn on the roadside by the waterfront promenade in the eastern port city of Benghazi. AFP
    A Libyan street vendor sells corn on the roadside by the waterfront promenade in the eastern port city of Benghazi. AFP
  • Libyans spend time on the waterfront promenade in the eastern port city of Benghazi. AFP
    Libyans spend time on the waterfront promenade in the eastern port city of Benghazi. AFP
  • Demonstrators take part in a rally organised by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to protest against Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in Jericho. Reuters
    Demonstrators take part in a rally organised by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to protest against Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in Jericho. Reuters
  • Khadeeja Bisharat, a Palestinian artist, stands with her daughter Remas in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Khadeeja Bisharat, a Palestinian artist, stands with her daughter Remas in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Palestinians walk in the West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
    Palestinians walk in the West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
  • Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem holds a press conference on new US sanctions imposed on the country, in the capital Damascus. AFP
    Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem holds a press conference on new US sanctions imposed on the country, in the capital Damascus. AFP
  • The grandmother of Palestinian baby Omar Yagi displays a picture of him in Gaza City after he died, unable to travel to Israel for life-saving heart surgery. AFP
    The grandmother of Palestinian baby Omar Yagi displays a picture of him in Gaza City after he died, unable to travel to Israel for life-saving heart surgery. AFP
  • A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag stands in front of a mural during a protest against Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in Gaza City. Reuters
    A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag stands in front of a mural during a protest against Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in Gaza City. Reuters
  • Iraq's Minister of Finance Ali Allawi speaks during an interview at his residence in the capital Baghdad. AFP
    Iraq's Minister of Finance Ali Allawi speaks during an interview at his residence in the capital Baghdad. AFP
  • An Iranian woman walks by a money exchange office in the capital Tehran. AFP
    An Iranian woman walks by a money exchange office in the capital Tehran. AFP
  • Passengers sit inside a bus in the Iranian capital Tehran. AFP
    Passengers sit inside a bus in the Iranian capital Tehran. AFP
  • Former Algerian prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for corruption, is escorted by police after attending the funeral of his brother at a cemetery in the capital Algiers. AFP
    Former Algerian prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for corruption, is escorted by police after attending the funeral of his brother at a cemetery in the capital Algiers. AFP
  • A Palestinian man cools himself in a spring in the Jordan Valley near the Palestinian village of Ouja. EPA
    A Palestinian man cools himself in a spring in the Jordan Valley near the Palestinian village of Ouja. EPA
  • Palestinians cools themselves in a spring in the Jordan Valley near the Palestinian village of Ouja. EPA
    Palestinians cools themselves in a spring in the Jordan Valley near the Palestinian village of Ouja. EPA
  • Libyans spend time on the waterfront promenade in the eastern port city of Benghazi. AFP
    Libyans spend time on the waterfront promenade in the eastern port city of Benghazi. AFP

The Middle East framed - regional photography for June 23, 2020

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June 23, 2020

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