• A Tunisian herbalist, displays his medicinal plants at his shop at Souk el-Blat, in the Medina, Tunis. AFP
    A Tunisian herbalist, displays his medicinal plants at his shop at Souk el-Blat, in the Medina, Tunis. AFP
  • A Palestinian man, hoping to cross into Egypt to receive medical treatment for liver problems, waits at the closed Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. AFP
    A Palestinian man, hoping to cross into Egypt to receive medical treatment for liver problems, waits at the closed Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. AFP
  • An aerial view of Syrians protesting and setting tires aflame in an attempt to block traffic on the M4 highway, which links the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Latakia. AFP
    An aerial view of Syrians protesting and setting tires aflame in an attempt to block traffic on the M4 highway, which links the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Latakia. AFP
  • A worker in a protective suit sprays disinfectants near Imam Abbas shrine as a precaution against the coronavirus, following the outbreak, in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters
    A worker in a protective suit sprays disinfectants near Imam Abbas shrine as a precaution against the coronavirus, following the outbreak, in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters
  • People enjoy the good weather as temperatures reach 21 degrees Celsius, in the Seymenler public garden, in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
    People enjoy the good weather as temperatures reach 21 degrees Celsius, in the Seymenler public garden, in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
  • Low-rise luxury housing in the residential suburb of Madinaty, some 40 kilometres east of the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP
    Low-rise luxury housing in the residential suburb of Madinaty, some 40 kilometres east of the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP
  • Algerian policemen stop an anti-government demonstrator as they try to disperse a demonstration in the capital Algiers. AFP
    Algerian policemen stop an anti-government demonstrator as they try to disperse a demonstration in the capital Algiers. AFP
  • Citizens shopping at Spinneys supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Citizens shopping at Spinneys supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • A Kuwaiti health ministry worker looks on before scanning returning expatriate workers from Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon upon their arrival at a containment and screening zone for the coronavirus disease in Kuwait City. AFP
    A Kuwaiti health ministry worker looks on before scanning returning expatriate workers from Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon upon their arrival at a containment and screening zone for the coronavirus disease in Kuwait City. AFP
  • Visitors walk near the King Fahd Library, following an outbreak of coronavirus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    Visitors walk near the King Fahd Library, following an outbreak of coronavirus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • People gather to collect masks, gloves and disinfectants distributed to the public, in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA
    People gather to collect masks, gloves and disinfectants distributed to the public, in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for March 15, 2020


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