• An injured man and a woman are pictured on the back of a truck as they wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces just after leaving Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. AFP
    An injured man and a woman are pictured on the back of a truck as they wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces just after leaving Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. AFP
  • An activist holds up a sign as she demonstrates in the rain at a sit-in outside the World Bank's headquarters in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut in protest against the institution's financing of a new dam project in the Bisri valley south of the capital. AFP
    An activist holds up a sign as she demonstrates in the rain at a sit-in outside the World Bank's headquarters in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut in protest against the institution's financing of a new dam project in the Bisri valley south of the capital. AFP
  • Walls of Libya's Red Castle Museum are pictured in Tripoli. Reuters
    Walls of Libya's Red Castle Museum are pictured in Tripoli. Reuters
  • Algerian riot policemen block the way in front of people protesting against the fifth term of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
    Algerian riot policemen block the way in front of people protesting against the fifth term of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
  • Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, with his father and niece, at his home in Giza, Egypt. EPA
    Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, with his father and niece, at his home in Giza, Egypt. EPA
  • A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds a toddler during a security check of her and her mother. AFP
    A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds a toddler during a security check of her and her mother. AFP
  • A masked female Palestinian youth holds a fire bomb during clashes with Israeli forces following a protest by Birzeit University students near an Israeli settlement outside the city of Ramallah. AFP
    A masked female Palestinian youth holds a fire bomb during clashes with Israeli forces following a protest by Birzeit University students near an Israeli settlement outside the city of Ramallah. AFP
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, centre, arrives for a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, centre, arrives for a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
  • Turkish marine combat divers take part in a mine neutralization drill during the Blue Homeland naval exercise in the Foca naval base near Izmir, Turkey. Reuters
    Turkish marine combat divers take part in a mine neutralization drill during the Blue Homeland naval exercise in the Foca naval base near Izmir, Turkey. Reuters

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for March 5, 2019


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