• Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is received by HE Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt, upon arrival at Cairo international Airport. Ministry of Presidential Affairs ---
    Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is received by HE Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt, upon arrival at Cairo international Airport. Ministry of Presidential Affairs ---
  • A mosque is reflected on a window with the Gaza City port in the background on May 16. AFP
    A mosque is reflected on a window with the Gaza City port in the background on May 16. AFP
  • Smoke billows following an air strike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck Yemeni rebel targets, including in the capital Sanaa two days after the insurgents claimed drone strikes that shut a key oil pipeline in the neighbouring kingdom. AFP
    Smoke billows following an air strike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck Yemeni rebel targets, including in the capital Sanaa two days after the insurgents claimed drone strikes that shut a key oil pipeline in the neighbouring kingdom. AFP
  • Members of military honour guard in historical costumes and holding 16 flags of old Turkish states wait for a welcome ceremony for Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
    Members of military honour guard in historical costumes and holding 16 flags of old Turkish states wait for a welcome ceremony for Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
  • A Palestinian protester takes part during the clahses near the border between Israel and eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
    A Palestinian protester takes part during the clahses near the border between Israel and eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • A Palestinian woman from Democratic Youth Federation carries a national flag during a sit-in in front of the United Nation building (ESCWA), in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    A Palestinian woman from Democratic Youth Federation carries a national flag during a sit-in in front of the United Nation building (ESCWA), in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Saudi youths wearing masks play at "House of Terror", an entertainment activity now accessible to men and women during the the holy month of Ramadan in the Saudi Red Sea resort of Jeddah. AFP
    Saudi youths wearing masks play at "House of Terror", an entertainment activity now accessible to men and women during the the holy month of Ramadan in the Saudi Red Sea resort of Jeddah. AFP
  • An Israeli extinguishes flames in a burning field next to Kibbutz Beeri reportedly caused by inflamable material attached to kites and flown across the border to Israel from the Gaza Strip. AFP
    An Israeli extinguishes flames in a burning field next to Kibbutz Beeri reportedly caused by inflamable material attached to kites and flown across the border to Israel from the Gaza Strip. AFP
  • A woman walks past AlBasheer shopping centre, which was burnt by Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during an anti-corruption protest in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
    A woman walks past AlBasheer shopping centre, which was burnt by Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during an anti-corruption protest in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for May 16, 2019

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May 16, 2019

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