• Palestinian children play in the shallow water along the shoreline as they cool off from a heat wave off a beach in Gaza City . AFP
    Palestinian children play in the shallow water along the shoreline as they cool off from a heat wave off a beach in Gaza City . AFP
  • Turkish students wave national flags during a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara. AFP
    Turkish students wave national flags during a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara. AFP
  • People swim in the sea, as Lebanon is gradually reopening its economy following a four-day shutdown. Reuters
    People swim in the sea, as Lebanon is gradually reopening its economy following a four-day shutdown. Reuters
  • A boy get his hair cut by hairdresser Youssif Hamada at his home in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    A boy get his hair cut by hairdresser Youssif Hamada at his home in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • A member of Libya's internationally recognised government holds his weapon after taking control of Watiya airbase, southwest of Tripoli. Reuters
    A member of Libya's internationally recognised government holds his weapon after taking control of Watiya airbase, southwest of Tripoli. Reuters
  • Turkish Mounted Police Unit officers on horses and with dogs patrol the streets in the Ulus district in Ankara. AFP
    Turkish Mounted Police Unit officers on horses and with dogs patrol the streets in the Ulus district in Ankara. AFP
  • Oum Muahtaz soaks hand-made rice paper in a bathtub full of pink fuchsia dye before pasting them to the wall for drying at the El Nafeza Women's Cooperative in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Oum Muahtaz soaks hand-made rice paper in a bathtub full of pink fuchsia dye before pasting them to the wall for drying at the El Nafeza Women's Cooperative in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • A swimming pool lays empty at a closed hotel at the Cyprus seaside resort of Ayia Napa, a favorite among tourists from Europe and beyond. AP
    A swimming pool lays empty at a closed hotel at the Cyprus seaside resort of Ayia Napa, a favorite among tourists from Europe and beyond. AP
  • Factory workers sewing washable masks in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA
    Factory workers sewing washable masks in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA

The Middle East framed - regional photography for May 19, 2020

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