The Middle East Framed - regional photography for November 20, 2019

Here are some of the best pictures from the Middle East and North Africa

Children sit at a road in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA

People browse books during the 44th Kuwait International Book Fair. EPA

Ali Benflis, former prime minister and presidential candidate, speaks at his campaign event in the town of Blida, Algeria. AFP

People watch the television broadcast of the World Cup qualifying match between Lebanon and North Korea, at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters

Demonstrators take part in an ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters

A MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 lifts off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it transits the Strait of Hormuz off Oman. Reuters

The Sphinx at the Giza Pyramids Necropolis on the western outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo is pictured. AFP

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