The Middle East Framed - regional photography for November 26, 2018

We bring you the best pictures from the Middle East and North Africa

Tourists visit the Colossi of Memnon, the ruins of two stone statues that guarded the mortuary temple built for Pharaoh Amenhotep III, in Luxor, Egypt. Reuters

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (L) with the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, right, upon his arrival in Manama, Bahrain. EPA

Iraqi artist Hoshmand Mofaq and British archaeologist Ashley Barlow, left, play an ancient board game, known as the Royal Game of Ur, in the northern Iraqi city of Raniey. Originating nearly 5,000 years ago in what would become Iraq, the Royal Game of Ur mysteriously died out -- until Muwafaq resurrected it by making his own decorated wooden board. AFP

Japanese pianist Kaoru Imahigashi plays the piano while opera singer Fujiko Hirai, right, performs during a concert to mark the debut of Gaza's only grand piano after it was rescued from conflict, at a theatre nestled in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society's building in Gaza City. AP Photo

Syrian Kurdish women demonstrate in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, as they mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. AFP

Haitham Tabbakhah, aged 62, inside his house, which he has turned into an antique museum in al-Qanawat neighbourhood in the old city of Damascus, Syria. EPA

The ruins of the Roman era Heliopolis of Baalbeck is illuminated in orange on the occasion of International Women's Day, in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley. AFP

Participants take part in the annual puma Hannibal race 2018 in Byblos, Lebanon. More than eight hundred Lebanese and foreign participants took part in a 6km obstacle race. The courses are uniquely designed to test mental and emotional fitness. EPA

Kuwaitis walk along a beach in Kuwait City. AFP

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