The Middle East Framed - regional photography for October 13, 2019

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

Members of the Lebanese Cavalry Division parade with national flags during the Glory Horse Racing Festival at the Beirut Hippodrome. AFP

A Kurdish protester, with the colours of the Kurdish flag painted on her face, chants slogans, during a demonstration against Turkey's military operation in northeastern Syria, at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo

Algerian protesters face riot policemen during a protest near the parliament building in Algiers against the military's role in politics as well as denouncing the draft plan for a law on hydrocarbons which is expected to be examined by the cabinet ahead of its adoption. AFP

A Tunisian voter dips her finger in ink after casting her ballot at a polling station in the capital Tunis during the second round of the presidential election. Tunisians began voting today in a presidential runoff pitting conservative law professor Kais Saied against media magnate Nabil Karoui, who was released from prison just days earlier. AFP

The mud-brick 'skyscrapers' of the ancient fortified city of Shibam, Yemen. Shibam is the oldest metropolis in the world to use vertical construction, which dates back to the 16th century. EPA

An employee rides a bicycle next to oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

Lebanese and Syrian actors perform a play called Al Zafaf (Arabic for 'The Wedding') on Al Madina theatre in Beirut, Lebanon, during Lebanon's European Theatre Festival. EPA

A construction site at the new Alamein city on the North Coast, 260km northwest of Cairo, Egypt. EPA

Shiite Muslim pilgrims travel on camels as they take part in a procession from the holy Iraqi city of Najaf towards the central shrine city of Karbala, ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival. AFP

A volunteer plays with Mohammed Muheisen, a Palestinian baby from the Gaza Strip who is suffering from lung disease and a broken leg, at the Red Crescent Hospital in the West Bank town of Hebron. The nine-month-old baby was transferred from Gaza through Israel for treatment in September but is being cared for by volunteers after his mother was allegedly refused a permit to travel. AFP

Palestinian bicycle repairman Kkalil Abu Omar, 84, in his workshop in the village of Birzeit near the West Bank City of Ramallah. EPA

Members of Saudi Arabia's national football team are welcomed in the Palestinian city of Ramallah upon the team's arrival in the occupied Palestinian territories where they will play for the first time. AFP

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