• Ebrahim Belal, 28 years old, an Egyptian fine artist, looks at pharaonic icons on pencils, as a part of his projects to promote tourism, Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Ebrahim Belal, 28 years old, an Egyptian fine artist, looks at pharaonic icons on pencils, as a part of his projects to promote tourism, Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Palestinian women take a selfie at sunset in Gaza city amid strict restrictions due to the pandemic. AFP
    Palestinian women take a selfie at sunset in Gaza city amid strict restrictions due to the pandemic. AFP
  • Military engineers of the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) detonate an explosive device, uncovered from areas south of the capital, in the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
    Military engineers of the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) detonate an explosive device, uncovered from areas south of the capital, in the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
  • Medical equipment is pictured abandoned in the compound of the destroyed Mosul general Hospital in northern Iraq. AFP
    Medical equipment is pictured abandoned in the compound of the destroyed Mosul general Hospital in northern Iraq. AFP
  • Omanis, wearing protective face masks, sit on the corniche in the capital Muscat, during the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
    Omanis, wearing protective face masks, sit on the corniche in the capital Muscat, during the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
  • Syrians throw rocks at a Russian Military Convoy near the village of Ein Diwar in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, in an attempt to stop the convoy from reaching its destination in the outskirts of the northeastern Kurdish town of Derik (al-Malikiya in Arabic). AFP
    Syrians throw rocks at a Russian Military Convoy near the village of Ein Diwar in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, in an attempt to stop the convoy from reaching its destination in the outskirts of the northeastern Kurdish town of Derik (al-Malikiya in Arabic). AFP
  • A Russian army helicopter, part of a patrol, flies over an oil field in the countryside of Al Qahtaniyah town in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the Turkish border. AFP
    A Russian army helicopter, part of a patrol, flies over an oil field in the countryside of Al Qahtaniyah town in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the Turkish border. AFP
  • A Yemeni youth commutes on a donkey carrying jerrycans of water at a camp for internally displaced people by conflict in the northern Hajjah province on October 12, 2020. AFP
    A Yemeni youth commutes on a donkey carrying jerrycans of water at a camp for internally displaced people by conflict in the northern Hajjah province on October 12, 2020. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for October 13, 2020

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October 13, 2020

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