The Middle East framed - regional photography for October 17, 2020

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

A Palestinian farmer tosses olives into the wind to rid them of leaves in an olive grove on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Der Estya, near the west bank city of Nablus. EPA

Palestinian Mohammad al-Najjar, 40, sculpts cooking stoves from clay and wheat straw in the garden of his house in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

A vendor works on a copper item to be sold in a shop in Baghdad's al-Safafeer Souq bazaar, Iraq. Reuters

Lebanese activists erect a metalic monument with 'October 17' written on it in Arabic in front of the devastated port of the capital Beirut where a massive explosion took place more than two months ago. AFP

A Muslim worshipper waits to enter a mosque for Friday prayers in Rabat, Morocco. AP Photo

Egyptians pose for a picture in front of the oldest mosque in Egypt's Western Desert in Siwa Oasis, west of the Egyptian capital, Egypt. Reuters

Crew of the destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), operating under Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), head to provide assistance to an Iranian-flagged motor vessel in distress in the Gulf water off Oman. AFP

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