• A relative of Palestinian gunman Naji al-Zaneen, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, reacts during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A relative of Palestinian gunman Naji al-Zaneen, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, reacts during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • Israeli policemen disperse activists in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar that Israel plans to demolish, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Israeli policemen disperse activists in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar that Israel plans to demolish, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Models present creations by Denise Soda for her late husband, Lebanese fashion designer Bassil Soda, during the 'Designers and Brands' Fashion Show in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Models present creations by Denise Soda for her late husband, Lebanese fashion designer Bassil Soda, during the 'Designers and Brands' Fashion Show in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (L) shakes hands with Lebanese President Michel Aoun (R) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (L) shakes hands with Lebanese President Michel Aoun (R) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Yemenis try to get a broken down car out of a flooded road following heavy rains in Sana, Yemen. Heavy rains hit the Yemeni capital Sana'a and most parts of the low rainfall Arab country. EPA
    Yemenis try to get a broken down car out of a flooded road following heavy rains in Sana, Yemen. Heavy rains hit the Yemeni capital Sana'a and most parts of the low rainfall Arab country. EPA
  • A member of the Raqa civil council's local security forces holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he stands at a checkpoint securing vehicles entering into the eastern Syrian city and former Islamic State (IS) group stronghold. A year after Kurdish and allied forces drove the Islamic State group from the northern Syrian city of Raqa, traumatised civilians still live in fear of near-daily bombings. AFP
    A member of the Raqa civil council's local security forces holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he stands at a checkpoint securing vehicles entering into the eastern Syrian city and former Islamic State (IS) group stronghold. A year after Kurdish and allied forces drove the Islamic State group from the northern Syrian city of Raqa, traumatised civilians still live in fear of near-daily bombings. AFP
  • Palestinian Bedouin students sit in a classroom at a school in Khan al-Ahmar, located between the West Bank city of Jericho and Jerusalem near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim. Khan al-Ahmar is a Bedouin community where some 180 people live in shacks, that Israeli authorities claim were built without obtaining permits. Israeli authorities plan to demolish the shacks after the Israeli High Court of Justice rejected petitions filed by Khan al-Ahmar residents against their evacuation. EPA
    Palestinian Bedouin students sit in a classroom at a school in Khan al-Ahmar, located between the West Bank city of Jericho and Jerusalem near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim. Khan al-Ahmar is a Bedouin community where some 180 people live in shacks, that Israeli authorities claim were built without obtaining permits. Israeli authorities plan to demolish the shacks after the Israeli High Court of Justice rejected petitions filed by Khan al-Ahmar residents against their evacuation. EPA
  • A member of the Raqa civil council's local security forces gestures to a vehicle at a checkpoint securing vehicles entering into the eastern Syrian city and former Islamic State (IS) group stronghold. A year after Kurdish and allied forces drove the Islamic State group from the northern Syrian city of Raqa, traumatised civilians still live in fear of near-daily bombings. AFP
    A member of the Raqa civil council's local security forces gestures to a vehicle at a checkpoint securing vehicles entering into the eastern Syrian city and former Islamic State (IS) group stronghold. A year after Kurdish and allied forces drove the Islamic State group from the northern Syrian city of Raqa, traumatised civilians still live in fear of near-daily bombings. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for October 18, 2018


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