• Irish coach Simon Baker, general secretary of the European Amputee Football Federation, provides a training session for Palestinian amputee children in Deir Al Balah stadium in the central Gaza Strip. EPA
    Irish coach Simon Baker, general secretary of the European Amputee Football Federation, provides a training session for Palestinian amputee children in Deir Al Balah stadium in the central Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Iranian and Afghan Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the Fatima Zahraa Mosque in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq. Shiite Muslim pilgrims continued to converge to the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which is an observance that peaks on the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. AFP
    Iranian and Afghan Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the Fatima Zahraa Mosque in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq. Shiite Muslim pilgrims continued to converge to the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which is an observance that peaks on the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. AFP
  • An entertainer performs with his horses during the 12th edition of 'Le Salon du Cheval d'El Jadida' in El Jadida, Morocco. EPA
    An entertainer performs with his horses during the 12th edition of 'Le Salon du Cheval d'El Jadida' in El Jadida, Morocco. EPA
  • A Lebanese protester carries the national flag on the highway linking Beirut to north Lebanon, in Zouk Mikael a day after demonstrations swept through the eastern Mediterranean country in protest against dire economic conditions. AFP
    A Lebanese protester carries the national flag on the highway linking Beirut to north Lebanon, in Zouk Mikael a day after demonstrations swept through the eastern Mediterranean country in protest against dire economic conditions. AFP
  • Tunisian violinist Mohamed Gharbi performs during a concert at the Carthage Music Days in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA
    Tunisian violinist Mohamed Gharbi performs during a concert at the Carthage Music Days in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA
  • Egyptian archeologists open a wooden coffin belonging to a man in front Hatshepsut Temple at Valley of the Kings in Luxor. AFP
    Egyptian archeologists open a wooden coffin belonging to a man in front Hatshepsut Temple at Valley of the Kings in Luxor. AFP
  • A Syrian girl, displaced due to the ongoing Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria, receives bread from a Turkish NGO in the town of Ayn Al Arus, south of the border town of Tal Abyad. AFP
    A Syrian girl, displaced due to the ongoing Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria, receives bread from a Turkish NGO in the town of Ayn Al Arus, south of the border town of Tal Abyad. AFP
  • Demonstrators march during a protest against the country's ruling elite and rejecting a December presidential election in Algiers, Algeria. Reuters
    Demonstrators march during a protest against the country's ruling elite and rejecting a December presidential election in Algiers, Algeria. Reuters
  • A man prepares kebab for sale at a market in the old quarter of Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    A man prepares kebab for sale at a market in the old quarter of Sana'a, Yemen. EPA

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for October 19, 2019

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October 19, 2019

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