Dark clouds hover over a cargo ship as it navigates the Mediterranean Sea along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. AP Photo
Dark clouds hover over a cargo ship as it navigates the Mediterranean Sea along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. AP Photo
Members of the Libyan security forces loyal to Libyan Strongman Khalifa Haftar man turrets mounted in the back of pickup trucks as they remain on guard duty during the 2018 edition of the Benghazi International Forum and Exhibition of Oil & Gas, in the eastern Libyan city. AFP
Members of the Libyan security forces loyal to Libyan Strongman Khalifa Haftar man turrets mounted in the back of pickup trucks as they remain on guard duty during the 2018 edition of the Benghazi International Forum and Exhibition of Oil & Gas, in the eastern Libyan city. AFP
Palestinian children are seen in a poor neighbourhood in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. The US nonprofit think-tank RAND corporation estimates that 97 percent of drinking water in the Gaza Strip is not drinkable by any recognised international standard, and that more than a quarter of illnesses and over 12 per cent of child deaths in the past four years were due to water pollution. AFP
Palestinian children are seen in a poor neighbourhood in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. The US nonprofit think-tank RAND corporation estimates that 97 percent of drinking water in the Gaza Strip is not drinkable by any recognised international standard, and that more than a quarter of illnesses and over 12 per cent of child deaths in the past four years were due to water pollution. AFP
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi speaks to parliament as he announces his new cabinet at parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi speaks to parliament as he announces his new cabinet at parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
Buildings during a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
Buildings during a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
The rocket-hit Al-Azamiyah neighbourhood of Syria's second city of Aleppo, where shelling took place the night before from the demilitarised area outside the city. AFP
The rocket-hit Al-Azamiyah neighbourhood of Syria's second city of Aleppo, where shelling took place the night before from the demilitarised area outside the city. AFP
A Turkish soldier is seen behind the glass of his cubicle covered in rain droplets as he guards the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
A Turkish soldier is seen behind the glass of his cubicle covered in rain droplets as he guards the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for October 25, 2018

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

The National

October 25, 2018

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China-Hong Kong mega-bridge opens to the public

Opening day UAE Premiership fixtures, Friday, September 22:

  • Dubai Sports City Eagles v Dubai Exiles
  • Dubai Hurricanes v Abu Dhabi Saracens
  • Jebel Ali Dragons v Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Sole survivors
  • Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
  • George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
  • Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
  • Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
The years Ramadan fell in May

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1921

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Donating your hair

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On Women's Day
The biog

Name: Mohammed Imtiaz

From: Gujranwala, Pakistan

Arrived in the UAE: 1976

Favourite clothes to make: Suit

Cost of a hand-made suit: From Dh550

 

Bio:

Favourite Quote: Prophet Mohammad's quotes There is reward for kindness to every living thing and A good man treats women with honour

Favourite Hobby: Serving poor people 

Favourite Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Favourite food: Fish and vegetables

Favourite place to visit: London

Venom

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Cast: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed

Rating: 1.5/5

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