• An assistant helps a rider get his stuck motorcycle out of the sand during the 'Egypt Motorcycle Rally' near the Abusir pyramids in the desert between Giza and Saqqara, about 35km south of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP
    An assistant helps a rider get his stuck motorcycle out of the sand during the 'Egypt Motorcycle Rally' near the Abusir pyramids in the desert between Giza and Saqqara, about 35km south of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP
  • Kuwaiti high school students lift their caps in the air while they celebrate their graduation on their own at a park in Kuwait City, as the usually grand graduation celebrations have been cancelled due to the pandemic. AFP
    Kuwaiti high school students lift their caps in the air while they celebrate their graduation on their own at a park in Kuwait City, as the usually grand graduation celebrations have been cancelled due to the pandemic. AFP
  • Players of Misr Makkasa (left) and Al-Ahly (right) greet each other prior to the Egyptian Premier League match between Al Ahly and Misr Lel Makkasa in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Players of Misr Makkasa (left) and Al-Ahly (right) greet each other prior to the Egyptian Premier League match between Al Ahly and Misr Lel Makkasa in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • New Hamas recruits wearing protective face masks participate in a training session to reinforce police forces in Gaza City. The Gaza Strip is under a nationwide lockdown from August 25. EPA
    New Hamas recruits wearing protective face masks participate in a training session to reinforce police forces in Gaza City. The Gaza Strip is under a nationwide lockdown from August 25. EPA
  • Anti-government protesters carry a banner with Arabic words reading 'No to oppression, no to military terrorism, no to the fascist regime', during a march protest from the Justice palace to the Military court opposite the French ambassador's house in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Anti-government protesters carry a banner with Arabic words reading 'No to oppression, no to military terrorism, no to the fascist regime', during a march protest from the Justice palace to the Military court opposite the French ambassador's house in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • A partial view of the area of Haramil in the Omani capital Muscat. AFP
    A partial view of the area of Haramil in the Omani capital Muscat. AFP
  • Palestinian protesters help each other seek cover after a tear gas grenade has been thrown at them during clashes after a demonstration against Israel's settlements in the village of Asera near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
    Palestinian protesters help each other seek cover after a tear gas grenade has been thrown at them during clashes after a demonstration against Israel's settlements in the village of Asera near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. EPA
  • Flooding is seen from the air in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area in South Sudan. Flooding has affected well over a million people across East Africa, another calamity threatening food security on top of a historic locust outbreak and the coronavirus pandemic. AP Photo
    Flooding is seen from the air in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area in South Sudan. Flooding has affected well over a million people across East Africa, another calamity threatening food security on top of a historic locust outbreak and the coronavirus pandemic. AP Photo
  • Gus Greensmith of Great Britain and Elliott Edmondson of Great Britain compete with their M-Sport FORD WRT Ford Fiesta WRC during Day One of the FIA World Rally Championship, Turkey. Getty Images
    Gus Greensmith of Great Britain and Elliott Edmondson of Great Britain compete with their M-Sport FORD WRT Ford Fiesta WRC during Day One of the FIA World Rally Championship, Turkey. Getty Images
  • A vendor wearing a face mask against the coronavirus uses a wheelbarrow to carry fresh fish to be sold at the Mutrah Souq in the Omani capital Muscat. AFP
    A vendor wearing a face mask against the coronavirus uses a wheelbarrow to carry fresh fish to be sold at the Mutrah Souq in the Omani capital Muscat. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for September 20, 2020

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September 20, 2020

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