• Young Palestinian karatekas demonstrate their skills during a Karate promotion ceremony at a sporting centre in the Rafah camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    Young Palestinian karatekas demonstrate their skills during a Karate promotion ceremony at a sporting centre in the Rafah camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alaa and actor Hassan Ali walk on the red carpet as they attend the premiere of his movie "You Will Die at Twenty" during the 3rd edition of the Elgouna Film Festival at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Elgouna. AFP
    Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alaa and actor Hassan Ali walk on the red carpet as they attend the premiere of his movie "You Will Die at Twenty" during the 3rd edition of the Elgouna Film Festival at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Elgouna. AFP
  • Small groups of protesters gather in central Cairo shouting anti-government slogans. Reuters
    Small groups of protesters gather in central Cairo shouting anti-government slogans. Reuters
  • A man who symbolically chained his arms shows his passport during a demonstration in Algiers. Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of the capital on Friday, chanting defiantly in the face of a crackdown on the demonstration by the country's powerful army chief. AP Photo
    A man who symbolically chained his arms shows his passport during a demonstration in Algiers. Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of the capital on Friday, chanting defiantly in the face of a crackdown on the demonstration by the country's powerful army chief. AP Photo
  • Al-Nassr player Abderazak Hamdallah in action for the ball with Al hazem player Nayef Al-Mosa  during the Saudi Professional League soccer match at King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh. EPA
    Al-Nassr player Abderazak Hamdallah in action for the ball with Al hazem player Nayef Al-Mosa  during the Saudi Professional League soccer match at King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh. EPA
  • Women in Saudi National flag colours perform during Saudi National Day celebrations at the Bluewaters Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. AP Photo
    Women in Saudi National flag colours perform during Saudi National Day celebrations at the Bluewaters Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. AP Photo
  • An aerial view taken with a drone showing Sidon's Sea Castle in Sidon (Saida) south Lebanon. EPA
    An aerial view taken with a drone showing Sidon's Sea Castle in Sidon (Saida) south Lebanon. EPA
  • Mustafa Abdullah enjoys a ride on his bicycle at sunset near the bank of the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
    Mustafa Abdullah enjoys a ride on his bicycle at sunset near the bank of the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
  • A Palestinian protester launches stones by slingshot during the clashes after Friday protests near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, eastern Gaza Strip. EPA
    A Palestinian protester launches stones by slingshot during the clashes after Friday protests near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, eastern Gaza Strip. EPA

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