The Middle East Framed - regional photography for September 9, 2020

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

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Published: September 9, 2020 03:45 PM

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, right, receives and exchanges Eid greetings with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, at Al Shati Palace, Abu Dhabi. Courtesy: Ministry of Presidential Affairs

Mohamed bin Zayed meets with Mohammed bin Rashid on Eid Al Fitr

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The Tianwen-1 probe en route to Mars. AP

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The UK is not expecting inbound tourism to be anywhere near normal this year. Getty Images

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Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey said Bitcoin changes 'everything' for the better and he will work 'forever' to make currency work better. AFP 

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The UAE's Hope Consortium delivers Covid-19 vaccine doses across the world. Hope Consortium

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TOPSHOT - This satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows a close up overview of the MV Ever Given container ship and tugboats in the Suez Canal on March 29, 2021. The MV Ever Given was refloated and the Suez Canal reopened on March 29, 2021, sparking relief almost a week after the huge container ship got stuck during a sandstorm and blocked a major artery for global trade. AFP correspondents observed tugboat crews sounding their foghorns in celebration after the Ever Given, a cargo megaship the length of four football fields, was dislodged from the banks of the Suez. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / AFP / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies / - / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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epa08673114 Jobless graduates wear hard hats and fluro vests during a protest near the green zone in central Baghdad, Iraq, 16 September 2020. Thousands of university graduates and jobless continue their protests against the lack of job opportunities and basic services, near the heavily fortified Green Zone which houses the Iraqi government offices in Baghdad. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALIL *** Local Caption *** 56346531

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A civilian prays after she was rescued by the Syrian Democratic Forces who liberated the city of Raqqa from ISIS in 2017. Reuters

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Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to hold a Mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq. Getty

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Hosni Qelieh has sustained third-degree burns that scarred his face and most of his body when he decided to commit suicide by fire in protest at police abuse. 

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