A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.
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Egyptian Muslims gather during Moulid al-Hussein, a religious celebration marking the birthday of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Egypt. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo -
An Afghan boy carries a goat near his temporary shelter on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Sayed Mustafa / EPA -
An Afghan boy looks out of a Soviet-era tank in Herat, Afghanistan. Soviet troops occupied the country for ten years from 1979 to 1989. Jalil Rezayee / EPA -
Palestinians take photos of each other as the sun sets over the water of the Mediterranean Sea at fisherman's port in Gaza City. Adel Hana / AP Photo -
Relatives of Egyptian Coptic men killed in Libya mourn at their house in al-Our village, in Minya governorate, Cairo, Egypt. Asmaa Waguih / Reuters -
An Afghan resident carries a water canister past ruins of a building destroyed during the Afghan-Soviet war on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP -
Children play inside the wreckage of a burnt vehicle at al-Myassar neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Hosam Katan / Reuters -
A Palestinian protester holds stones during clashes with Israeli soldiers, following Friday prayers, at the Aida refugee camp near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Musa Al Shaer / AFP -
A Palestinian protester rolls a burning tire towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a demonstration against Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Bilin, west of Ramallah. Abbas Momani / AFP -
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend open-air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. Karim Kadim / AP Photo -
An Egyptian Coptic woman attends a mass honoring the memory of the Egyptian Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State militants in Libya. Khaled Desouki / AFP -
Region in focus: February 18, 2015
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