• A displaced Iraqi woman, who fled Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, after it was seized by ISIL, stands outside a tent at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ameriyat al-Fallujah, Iraq. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
    A displaced Iraqi woman, who fled Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, after it was seized by ISIL, stands outside a tent at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ameriyat al-Fallujah, Iraq. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
  • A man jumps from a bridge into a canal to cool off from the high temperatures in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Nadeem Khawer / EPA
    A man jumps from a bridge into a canal to cool off from the high temperatures in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Nadeem Khawer / EPA
  • A poster of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad (R) and his father Hafez Al-Assad (L) are seen at the main entrance at the Brigade 52 military base after it was captured by the Free Syrian Army in Daraa, Syria. Alaa Al-Faqir / Reuters
    A poster of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad (R) and his father Hafez Al-Assad (L) are seen at the main entrance at the Brigade 52 military base after it was captured by the Free Syrian Army in Daraa, Syria. Alaa Al-Faqir / Reuters
  • Palestinian girls read the Koran as they attend a Koran memorisation session during summer vacation inside a mosque in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Palestinian girls read the Koran as they attend a Koran memorisation session during summer vacation inside a mosque in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • Rescue workers and citizens evacuate people from a building following a barrel bomb attack by Syrian government forces on the central al-Fardous rebel held neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria. Karam Al Masri / AFP
    Rescue workers and citizens evacuate people from a building following a barrel bomb attack by Syrian government forces on the central al-Fardous rebel held neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria. Karam Al Masri / AFP
  • Fans standing behind a fence watch the Gaza Strip Cup final soccer match between Ittihad Shejaiya and Khadamat Rafah in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Fans standing behind a fence watch the Gaza Strip Cup final soccer match between Ittihad Shejaiya and Khadamat Rafah in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • A member of the civil defence sleeps on the street in the rebel-held section of Syria's northern city of Aleppo. Karam Al Masri / AFP
    A member of the civil defence sleeps on the street in the rebel-held section of Syria's northern city of Aleppo. Karam Al Masri / AFP
  • Relatives of victims killed in a riot following a football match in Port Said in February 2012, clash with defense lawyer (L) outside the courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    Relatives of victims killed in a riot following a football match in Port Said in February 2012, clash with defense lawyer (L) outside the courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • Female peshmegra fighters take a selfie in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP
    Female peshmegra fighters take a selfie in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP
  • Defendants react to their sentencing, during retrial over a soccer riot that left more than 70 dead and several hundreds injured, in a makeshift courtroom cell at a police academy on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed Abd El Latif, El -Shorouk Newspaper via AP
    Defendants react to their sentencing, during retrial over a soccer riot that left more than 70 dead and several hundreds injured, in a makeshift courtroom cell at a police academy on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed Abd El Latif, El -Shorouk Newspaper via AP

Region in focus - June 10, 2015

James O’Hara

June 11, 2015

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A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.

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