Region in focus - June 24, 2015

Syrian children play on a destroyed tank south of Kobane, Syria. Sedat Suna / EPA

A Syrian refugee carries mattresses as he enters Syria from Turkey, after Kurdish People's Protection Units took control of the area, in Tal Abyad town, Raqqa governorate, Syria. Uygar Onder Simsek / AFP

Afghan men distribute food during the holy month of Ramadan in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Rahmatullah Alizadah / AFP

An Egyptian man washes himself on a boat in the River Nile, Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP

A volunteer puts an identification paper onto a body of a heatwave victim as other dead bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP

Afghan security forces run at the site of a suicide attack during clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo

Egyptian women raise posters with people detained for violating the country's protest law as they hold a rally outside a presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed el Raai / AP Photo

People walk at the Khan el-Khalili market during the holy month of Ramadanin in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed El-Shahed / AFP

A street vendor sells dates during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo

Saudi and foreign Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at Turki bin Abdulaziz grand mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fayez Nureldine / AFP

Displaced Iraqi families, who fled the ongoing conflict between pro-government forces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, wait to receive food prepared by Iraqi Kurdish women at a mosque in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP

A young girl, who fled her home due to attacks by the Islamic State (IS) group, drinks water at the Harsham refugee camp, ten kilometres west of Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP

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