Region in focus - March 02, 2016

Palestinian mourners attend the funeral of Eyad Omar Sajdia, 22, killed during clashes with Israeli security forces at the Qalandya Refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Abbas Momani / AFP

A teacher gives a class to Palestinian bedouin students outdoors near the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya, east of Jerusalem. Ammar Awad / Reuters

A woman reacts while standing amongst the ruins of a damaged building following heavy fighting between government troops and Kurdish fighters. Yasin Akgul / AFP

Iranian schoolgirls follow debates of lawmakers in an open session of the outgoing parliament in Tehran, Iran. Vahid Salemi / AP Photo

Abo Ibrahem sells sweets in a street in the rebel-controlled neighborhood of Teshreen, Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / EPA

A Syrian man rides his bicycle past a man selling grains in Douma, east of Damascus. Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP

A sand gazelle is seen at the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in Umm Al-Zamool, some 290 kilometres south of Abu Dhabi near the border with Oman and Saudi Arabia. Karim Sahib / AFP

Mourners throw flower petals on an ambulance carrying the body of Mumtaz Qadri to his funeral at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Faisal Mahmood / Reuters

A man rides his bicycle in a park in Peshawar, Pakistan. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo

The best images from the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.