• A man reacts after what activists said were eight air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Douma Eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters
    A man reacts after what activists said were eight air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Douma Eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters
  • Pakistani protesters throw rocks during clashes with police to condemn suicide bombings that struck two churches, in Lahore, Pakistan. K.M. Chaudary / AP Photo
    Pakistani protesters throw rocks during clashes with police to condemn suicide bombings that struck two churches, in Lahore, Pakistan. K.M. Chaudary / AP Photo
  • A Yemeni activist paints graffiti on a wall in protest of the ongoing unrest in the country, in Sana’a, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
    A Yemeni activist paints graffiti on a wall in protest of the ongoing unrest in the country, in Sana’a, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
  • Pakistani Christians gather to pray for the victims of suicide bombings that struck two churches, in Lahore, Pakistan. K.M. Chaudary / AP Photo
    Pakistani Christians gather to pray for the victims of suicide bombings that struck two churches, in Lahore, Pakistan. K.M. Chaudary / AP Photo
  • A Syrian refugee injured in the Syrian civil war places a piece of paper on a wall with the words reading in Arabic 'because you are hero' at a Norwegian Refugee Council center at the Zattari refugee camp near Mafraq city, Jordan. Jamal Nasrallah / EPA
    A Syrian refugee injured in the Syrian civil war places a piece of paper on a wall with the words reading in Arabic 'because you are hero' at a Norwegian Refugee Council center at the Zattari refugee camp near Mafraq city, Jordan. Jamal Nasrallah / EPA
  • Tourists are pictured along Naama Bay street at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
    Tourists are pictured along Naama Bay street at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
  • Iraqis are seen at Bajid Kandala camp for internally displaced people, west of the Iraqi Kurdish city of Dohuk. Safin Haned / AFP
    Iraqis are seen at Bajid Kandala camp for internally displaced people, west of the Iraqi Kurdish city of Dohuk. Safin Haned / AFP
  • A woman walks in a street as smoke rises from buildings in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus. Abd Doumany / AFP
    A woman walks in a street as smoke rises from buildings in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • Pakistani Christians mourn over the coffin of the victim of a suicide bomb attack on a church in Lahore. Arif Ali / AFP
    Pakistani Christians mourn over the coffin of the victim of a suicide bomb attack on a church in Lahore. Arif Ali / AFP
  • A child waits to receive a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Parwiz / Reuters
    A child waits to receive a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Parwiz / Reuters
  • A man shows a photo of Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the son of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, pasted on his dagger in Sanaa. Mohamed Al Sayaghi / Reuters
    A man shows a photo of Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the son of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, pasted on his dagger in Sanaa. Mohamed Al Sayaghi / Reuters
  • A member of the Libyan pro-government forces feeds cats, in Benghazi, Libya. Esam Omran Al-Fetori / Reuters
    A member of the Libyan pro-government forces feeds cats, in Benghazi, Libya. Esam Omran Al-Fetori / Reuters
  • Young Yemenis hold guns during a rally against alleged Saudi intervention in domestic affairs, in Sana'a, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
    Young Yemenis hold guns during a rally against alleged Saudi intervention in domestic affairs, in Sana'a, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA

Region in focus: March 18, 2015

Fatima Al Marzouqi

March 18, 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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