The best images from the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.
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Members of an Iraqi special forces police unit fire a rocket toward Islamic State militants on the south of Mosul, Iraq. Reuters -
A displaced child, who fled Mosul due to Islamic State violence, is seen in the Khazer refugee camp, east of Mosul, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters -
A member of the Syrian pro-government forces stands amid heavily damaged buildings in Aleppo’s 1070 district. Georges Ourfalian / AFP -
A Peshmerga fighter helps Malak, a 6-year-old displaced Iraqi girl, and her kitten Krish, to get into the lorry of a truck in the village of Shaqouli, east of Mosul, Iraq. Odd Andersen / AFP -
Riot police use water cannons to disperse people protesting the detentions of 12 lawmakers from pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party in Istanbul. Cagdas Erdogan / AP Photo -
Smoke rises during clashes in the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters -
A Palestinian girl walks past buildings destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP -
Soldiers from the Iraqi army 9th armoured division wait at base adjacent to the Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul. Odd Andersen / AFP -
A Bahraini honor guard awaits the arrival of Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in Manama, Bahrain. Jon Gambrell / AP Photo -
Afghan men ride bikes along a road in the old city of Bamiyan. Wakil Kohsar / AFP -
A supporter holds a portrait of Selahattin Demirtas, detained leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) at a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara. Adem Altan / AFP -
Fireworks go off to celebrate the opening of the opera house in Kuwait City. Raed Qutena / EPA -
Region in Focus: November 9, 2016
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