• A Bedouin man rides a horse during the Sanaa Summer Festival in Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
    A Bedouin man rides a horse during the Sanaa Summer Festival in Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
  • A Yemeni youth holds a poster of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi during a rally supporting Morsi in Sanaa. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
    A Yemeni youth holds a poster of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi during a rally supporting Morsi in Sanaa. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
  • Lebanese fire fighters extinguish a flame at the site of a car bomb between the Bir el-Abed and Roueiss neighbourhoods, in the southern suburb of Beirut. AFP
    Lebanese fire fighters extinguish a flame at the site of a car bomb between the Bir el-Abed and Roueiss neighbourhoods, in the southern suburb of Beirut. AFP
  • Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi flee shooting in front of Azbkya police station during clashes in Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
    Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi flee shooting in front of Azbkya police station during clashes in Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
  • A Free Syrian Army fighter smokes a cigarette as he takes cover inside a house with a fellow fighter in Deir al-Zor. Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
    A Free Syrian Army fighter smokes a cigarette as he takes cover inside a house with a fellow fighter in Deir al-Zor. Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
  • A son of the late Ammar Badie prays during his father's funeral in al-Hamed mosque in Cairo's Katameya district. Manu Brabo / AP Photo
    A son of the late Ammar Badie prays during his father's funeral in al-Hamed mosque in Cairo's Katameya district. Manu Brabo / AP Photo
  • Egyptian army soldiers take out barbed wire that was surrounding the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo ahead of planned demonstrations. Virgnie Nguyen Hoang / AFP
    Egyptian army soldiers take out barbed wire that was surrounding the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo ahead of planned demonstrations. Virgnie Nguyen Hoang / AFP
  • Egyptians against ousted President Mohammed Morsi burn his poster amid charred debris of the Nahda sit-in camp. Manu Brabo / AP Photo
    Egyptians against ousted President Mohammed Morsi burn his poster amid charred debris of the Nahda sit-in camp. Manu Brabo / AP Photo
  • People cheer as a Lebanese bride and groom pose for pictures at the site of a car bomb explosion that killed at least 27 people in Beirut’s Rweiss neighbourhood. AFP
    People cheer as a Lebanese bride and groom pose for pictures at the site of a car bomb explosion that killed at least 27 people in Beirut’s Rweiss neighbourhood. AFP

The best photography from around the region: August 19, 2013


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The best images from around the region and Middle East.

Editing by photo editor RJ Mickelson