• A family inspect their damaged home, which is near the Bilal bin Rabah mosque complex where hardline Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir was believed to be sheltering with his supporters, in Abra near Sidon, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    A family inspect their damaged home, which is near the Bilal bin Rabah mosque complex where hardline Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir was believed to be sheltering with his supporters, in Abra near Sidon, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • A couple walks by a colorful mural in a fashionable neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    A couple walks by a colorful mural in a fashionable neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • A Syrian father and daughter from the city of Homs watch a television in their tent inside of a camp for Syrians who have fled the fighting in their country in Baalbek, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    A Syrian father and daughter from the city of Homs watch a television in their tent inside of a camp for Syrians who have fled the fighting in their country in Baalbek, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • An Egyptian man holds used bullet casings outside the burnt headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Moqattam district of Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    An Egyptian man holds used bullet casings outside the burnt headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Moqattam district of Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
  • Palestinian children fly a kite at the border between Egypt and Gaza Strip in Rafah town, southern Gaza Strip. Ali Ali / EPA
    Palestinian children fly a kite at the border between Egypt and Gaza Strip in Rafah town, southern Gaza Strip. Ali Ali / EPA
  • A priest reads the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, while pilgrims gather at a shrine in Lahore, Pakistan. Arif Ali / AFP
    A priest reads the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, while pilgrims gather at a shrine in Lahore, Pakistan. Arif Ali / AFP
  • Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi stand on railway bars during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi stand on railway bars during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • Kashmiri Muslim women mourn during the funeral of Kashmiri rebel Shahnawaz Ahmed alias Tahir Khan, of Hizbul Mujahideen at Tral, 40kms south of Srinagar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
    Kashmiri Muslim women mourn during the funeral of Kashmiri rebel Shahnawaz Ahmed alias Tahir Khan, of Hizbul Mujahideen at Tral, 40kms south of Srinagar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
  • A Syrian refugee family from the Deir el Zour, Syria pauses in their doorway in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    A Syrian refugee family from the Deir el Zour, Syria pauses in their doorway in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • A Free Syrian Army fighter climbs the stairs while carrying his weapon in the Bab al-Nasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
    A Free Syrian Army fighter climbs the stairs while carrying his weapon in the Bab al-Nasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
  • A Syrian child from the city of Dara'a stands in the doorway of the home she shares with extended members of her family in a poor neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    A Syrian child from the city of Dara'a stands in the doorway of the home she shares with extended members of her family in a poor neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • Egyptian protesters wave their hands and hold national flags during an anti-Morsi demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    Egyptian protesters wave their hands and hold national flags during an anti-Morsi demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo

The best photography from around the region this week: July 4, 2013


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

Photo edit and sequencing by photo editor, James O'Hara