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  • Lebanese leftist activists wave Lebanese and communist flags as they march during a demonstration to mark Labour Day along a street in Beirut. Sharif Karim / Reuters
    Lebanese leftist activists wave Lebanese and communist flags as they march during a demonstration to mark Labour Day along a street in Beirut. Sharif Karim / Reuters
  • Protesters burn a sign that reads, 'Gaddafi supporters' during a demonstration calling for the passing of a legislation barring former aides to deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi from senior government posts in Benghazi. Esam Al-Fetori / Reuters
    Protesters burn a sign that reads, 'Gaddafi supporters' during a demonstration calling for the passing of a legislation barring former aides to deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi from senior government posts in Benghazi. Esam Al-Fetori / Reuters
  • A local resident asks Rangers for help after armed clashes between two rival groups in restive Karachi, Pakistan. Shahzaib Akber ?/ EPA
    A local resident asks Rangers for help after armed clashes between two rival groups in restive Karachi, Pakistan. Shahzaib Akber ?/ EPA
  • Free Syrian Army fighters run to avoid snipers in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighbourhood. Aref Hretani / Reuters
    Free Syrian Army fighters run to avoid snipers in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighbourhood. Aref Hretani / Reuters
  • A photograph released by Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows injured people receiving treatment at Mujtahed hospital after an explosion in al-Marjeh area in the heart of Damascus SANA handout / EPA
    A photograph released by Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows injured people receiving treatment at Mujtahed hospital after an explosion in al-Marjeh area in the heart of Damascus SANA handout / EPA
  • Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on television as a barber shaves a customer at a men's hairdresser shop in Beirut. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
    Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on television as a barber shaves a customer at a men's hairdresser shop in Beirut. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
  • Palestinian friends apply mud to each other at the Dead Sea at the Biankini beach located along the northern shore near the city of Jericho. Hazem Bader / AFP
    Palestinian friends apply mud to each other at the Dead Sea at the Biankini beach located along the northern shore near the city of Jericho. Hazem Bader / AFP
  • Palestinian Orthodox Christian girls attend the Palm Sunday mass at the Orthodox Saint Porfirios Church in the Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    Palestinian Orthodox Christian girls attend the Palm Sunday mass at the Orthodox Saint Porfirios Church in the Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • An Afghan girl carries kitchen equipment on her head in Bamiyan province. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    An Afghan girl carries kitchen equipment on her head in Bamiyan province. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters

The best photography from around the region this week: May 2, 2013


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