The best photography from around the region this week: October 4, 2012

Children at play: the remains of a destroyed Soviet tank in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad is used by local children as a play thing. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP

On patrol: an Egyptian policeman rides a camel past the Giza pyramids, south of Cairo. Khaled Desouki / AFP

Fields of freedom: Syrian boys play near a refugee camp on the border with Turkey, near Azaz village, Syria. Manu Brabo / AP Photo

Long walk home: Mohamed, an Afghan man who makes a living by working as a day labourer in construction, makes his weary way home after work in a neighbourhood overlooking Kabul. Roberto Schmidt / AFP

Food for thought: Pakistani Christian boys sell meat on a grill in an alley of a Christian neighbourhood, during a power cut in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo

Great escape: Iraqi women and children walk from the scene of a car bomb attack in the town of Taji, 20 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraq. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo

Rebel with a cause: a fighter is brought to the Dar al-Shifa hospital in the northern city of Aleppo to be treated for his wounds. Zac Baillie / AFP

Feeding time: an Afghan refugee boy holds on to his goat, while a friend and his sister, left, feed the animals in a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo

Peace if just for a moment: Islamic Jihad militants pray during a parade in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip which marked the 25th anniversary of the movement's foundation. Ahmed Zakot / Reuters

Artists impression: an Egyptian activist works on a mural depicting a rebel with an eye patch in Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt. Nasser Nasser / AP Photo

Sibling rivalry: Rina Chibany gives a wave of victory after being crowned Miss Lebanon 2012 in Platea, north of Beirut. Her twin sister Romy was runner-up. Wadih Shlink / Reuters

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