The best photography from around the region this week: Sept 26, 2013

Smoke rises from an air strike that hit a village in Idlib province, northern Syria. AP Photo

A Palestinian woman shouts slogans during a protest organised by the Hamas movement in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP

An Iraqi woman walks down a narrow street past electrical cables hung on the walls in Baghdad, Iraq. Sabah Arar / AFP

A young wedding guest is pictured on the wedding day of a young couple in Beit Lahiya town, northern Gaza Strip. Ali Ali / EPA

alestinian children sit in the back of a car during a power cut in northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Salem / Reuters

Qasim Ahmed Tahan carries the dead body of his 5-year-old son, Walid, who was killed in a bombing on Monday, before burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq. Jaber al-Helo / AP Photo

Egyptian Coptic priests lead the prayer during the Sunday Mass at the burnt Virgin Mary and St. Abraam church, after security was restored in the town of Delga, southern Egypt. Ahmed Hayman / EPA

A Palestinian child rest after a swim on the beach near the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP

Palestinians watch a local horseback race as the sun sets in Jabaliya, northeast of Gaza Strip. Adel Hana / AP Photo

A Christian woman mourns next to the coffin of her brother, who was killed in a suicide attack on a church, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Fayaz Aziz / Reuters

A Palestinian girl holds the national flag during a protest organised by the ruling Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza city. Mahmud Hams / AFP

A Syrian man with more than half his body burnt from an air strike leaves a field hospital to go back home in a village that was turned into a battlefield in Idlib province, northern Syria. AP Photo

Pakistani women touch the coffin of their relative, who was killed along with others in a suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo

Armed Palestinian Hamas security forces patrol the streets of Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP

Free Syrian Army fighters wait as they expect a Syrian army retaliation in Kafr Nboudah village, Idlib province, northern Syria. AP Photo

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