The Middle East framed - regional photography for April 20, 2019

We bring you the best pictures from the Middle East and North Africa

People play volleyball on the beach as the Pink Moon rises in the sky over the Salmiya district in Kuwait. AFP

Paramedics carry an injured Palestinian protester during clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza City. AFP

A protester carries tyres to burn during clashes in the occupied West Bank. AFP

The mother of a Palestinian accused of killing a young Israeli woman, stands inside the damaged family home in West Bank town of Hebron. AFP

A barber waits for customers inside a shop decorated with posters of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA

A shooting target is placed behind a door during the 11th annual warrior Competition in Amman, Jordan. EPA

A man shows his ink-stained finger at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters

Algerians wave a giant national flag during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers. AFP

Worshippers utter religious chants at the Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. AFP

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