• People take part in the Baghdad Kite Festival in Iraq. AP
    People take part in the Baghdad Kite Festival in Iraq. AP
  • Dignitaries including Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (sixth right), Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (fifth right), and Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh (fourth right), attend the opening ceremony of the 2019 World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea, Jordan. AFP
    Dignitaries including Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (sixth right), Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (fifth right), and Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh (fourth right), attend the opening ceremony of the 2019 World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea, Jordan. AFP
  • Vintage Mercedes Classic cars are displayed during a Vintage car exhibition near Kuwait tower parking lot in Kuwait City, Kuwait. EPA
    Vintage Mercedes Classic cars are displayed during a Vintage car exhibition near Kuwait tower parking lot in Kuwait City, Kuwait. EPA
  • Military vehicles of Misrata forces, under the protection of Tripoli's forces, are seen in Tajura neighborhood , east of Tripoli, Libya. Reuters
    Military vehicles of Misrata forces, under the protection of Tripoli's forces, are seen in Tajura neighborhood , east of Tripoli, Libya. Reuters
  • Competitors sit in their tents in the bivouac on the eve of the start of the 34rd edition of the Marathon des Sables in the Moroccan Sahara desert in El Borouj, central Morocco. The 34rd edition of the marathon is a live stage 250km race through a formidable landscape in one of the world's most inhospitable climates. AFP
    Competitors sit in their tents in the bivouac on the eve of the start of the 34rd edition of the Marathon des Sables in the Moroccan Sahara desert in El Borouj, central Morocco. The 34rd edition of the marathon is a live stage 250km race through a formidable landscape in one of the world's most inhospitable climates. AFP
  • Supporters of Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi wave posters depicting his portrait (left) alongside that of the country's founding father Habib Bourguiba, with a caption below the former reading reading in Arabic "the founding president" and the latter "the greater warrior", during the Nidaa Tounes Party congress in the coastal city of Monastir, about 160km south of the capital Tunis. AFP
    Supporters of Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi wave posters depicting his portrait (left) alongside that of the country's founding father Habib Bourguiba, with a caption below the former reading reading in Arabic "the founding president" and the latter "the greater warrior", during the Nidaa Tounes Party congress in the coastal city of Monastir, about 160km south of the capital Tunis. AFP
  • The facade of the Sohag National Museum in Sohag governorate, 500km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Sohag’s foundation stone was laid in the 1980s by the government, which began its official construction in 1993 and then stopped in 1996, largely due to financial woes. The museum, which overlooks the Nile, features a collection of 945 artefacts that have been discovered in the area throughout different times. AFP
    The facade of the Sohag National Museum in Sohag governorate, 500km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Sohag’s foundation stone was laid in the 1980s by the government, which began its official construction in 1993 and then stopped in 1996, largely due to financial woes. The museum, which overlooks the Nile, features a collection of 945 artefacts that have been discovered in the area throughout different times. AFP
  • An undernourished lioness at a zoo in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during the evacuation by members of the international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" of animals from the Palestinian enclave to relocate to sanctuaries in Jordan. AFP
    An undernourished lioness at a zoo in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during the evacuation by members of the international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" of animals from the Palestinian enclave to relocate to sanctuaries in Jordan. AFP
  • The flooded village of Bamdezh in Iran's Khuzestan province. Iranian authorities ordered the evacuation of six cities along the Karkheh river in southwestern Khuzestan province, after more rain sparked fears of new flooding, state news agency IRNA said. AFP
    The flooded village of Bamdezh in Iran's Khuzestan province. Iranian authorities ordered the evacuation of six cities along the Karkheh river in southwestern Khuzestan province, after more rain sparked fears of new flooding, state news agency IRNA said. AFP
  • Pigeons fly in front of a large poster of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Bursa, Turkey. Reuters
    Pigeons fly in front of a large poster of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Bursa, Turkey. Reuters

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for April 7, 2019

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April 07, 2019

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