The Middle East Framed - regional photography for April 8, 2019

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

People compete in the first stage of the 34th edition of the "Marathon des Sables" (also known as Sahara Marathon) between El Borouj and Tisserdmine in the southern Moroccan Sahara desert. AFP

Inside the basilica of the Coptic Orthodox "White Monastery" of St Shenouda (Schenute) the Archimandrite in Egypt's southern Sohag province, about 500 kilometres south of the capital Cairo. AFP

Parks and restaurants lie partially submerged alongside the Tigris River, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday. AP

A US amphibious hovercraft departs with evacuees from Janzur, west of Tripoli, Libya. The United States says it has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to deteriorating security conditions. AP

Jordan's King Abdullah II (right) meeting with Massud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in the Jordanian capital Amman. AFP

A man clears away mud from his house following floods in the Iranian city of Mamulan in Lorestan province. AFP

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid Al Falih attends the inaugural Gulf Intelligence Saudi Arabia Energy Forum at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC) in Riyadh. AFP

An Israeli border policewoman stands behind a mobile voting booth a day before polling stations open in the rest of Israel, at a base in Beit Horon settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

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