The Middle East framed - regional photography for August 13, 2020

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

A Palestinian attaches an incendiary device to balloons before releasing them to Israeli lands near the border between Israel and Eastern Gaza Strip. EPA

Palestinians prepare to attach an incendiary device to balloons before realeasing them to Israeli lands near the border between Israel and Eastern Gaza Strip. EPA

A Palestinian worker fills a motorbike with fuel at a petrol station in Gaza City. Reuters

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addresses parliament in Damascus. AP

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addresses parliament in Damascus. AP

Israeli soldiers and a firefighter examine the remains of an incendiary device launched from the Gaza Strip. AP Photo

An Israeli firefighter attempts to extinguish an incendiary balloon launched by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. AP

Iraqi Kurds gesture during a demonstration at the the Freedom Park in the centre of Sulaimaniya. AFP

The port of Umm Qasr where Iraqi authorities adopt precautionary measures after the Beirut blast. Reuters

University students who volunteered to help clean homes and give other assistance, pass in front of a building that was damaged by last week's explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah sits next to Kuwaiti Interior Minister Anas al-Saleh at the country's national assembly. AFP

A Yemeni works on the site of rain-collapsed buildings in the old city of Sanaa. EPA

Election officials count ballots following the first round of the Egyptian senate election in Cairo. EPA

People queue outside a polling station during second day of the Egyptian senate election in Cairo. EPA

A Lebanese man talks on the phone while seated by the rubble of a destroyed traditional building in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood of Beirut. AFP

An elderly couple keep to their damaged apartment in the aftermath of last week's huge chemical explosion at Beirut's port that devastated large parts of the Lebanese capital. AFP

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