The Middle East framed - regional photography for August 2, 2020

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

A pilgrim prays after throwing pebbles as part of the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah. AFP

Saggaf Alhashmi paints 3D artwork at City Walk in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Palestinian youths react as they ride a swing boat in the village of Tarqumia, north the West Bank town of Hebron. AFP

Iraqis visit the Geli Ali Beg Waterfall resort near the city of Rawanduz, about 100km north of Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP

Palestinian youths play in a pool in Gaza city. AFP

Guests gather to attend a traditional wedding celebration in the village of Shamma in Egypt's northern Nile delta province of Menoufia. AFP

Workers clean around the Kaaba, traced with lines for physical distancing, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AFP

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