The Middle East Framed - regional photography for August 26, 2020

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

Iraqi farmers inspect palm trees in the southern port city of Al Faw, 90 kilometres south of Basra, near the Shatt Al Arab and the Gulf. AFP

Smoke and flare are seen in the sky, as pictured from Houla village near the Lebanese-Israeli border, in southern Lebanon, on August 25, 2020. Reuters

Tourists parasail over the sea in front of the Port Grand Mosque during a summer vacation on the Orange beach at a Red Sea resort in Hurghada, Egypt. Reuters

An Iraqi boy, wearing a protective mask, beats himself with chains during a procession in Baghdad's northern district of Kadhimiya, ahead of the 10th day of Muharram, which is celebrated as Ashura. AFP

An Iraqi farmer inspects the water level near his land in Iraq's southern port city of Al Faw, 90 kilometres south of Basra near the Shatt Al Arab and the Gulf. AFP

A Lebanese woman checks her phone as she sits in a devastated building in Beirut. AFP

A boy kicks a ball while shooting at a football net along a beach in Libya's eastern coastal city of Benghazi. AFP

Al Hilal's player Sebastian Giovinco, right, in action against Al Faisaly's William Alves de Oliveir during the Saudi Professional League match between Al Hilal and Al Faisaly, in Riyadh. EPA

People walk past tents in the Kurdish-run Al Hol camp in the Al Hasakeh governorate in north-east Syria. AFP

A Syrian boy plays with a stream of water, after humanitarian organisations delivered water to the area during a halt in water supply, in Syria's north-east city of Hasakah. AFP

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