The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 1, 2020

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

Nouran Faraj, a 24-year-old Palestinian, holds her niece while wearing her handmade crochet wool mask in Gaza City. Mohammed ABED / AFP

Men sit at an Illy Caffe inside a shopping mall that has reopened, as the coronavirus restrictions are eased, in Beirut, Lebanon. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters

Christian worshippers light candles in the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Normally packed with tourists from around the world at this time of year, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town – with hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops shuttered by the pandemic. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo

Abdelrahman Tarek, an 11-year-old cancer patient practices a traditional Tanoura dance at a small theatre in central Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

A man wearing a face mask feeds pigeons in Algiers. The Algerian government announced it will extend the partial lockdown measure in 34 provinces for an additional 15 days, starting from December 2. Anis Belghoul / AP Photo

Syrian students from the "Aleppo University in Liberated Areas" attend their graduation ceremony at the campus in Azaz, in the rebel-controlled northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province. The ceremony included the first 32 doctors to ever graduate from the university, which was founded in 2014. Bakr ALKASEM / AFP

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