The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 25, 2018

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

An Egyptian Catholic boy looks on during a Christmas eve mass at Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS

Iraqi policemen search a youth dressed as Father Christmas arriving to give gifts to children at the Church of Mar Jacob al Muqataa in the predominantly Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, in Niniveh province some 30 kilometres from Mosul. AFP

A Latin clergy carries a cross at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. AFP

People attend a carnival held in front of al-Sayydah Church in the mostly Christian-populated al-Qassaa neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. EPA

Jordanians attend a mass that was held at the Catholic Latin Church in the city of Fuheis near Amman, Jordan. REUTERS

Ivorian demonstrators stand outside the Ivory Coast embassy in Tunis, following the death of Falikou Coulibaly, the president of the association of Ivorians in Tunisia, who was stabbed and later died during a robbery in the town of Soukra. AFP

Paramedics and security officers at the scene of an attack outside the Libyan foreign ministry headquarters in the capital Tripoli. At least one person was killed on December 25 as attackers stormed Libya's foreign ministry after a car bomb exploded in front of the building and a suicide bomber then struck inside, a security source at the scene told AFP

Men with special needs hold bread in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon. REUTERS

Kuwaiti Muslims distribute sweets during Christmas mass at the National Evangelical Church in Kuwait City. AFP

Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert (R), who heads a United Nations team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between the Iranian-aligned Houthi group and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen's Hodeidah, meets officials during his visit to the Red Sea port city of Hodeida. Cammaert called on Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-linked Huthi rebels to respect the hard-won truce, Hodeida port deputy director Yehya Sharafeddin said. AFP

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