• People take part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, which is an international campaign to challenge violence against women in Ankara. AFP
    People take part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, which is an international campaign to challenge violence against women in Ankara. AFP
  • A Yemeni man reads a local daily as peace talks between Yemeni warring factions continue in Sweden, in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    A Yemeni man reads a local daily as peace talks between Yemeni warring factions continue in Sweden, in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
  • Visitors arrive to attend the first Saudi Falcons and Hunting Exhibition in the capital Ryadh. On the wall is a painting representing Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz. AFP
    Visitors arrive to attend the first Saudi Falcons and Hunting Exhibition in the capital Ryadh. On the wall is a painting representing Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz. AFP
  • A digital billboard put up by a Lebanese advertising firm as a private initiative shows former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon. Ghosn, whose grandparents are Lebanese and holds Lebanese citizenship, is in detention after being arrested on November 19 on suspicion of under reporting his income. Many Lebanese have rallied around him. AP
    A digital billboard put up by a Lebanese advertising firm as a private initiative shows former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon. Ghosn, whose grandparents are Lebanese and holds Lebanese citizenship, is in detention after being arrested on November 19 on suspicion of under reporting his income. Many Lebanese have rallied around him. AP
  • Clerics and guests stand around an altar with 19 candles as they attend a Spiritual Vigil at St. Mary's Cathedral (Pierre Claverie Center) in Oran, Algeria. The vigil was held in celebration of the beatification of Algerian-born French prelate Pierre-Lucien Claverie and a group of 18 others, among them the Tibhirine monks, who were killed in the course of the Algerian Civil War from 1991 to 2002. EPA
    Clerics and guests stand around an altar with 19 candles as they attend a Spiritual Vigil at St. Mary's Cathedral (Pierre Claverie Center) in Oran, Algeria. The vigil was held in celebration of the beatification of Algerian-born French prelate Pierre-Lucien Claverie and a group of 18 others, among them the Tibhirine monks, who were killed in the course of the Algerian Civil War from 1991 to 2002. EPA
  • Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci attends the screening of "Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra" during the 17th Marrakech International Film Festival. AFP
    Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci attends the screening of "Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra" during the 17th Marrakech International Film Festival. AFP
  • A group of Iraqi boys along with other children and their parents wait for the start of a marathon in central Baghdad, Iraq. Hundreds of Iraqi children participated in the race which was organized to support Iraqi orphans and to encourage the society to integrate them. EPA
    A group of Iraqi boys along with other children and their parents wait for the start of a marathon in central Baghdad, Iraq. Hundreds of Iraqi children participated in the race which was organized to support Iraqi orphans and to encourage the society to integrate them. EPA
  • A visitor walks at the Church of the Nativity, accepted by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, is administered jointly by Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian Apostolic and Syriac orthodox church. EPA
    A visitor walks at the Church of the Nativity, accepted by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, is administered jointly by Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian Apostolic and Syriac orthodox church. EPA
  • A Palestinian protester throws stones with his slingshot during clashes after protests near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, in the east Gaza Strip. EPA
    A Palestinian protester throws stones with his slingshot during clashes after protests near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, in the east Gaza Strip. EPA

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 8, 2018

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December 08, 2018

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