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

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

An anti-government protester waves a national flag during a demonstration against the new Iraqi prime minister designate Mohammad Allawi, in the central holy shrine city of Karbala. AFP

People watch the sunset at the beach of the Red Sea resort of King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. AP Photo

Afghan men get artificial legs fixed at ICRC center in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA

Lebanese demonstrators pull on a barbed wire as they take part in an demonstration against the US peace plan proposal, near the US embassy in Awkar, northeast of the capital Beirut. AFP

President Kais Saied (C) as he departs from Tunis-Carthage Airport for Algeria for his first official state visit to the neighbouring North African country, with outgoing Prime Minister Youssef Chahed (R) bidding farewell. AFP

Ambulances and medics wait for the arrival of 42 people from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Albania on a Turkish Air Force cargo plane at the Etimesgut military Airport in Ankara after being repatriated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak. AFP

A man sits on packages of food as people come to receive food aid from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) distribution centre in the Khan Yunis camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

A vehicle of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets", near an impact crater in the ground in the aftermath of government forces' bombardment in the town of Sarmin southeast of the city of Idlib in the northwestern province. AFP

Cranes and laborers work during the renovation of Tahrir Square, Cairo. EPA

Fatima el Hanani, a "mule woman", sits in the souk of the Moroccan city of Fnidek. After years of back-breaking toil, Fatima el Hanani now fears being reduced to begging in the street because of Morocco's closure of its border with a Spanish enclave to thousands of "mule women". AFP

Moudi al-Miftah, a 64-year-old journalist, cooks locust at her home in Al-Ahmadi, some 35 kilometres south of Kuwait City. AFP

Sudanese riot policemen control soccer fans during a match between Sudanese team Al Hilal against Egypt’s Al Ahly in Group C at the African Champions League at the Al-Jawhara Stadium in Khartoum, Sudan. REUTERS

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