The Middle East Framed - regional photography for January 19, 2021

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

Ashraf Adli of Morocco in action during a match between Iceland and Morocco at the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA

A street cleaner welcomes a media delegation in a bus during the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA

Palestinian youths collect plastic and scrap metal to be sold for recycling in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

Austria's Nikola Stevanovic in action during a match between Norway and Austria at the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Giza, Egypt. Reuters

Seagulls chase scraps on the Tigris River in central Baghdad, Iraq. AFP

Iraqi artist Ali Al-Baghdadi paints at his studio in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA

People sift through a rubbish dump close to an oilfield, near the city of Malikiya, in northeast Syria. AFP

A woman feeds birds at Taksim Square, with Taksim Mosque in the background, in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA

Grand Camlica Mosque at Camlica Hill, pictured after a snowfall in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters

A Palestinian man sits by the coast on a rainy day in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters

A missile being fired during a military drill. Iran's military began a ground forces drill on Tuesday, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported. AP

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