The Middle East framed - regional photography for July 16, 2019

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

A pearl diver uses a gig to hunt for fish in the waters near a dhow in Kuwait City. AFP

A boy holds a Turkish flag during a rally to honour the victims of the July 15 2016 failed coup attempt. AP Photo

A girl cries as a Turkish crowd chants the names of people who were killed during a coup attempt at the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul on July 15 2016. AFP

A baker makes Iranian bread - known as taftoon - at a bakery in Kuwait City. AFP

A visitor reads the biography of the late Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz after the official opening of a museum in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters

Smoke billows following an airstrike by Syrian regime forces in Maaret al-Numan in the northwest of the country. AFP

A diver jumps off a cliff during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the Raouche rock in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters

An Iraqi stands in front of the the Abu al-Fadhel al-Abbas mosque in Baghdad's al-Turath district. AFP

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