The Middle East Framed - regional photography for July 8, 2019

We bring you the best images from the Middle East and North Africa today

A boy takes a selfie in front of the world's largest chopsticks outside the Marco Polo hotel. Deira, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

A handout photo made available by Syria's Arab News Agency (Sana) shows Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, right, meeting Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the Omani Foreign Minister, in Damascus. EPA

Craftsmen work in their shop in the province of Amran, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. AFP

People gather at the beach to cool down on a warm day in Rabat, Morocco. AP

A boy jumps into the sea near the Kasbah of Udayas, a 12th century fortress famous for its white and blue streets, in Rabat, Morocco. AP

A girl rides a bicycle in Athalassa Park in Nicosia, Cyprus. Reuters

A Yemeni passes a historic building in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA

Returnees walk together and hold Syrian flags as they enter the city of Qusayr, Syria July 7, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Returning Syrians walk together and hold flags as they enter the city of Qusayr. Reuters

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters gather as a convoy of Turkish military vehicles heading toward the northern Syrian Idlib province drives on a road near the town of Atareb in Syria's northwestern Aleppo province. AFP

A convoy of Turkish military vehicles head towards the northern Syrian town of Atareb in Syria's northwestern Aleppo province. AFP

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