The Middle East Framed - regional photography for July 8, 2020

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

Workers arrange boxes to be filled with ice cream inside a factory in Damascus, Syria. Reuters

Iraqi protesters chant slogans at Al Tahrir square in Baghdad next to a symbolic coffin of Iraqi terrorism expert Husham Al Hashimi, who was assassinated by an unknown armed group outside his house. EPA

Iraqi protesters carry the picture of Iraqi terrorism expert Husham Al Hashimi with a slogan reading in Arabic 'Al Hashimi is the martyr of the October Revolution', and the picture of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with a slogan reading in Arabic 'Khamenei is a murderer, and his militias are false people'. EPA

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on July 8, 2020 shows President Hassan Rouhani wearing a face mask while attending a cabinet session in the capital Tehran. AFP

Houthi fighters attend a gathering aimed at mobilising more fighters amid Yemen's ongoing conflict, in Sanaa. EPA

Abderrezak Mokri, leader of Algeria's Movement of Society for Peace, speaks wearing a face mask during a press conference at the party's headquarters in the capital Algiers. AFP

Family members of Saadi sl Ghrabli, pictured, a Palestinian sentenced and imprisoned by Israel for life for murder 26 years ago, mourn together during his death anniversary in Gaza City. He died while receiving treatment for cancer at an Israeli hospital in Tel Aviv. AFP

Palestinian boys, part of a team of amputees some of whom lost limbs in Israeli gunfire, attend a football training session arranged by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Reuters

In this image provided by the Freedom Initiative, Mohamed Amashah, second from left, is greeted by family members upon arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia. The American medical student detained without trial in an Egyptian prison for nearly 500 days. AP

Tunisian Minister of Education Mohamed Hamdi speaks at press conference in Tunis. EPA

Anti-government protesters shout slogans against all parties during a demonstration in front the Lebanese Electricity company main building in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

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