• A man walks in front of a mural depicting Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    A man walks in front of a mural depicting Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed speaks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia, Cyprus. Reuters
    UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed speaks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia, Cyprus. Reuters
  • Supporters of the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) hold a placard reading "if there is Imamoglu, there is hope" as he delivers a speech during a rally. AFP
    Supporters of the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) hold a placard reading "if there is Imamoglu, there is hope" as he delivers a speech during a rally. AFP
  • A supporter holds a flag of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, as the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) delivers a speech during a rally. AFP
    A supporter holds a flag of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, as the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) delivers a speech during a rally. AFP
  • A man walking amid the debris of destroyed buildings in the town of Ihsim, in Syria’s Idlib region. The Idlib region of some three million people is supposed to be protected from a massive regime offensive by a buffer zone deal that Russia and Turkey signed in September. AFP
    A man walking amid the debris of destroyed buildings in the town of Ihsim, in Syria’s Idlib region. The Idlib region of some three million people is supposed to be protected from a massive regime offensive by a buffer zone deal that Russia and Turkey signed in September. AFP
  • An Iraqi street vendor wears a makeshift cardboard had to protect himself from the heat during a heat wave in the capital Baghdad. AFP
    An Iraqi street vendor wears a makeshift cardboard had to protect himself from the heat during a heat wave in the capital Baghdad. AFP
  • An Iraqi street vendor wears a hat to protect himself from the heat during a heat wave in the capital Baghdad. AFP
    An Iraqi street vendor wears a hat to protect himself from the heat during a heat wave in the capital Baghdad. AFP
  • Palestinians hold signs during a protest against the US-led economic workshop for Mideast plan that is hosted by Bahrain, in Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Palestinians hold signs during a protest against the US-led economic workshop for Mideast plan that is hosted by Bahrain, in Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Palestinians take part in a protest against the US-led economic workshop for a Middle East plan that is hosted by Bahrain, in Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Palestinians take part in a protest against the US-led economic workshop for a Middle East plan that is hosted by Bahrain, in Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • A Lebanese band performs during 'Beirut, The Sea lover'. It is a live home-made production, concert accompanied by video mapping in 3D during the 11th edition of the Beirut Spring Festival ending at the Roman baths in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    A Lebanese band performs during 'Beirut, The Sea lover'. It is a live home-made production, concert accompanied by video mapping in 3D during the 11th edition of the Beirut Spring Festival ending at the Roman baths in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Lebanese Energy Minister Nada Boustani (right) meets with Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt, Tarek El Molla (centre) and Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Nazih al-Najjari (left) at the Lebanese Energy Ministry in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Lebanese Energy Minister Nada Boustani (right) meets with Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt, Tarek El Molla (centre) and Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Nazih al-Najjari (left) at the Lebanese Energy Ministry in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Palestinians gather on the shores of the Mediterranean sea in Gaza city. AFP
    Palestinians gather on the shores of the Mediterranean sea in Gaza city. AFP
  • Palestinians evacuate a wounded demonstrator during clashes with Israeli forces near the fence along the border with Israel near Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP
    Palestinians evacuate a wounded demonstrator during clashes with Israeli forces near the fence along the border with Israel near Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP
  • A man riding his motorcycle past the debris of destroyed buildings in the town of Ihsim, in Syria’s Idlib region. AFP
    A man riding his motorcycle past the debris of destroyed buildings in the town of Ihsim, in Syria’s Idlib region. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for June 15, 2019


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