The Middle East framed - regional photography for June 20, 2020

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

Members of a Palestinian family cool off together in the water in a metal frame pool erected on the rooftop of a residential building in Gaza City. AFP

Protesters burn tires outside the provincial council building during an anti-government demonstration in Basra, Iraq. AP

A general view shows a sculpture at the Sharm el-Sheikh museum as it prepares to reopen in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Reuters

A worker walks past an artifact at the Sharm el-Sheikh museum. Reuters

Mohamed Abdallah, a 7-year-old displaced Syrian boy from Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib's southern countryside, poses for a picture in a tent at Atmeh camp, near the Turkish border, Syria. Reuters

Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar visits troops at the border with Iraq, in Hakkari province, Turkey. AP

A baboon looks around as visitors leave behind food in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

Israeli border police members detain a Palestinian during a protest against Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Reuters

Children chase locusts as a swarm of locusts attacks a village on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters

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