The Middle East framed - regional photography for May 11, 2019

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

Algerian protesters wave a national flag beneath a shower of water in a street during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers. AFP

A girl wearing an Islamic wear attends an evening prayer called "Tarawih", during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Al Azhar mosque in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters

A seamstress works at an Islamic wear mill in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters

Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader and Shiite Muslim cleric Ammar al-Hakim gives a speech during a commemoration of his father the late Shiite cleric Abdel Aziz al-Hakim's death in the central holy shrine city of Najaf. AFP

A mother sits next to a sleeping child inside a tent at the Laylan refugee camp in Iraq. AFP

A Palestinian protester hurls stones at Israeli troops during a demonstration near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City. AFP

A Palestinian family inspect the rubble of their destroyed house, damaged after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City. EPA

A Palestinian family inspect the rubble of their destroyed house, damaged after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City. EPA

Plumes of smoke rise after shelling by Syrian government forces on the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province. AFP

Debris scattered in a street following reported shelling by Syrian government forces on the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province. AFP

A displaced Yemeni from Hodeida fills water containers at a make-shift camp in a village in the northern district of Abs in the country's Hajjah province. AFP

Palestinians sift through the rubble of a building destroyed during an Israeli airstrike, three days after an Egypt-brokered cease fire agreement. AFP

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