The Middle East framed - regional photography for May 12, 2019

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

Athletes participate in a triathlon race in Larnaka, Cyprus. Reuters

A member of Libya's government force operates a drone at outskirts of Tripoli. Reuters

Al-Nassr fans celebrate during the Saudi Arabia soccer match between Al-Hazem and Al-Nassr at Ar Rass Stadium. EPA

A Yemeni pro-government soldier reads the Koran while he takes a position as the Houthi rebels begin an unilateral withdrawal from two strategic ports in the war-torn city of Hodeidah. EPA

A member of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) inspects the rubble following shelling by government forces and their allies on the village of Maarit Sin in the countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province. AFP

A Kuwaiti resident feeds pigeons at a beach in Kuwait City. EPA

Syrian army soldiers prepare to launch a mortar towards insurgents in the village of Kfar Nabuda, in the countryside of Hama province. AP

Mansur Yavas, the new mayor of Ankara, Turkey, inaugurates the reinstallation of a statue stolen 25 years ago. AP Photo

Lebanese environmental activists participate in a coastal cleanup during a campaign at the Ramlet al-Baida beach along the coast of the capital Beirut. AFP

A worker tends to a fire boiling perfume inside a distiller, which is believed to be 4,000 years old, at a theme park and museum in Korakou, Cyprus. AP Photo

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