• Palestinian children play next to their home in the Gaza Strip's al-Shati refugee camp. AFP
    Palestinian children play next to their home in the Gaza Strip's al-Shati refugee camp. AFP
  • A Palestinian elder sits next to his neighbour in front of a mural depicting a protester firing a slingshot next to another showing Argentine-born revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara, on a wall in al-Aroub Palestinian refugee camp, between the West Bank towns of Hebron and Bethlehem. AFP
    A Palestinian elder sits next to his neighbour in front of a mural depicting a protester firing a slingshot next to another showing Argentine-born revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara, on a wall in al-Aroub Palestinian refugee camp, between the West Bank towns of Hebron and Bethlehem. AFP
  • A Syrian whose shop was destroyed in an aerial bombardment walks around the area in Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib province. AFP
    A Syrian whose shop was destroyed in an aerial bombardment walks around the area in Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib province. AFP
  • A hospital employee sprays chlorinated water outside makeshift tents amid a cholera outbreak, at a hospital in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    A hospital employee sprays chlorinated water outside makeshift tents amid a cholera outbreak, at a hospital in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
  • Palestinian demonstrators gather east of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, during a protest marking 71th anniversary of Nakba -- also known as Day of the Catastrophe in 1948. AFP
    Palestinian demonstrators gather east of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, during a protest marking 71th anniversary of Nakba -- also known as Day of the Catastrophe in 1948. AFP
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of the Rawd Al-Faraj bridge in Shobra district, Cairo. EPA
    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of the Rawd Al-Faraj bridge in Shobra district, Cairo. EPA
  • The Dubai offshore sailing club pursuit race. Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    The Dubai offshore sailing club pursuit race. Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • The burnt Central Library in the Faysaliyah quarter in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. AFP
    The burnt Central Library in the Faysaliyah quarter in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. AFP
  • A Palestinian sits next to his home in the Gaza Strip's al-Shati refugee camp. AFP
    A Palestinian sits next to his home in the Gaza Strip's al-Shati refugee camp. AFP
  • A Palestinian demonstrator hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the 'Nakba', or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands fled or were forced from their homes in the war surrounding Israel's independence in 1948, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Gaza City. Reuters
    A Palestinian demonstrator hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the 'Nakba', or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands fled or were forced from their homes in the war surrounding Israel's independence in 1948, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Gaza City. Reuters
  • Mourners throw flowers on the coffin of former Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, as it arrived at the seat of the Maronite Church, in the village of Bkirki, north of Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    Mourners throw flowers on the coffin of former Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, as it arrived at the seat of the Maronite Church, in the village of Bkirki, north of Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • Pigeons fly outside the main Justice Palace in Istanbul, as the trial begins against Metin Topuz, a Turkish employee of the US Consulate in Istanbul charged with espionage and attempting to overthrow the Turkish government. AP Photo
    Pigeons fly outside the main Justice Palace in Istanbul, as the trial begins against Metin Topuz, a Turkish employee of the US Consulate in Istanbul charged with espionage and attempting to overthrow the Turkish government. AP Photo

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


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