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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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