The Middle East Framed - regional photography for May 15, 2020

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

Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Abu Deeb, 82, a former fighter from the village of Beersheba, walks with family members outside his home in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

A Sudanese man smokes a cigarette as he sits looking at a graffiti depicting an African man and a white woman with a mask, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

A cameraman films while standing above the "King Salman overpass", a road project currently under construction in the Omraniya district of Giza, which links up with the ring-road network encircling the Greater Cairo area. AFP

Sufi musicians perform during a Ramadan traditional evening held in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon. AFP

People enjoy the beach during a period of gradual relaxation of lockdown restrictions in Larnaca, Cyprus. EPA

People gather in big numbers at the Friday market open-air market in central Nasiriyah in southern Iraq's province of Dhi Qar despite restrictions on movement and social distancing. AFP

People wearing a face mask as they walk on famous Kamondo Stairs in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA

A woman rides a jet ski at al-Mamzar district in Dubai. AFP

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