The Middle East framed - regional photography for May 16, 2020

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

People shop for pastries along a market street in Ariha in the southern countryside of Syria's Idlib province before sunset during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP

A Muslim devotee prays on a hilltop during-S the Islamic holy month of Ramadan on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP

A Yemeni child waits to get her family's local charity-provided food for Iftar. EPA

Police and Civil Guard officers watch the Beni-Enzar border crossing in Melilla, Spain. Some 200 Moroccans have been able to return to their country this Friday. EPA

Palestinian children run down a narrow street at the Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. EPA

An aerial view of the town of Ariha in the southern countryside of Syria's Idlib province before sunset during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi waits for delegations at the prime minister's office in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters

A man wearing a protective face mask stands in a disinfectant section inside a Carrefour hypermarket, in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, Egypt. Reuters

A Turkish teenager rests after swimming in the Golden Horn under the Galata Bridge in Istanbul. AP

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