• Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga officers show their skills during a graduation ceremony in the Kurdish town of Soran, 100 kilometres northeast of Erbil. AFP
    Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga officers show their skills during a graduation ceremony in the Kurdish town of Soran, 100 kilometres northeast of Erbil. AFP
  • Turkish honour guards march during a changing of the guard ceremony at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey. Reuters
    Turkish honour guards march during a changing of the guard ceremony at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey. Reuters
  • People walk on the ancient walls of a castle in Ankara, Turkey. Reuters
    People walk on the ancient walls of a castle in Ankara, Turkey. Reuters
  • Hasna Dbeis, a 30-year old former detainee in a Syrian-regime jail, gazes at fields with her son Mohammad from the balcony of her home in the town of Maarat Nasrin, in the rebel-held part of the Syrian Idlib province. AFP
    Hasna Dbeis, a 30-year old former detainee in a Syrian-regime jail, gazes at fields with her son Mohammad from the balcony of her home in the town of Maarat Nasrin, in the rebel-held part of the Syrian Idlib province. AFP
  • Iraqi patients queue to get a hearing consultation at Jumhuri hospital, a specialised hearing impairment centre, in west Iraq's Mosul city. AFP
    Iraqi patients queue to get a hearing consultation at Jumhuri hospital, a specialised hearing impairment centre, in west Iraq's Mosul city. AFP
  • A fighter loyal to the Libyan internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) loads a heavy machine gun during clashes against forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Hafta in the Airport Road Area, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
    A fighter loyal to the Libyan internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) loads a heavy machine gun during clashes against forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Hafta in the Airport Road Area, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
  • A fighter loyal to the Libyan internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) fires a heavy machine gun as a press photographer takes pictures of the scene during clashes against forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar in the Airport Road Area, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
    A fighter loyal to the Libyan internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) fires a heavy machine gun as a press photographer takes pictures of the scene during clashes against forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar in the Airport Road Area, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
  • Musicians during a ferry trip on the Bosphorus from Kadikoy to Eminonu, in Istanbul. AFP
    Musicians during a ferry trip on the Bosphorus from Kadikoy to Eminonu, in Istanbul. AFP
  • Pigeons fly outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
    Pigeons fly outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
  • Orphans wait for their iftar meal during Jordan's largest charity event, organised by a society from the UAE for 4,000 children and held at Petra Stadium in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
    Orphans wait for their iftar meal during Jordan's largest charity event, organised by a society from the UAE for 4,000 children and held at Petra Stadium in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
  • Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades casts his ballot paper during the European elections at a polling station in Limassol, Cyprus. EPA
    Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades casts his ballot paper during the European elections at a polling station in Limassol, Cyprus. EPA
  • An activist holds a banner offering help to voters as Turkish Cypriot citizens drive from the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus into the Republic of Cyprus at the Agios Dometios crossing point in Nicosia. AFP
    An activist holds a banner offering help to voters as Turkish Cypriot citizens drive from the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus into the Republic of Cyprus at the Agios Dometios crossing point in Nicosia. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for May 26, 2019

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May 26, 2019

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