The Middle East framed - regional photography for October 25, 2020

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

Iraqi demonstrators gather to mark the first anniversary of the anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters

Iraqis walks past a graffiti depicting the anti-government demonstrations in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the unprecedented protests. Protesters in Iraq announced they were readying preparations for fresh rallies on October 25. AFP

Supporters of the Lebanese Communist Party wave their party's flags as they march during a political festival to mark the 96th anniversary of the founding of the party, in central Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

Supporters of the Lebanese Communist Party attend a political festival to mark the 96th anniversary of the founding of the party, in central Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

Palestinians release balloons with posters of Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras who is held in an Israeli jail during a protest supporting him near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza City. EPA

A young Libyan rider takes part in an equestrian show jumping festival in the Janzour region, 20Km west of the capital. AFP

Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, during a cabinet meeting on the coronavirus crisis in the country, at the supreme leader's office in Tehran, Iran. EPA

A youth of Yemen's minority group known as "Muhamasheen", which translates to marginalised, plays inside a discarded cardboard box in the capital Sanaa. AFP

A Yemeni man spray paints a truck green, a color that holds religious significance in Islam, in front of Al-Saleh mosque in the capital Sanaa in response to comments by French President Emmanuel Macron defending cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. AFP

Tayeb Zitouni, the newly elected Secretary General of the Algerian Democratic National Rally (RND) political party, speaks at a meeting around a referendum scheduled for November 1, allowing Algerians to express their opinion about a constitutional revision project, in the capital Algiers. AFP

A man casts his vote at a polling station in the Talibeya district of Giza, the twin-city of Egypt's capital while voting in the first stage of the lower house elections. AFP

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