The Middle East framed - regional photography for October 8, 2019

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

Flamingoes are pictured feeding off a beach north of Kuwait City. AFP

Slaughtered birds of prey are displayed by activists from the Committee Against Bird Slaughter at their observation camp in the village of Eghbe in the Lebanese mountains, northeast of Beirut. AFP

Tunisian electoral officials work at a vote counting centre following the election in Tunis. EPA

Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters head to an area near the border north of Aleppo. AFP

A tram passes by as two women stand under an umbrella during a rainy day at Istiklal Street in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA

Boys play football with a tourist in front of the pillars of the Temple of Hercules at Amman Citadel, an ancient Roman landmark in Jordan. Reuters

A Palestinian child watches fish swim in an aquarium at a restaurant in the West Bank city of Nablus. AFP

A Palestinian man climbs down a rope after scaling a section of Israel's barrier that separates the West Bank from Jerusalem, in east Jerusalem's Beit Hanina district. AFP

A girl stands overlooking Hasankeyf, which will be significantly submerged by the Ilisu Dam, in southeastern Turkey. Reuters

Kurdish women flash victory signs and shout slogans as they protest against possible Turkish military operation on their areas, at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Ras al-Ayn, Syria. AP Photo

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