• Cars and people surround camels for sale during the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, some 160 kilometres east of Riyadh. AFP
    Cars and people surround camels for sale during the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, some 160 kilometres east of Riyadh. AFP
  • Senegal's Sadio Mane receives the African footballer of the year award at the African Footballer of Year Awards - Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt. Reuters
    Senegal's Sadio Mane receives the African footballer of the year award at the African Footballer of Year Awards - Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt. Reuters
  • Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team) in action during stage three of the Dakar Rally 2020, in Saudi Arabia. EPA
    Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team) in action during stage three of the Dakar Rally 2020, in Saudi Arabia. EPA
  • An Egyptian man pushes children on a swing in the street in the capital Cairo's Mokatam area. AFP
    An Egyptian man pushes children on a swing in the street in the capital Cairo's Mokatam area. AFP
  • An Egyptian balloon seller waits for customers on a street in the capital Cairo's Muqattam area during Coptic Orthodox Christmas celebrations. AFP
    An Egyptian balloon seller waits for customers on a street in the capital Cairo's Muqattam area during Coptic Orthodox Christmas celebrations. AFP
  • A protester waves the Iraq flag while demonstrators set fire to close streets near Tahrir Square during a demonstration to protest against the Iranian missile strike, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops in a major escalation between the two longtime foes. AP Photo
    A protester waves the Iraq flag while demonstrators set fire to close streets near Tahrir Square during a demonstration to protest against the Iranian missile strike, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops in a major escalation between the two longtime foes. AP Photo
  • Iraqi mourners gather at the Shaheed Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr Bridge as they welcome the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the slain chief of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran, in the southern city of Basra. AFP
    Iraqi mourners gather at the Shaheed Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr Bridge as they welcome the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the slain chief of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran, in the southern city of Basra. AFP
  • Journalists line up to enter the Lebanese Journalists Syndicate building, where ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn is scheduled to hold a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    Journalists line up to enter the Lebanese Journalists Syndicate building, where ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn is scheduled to hold a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • Camels are pictured with a drone during the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah. AFP
    Camels are pictured with a drone during the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah. AFP
  • Seagulls feed on the shore of the Mediterranean sea on the northern entrance of the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
    Seagulls feed on the shore of the Mediterranean sea on the northern entrance of the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP

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The Middle East Framed - regional photography for January 8, 2020

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