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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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