August 13-19
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region between August 13-19, 2020.
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August 13-19
The gallery was curated by AP Middle East Deputy News Director for Photography and Storytelling Dusan Vranic and photographer Maya Alleruzzo.
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews, some wearing protective face mask amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, spend the day at a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas students enjoy Bein Hazmanim (between the times) for two weeks of summer vacation. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Ultra-orthodox Jewish youth enjoy the day on a beach segregated three days a week for men and three days for women, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Anti-government protesters burn a barricade next to a wall installed by security forces to block access to the Parliament building, during a demonstration following last week's massive explosion which devastated Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, followers of the Hasidic sect of Shomrei Emunim, wearing protective face masks amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, gather for the funeral of their Rabbi Refael Aharon Roth, 72, who died from the virus, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Lebanese army, rescue teams and investigators work at the scene of Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
Hussein Haidar, 27, who got injured at his office during the Aug. 4 explosion that killed more than 170 people, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction, poses for a photograph at his parents' house in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP PhotoHassan Ammar)
Kamal Khatib, right, and other volunteers of Animals Lebanon, remove a kitten from a cage trap after rescuing her and other family members from debris of a damaged building near the site of last week's massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The volunteers say they have happily reunited dozens of pets with their owners. But many others remain in the group's shelter, waiting for their owners to pick them up or locate them. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)
Ultra-orthodox Jewish men and children enjoy the day on a beach segregated three days a week for men and three days for women, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child at a slum area in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Pakistani government launched an anti-polio vaccination campaign in an effort to eradicate the crippling disease affected children. (AP PhotoK.M. Chaudary)
Protesters partake in an anti-government protest demanding free elections and against corruption outside the provincial council building in Basra, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoNabil al-Jurani)
A Yemeni worker scrubs a man at traditional Turkish bath (hammam) after reopening for the public following lockdown restriction ease in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP PhotoHani Mohammed)
A scouts band performs in honor of the victims of the last week's explosion that killed over 150 people and devastated the city, near the blast site in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)
Two men sit on the destroyed balcony of a building facing the site of last week's massive explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)
This week’s gallery highlights the best work of our photographers from Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, Israel, and Yemen.
An Israeli firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire caused by incendiary balloon launched by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, near Or HaNer Kibbutz, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The Israeli military said it attacked a number of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to days of launches of explosives-laden balloons from Gaza into Israeli territory. Israel says it holds Gaza's Hamas rulers responsible for all fire emanating from the territory. (AP PhotoTsafrir Abayov)
The gallery was curated by AP Middle East Deputy News Director for Photography and Storytelling Dusan Vranic and photographer Maya Alleruzzo.
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Riot police stand guard in front of the Mohammad al-Amin Mosque, during a protest following last week's explosion that killed many and devastated the city, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP PhotoBilal Hussein)
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Protesters set tires on fire during an anti-government protest demanding free elections and against corruption outside the provincial council building in Basra, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoNabil al-Jurani)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, some wearing protective face mask amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, spend the day at a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas students enjoy Bein Hazmanim (between the times) for two weeks of summer vacation. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Ultra-orthodox Jewish youth enjoy the day on a beach segregated three days a week for men and three days for women, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Anti-government protesters burn a barricade next to a wall installed by security forces to block access to the Parliament building, during a demonstration following last week's massive explosion which devastated Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, followers of the Hasidic sect of Shomrei Emunim, wearing protective face masks amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, gather for the funeral of their Rabbi Refael Aharon Roth, 72, who died from the virus, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Lebanese army, rescue teams and investigators work at the scene of Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
Hussein Haidar, 27, who got injured at his office during the Aug. 4 explosion that killed more than 170 people, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction, poses for a photograph at his parents' house in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP PhotoHassan Ammar)
Kamal Khatib, right, and other volunteers of Animals Lebanon, remove a kitten from a cage trap after rescuing her and other family members from debris of a damaged building near the site of last week's massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The volunteers say they have happily reunited dozens of pets with their owners. But many others remain in the group's shelter, waiting for their owners to pick them up or locate them. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)
Ultra-orthodox Jewish men and children enjoy the day on a beach segregated three days a week for men and three days for women, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child at a slum area in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Pakistani government launched an anti-polio vaccination campaign in an effort to eradicate the crippling disease affected children. (AP PhotoK.M. Chaudary)
Protesters partake in an anti-government protest demanding free elections and against corruption outside the provincial council building in Basra, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoNabil al-Jurani)
A Yemeni worker scrubs a man at traditional Turkish bath (hammam) after reopening for the public following lockdown restriction ease in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP PhotoHani Mohammed)
A scouts band performs in honor of the victims of the last week's explosion that killed over 150 people and devastated the city, near the blast site in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)
Two men sit on the destroyed balcony of a building facing the site of last week's massive explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP PhotoFelipe Dana)