Middle East in review

Middle East in review is a monthly gallery that features some of the top photojournalism made by AP staff photographers and freelancers based in AP’s Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan region.  

A rainbow appears over Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

‏Christians walk to the traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony at the Qasr-el Yahud baptism site, in the Jordan river near the West Bank town of Jericho, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The site is traditionally believed by many to be the place where Jesus was baptized. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Relatives of 16-year-old Palestinian, Amir Abu Musaed, mourn during his funeral in the Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Birds fly over the old port of Cesarea, Israel, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Strong heavy winds, waves and rain whipped across Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Palestinians clash with Israeli troops following protests against US. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy plays a shot on the dirt of the 8th hole during the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

The U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie kisses a Syrian child during her visit to the Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Two Iranians walk in Laleh Park in central Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Family members of a newly graduated Iraqi Army officer take photos with him as they celebrate during Iraqi Army Day celebrations in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Honor guards prepare to participate in the placement of an ancient statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, at the entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum, that is under construction near the Pyramids of Giza, outside Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Sultan Kosen, from Turkey, 34, the tallest man on earth according to the Guinness World Records, with a height of 246.5 cm ( 8 feet 1 inch), stands on the Great Pyramid as Jyoti Amge, from India, 24, who holds the Guinness title for world's shortest woman with 62.8 cm (2 ft 06) tall, waves at the historic site of Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. Both were invited by the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board to visit Cairo's most famous sites, in an attempt to help boost tourism in Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

A Pakistani Hindu groom and bride attend a mass wedding ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. The Pakistan Hindu Council organized a mass marriage ceremony for 82 couples who could not afford their individual wedding expenses. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

A girl holds an Indonesian flag, waiting for the Indonesian president to arrive at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Eritrean migrants wear chains to mimic slaves at a demonstration against the Israeli government's policy to forcibly deport African refugees and asylum seekers from Israel to Uganda and Rwanda, outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in Saturday's deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. The deadly explosion was caused by a suicide bomber driving an ambulance in the capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A member of Afghan security personnel stands guard at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim academy in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A security personnel points his weapon near the Intercontinental Hotel after a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan security personnel stand guard as black smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A wounded man is assisted at the site of a deadly suicide attack in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv are baptized in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at Qasr el Yahud, the spot where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus, near the West Bank town of Jericho, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A three story building is lit in the middle of the war-damaged Bab Dreib neighborhood of the old city, in Homs, Syria on Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A destroyed building shows through a sniper hole in a damaged building in the old city of Homs, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The reconstructed Khaled Bin al-Waleed Mosque is framed by a damaged building, in the old city of Homs, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syrian men remove rubble from a damaged shop at the old market in the old city of Aleppo, Syria on Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Two people carry goods on a bicycle in the war-damaged Bab Dreib neighborhood of the old city, in Homs, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A pigeon keeper watches his birds fly from the roof of his home in the war-damaged Bab Dreib neighborhood of the old city, in Homs, Syria on Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A man smokes on a balcony of a house that was damaged by shelling in Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 21, 2018. Thirteen months after government forces captured eastern rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo, life in the city has improved drastically with more security and more supplies of water and electricity. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

A Syrian boy shields himself from the rain and cold wearing a plastic bag while he sells bread in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Kurdish demonstrators wave their national flag as they protest against the operation by the Turkish army aimed at ousting the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia from the area in Afrin, Syria, near the Turkish embassy, in Rabiyeh east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek take part in a demonstration to condemn the brutal killing of Zainab Ansari, an 8-year-old girl, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. A Pakistani official says a serial killer may have been behind the rape and murder of the young girl which has sparked deadly clashes between protesters and police. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

People attend a funeral of a Pakistani girl who was raped and killed, in Kasur, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. Pakistani police said a mob angered over the recent rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl has attacked a police station in eastern Punjab province, triggering clashes that left at least two people dead and several injured. (AP Photo/Qazi Mehmood)

A Pakistani girl joins others during a memorial for Zainab Ansari, an 8-year-old girl who was kidnapped, raped and killed, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Girls and boys wave flags for Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, Pool)

Boys warm themselves near a fire during a rainy day on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan prisoners line up after their release from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. The Afghan president pardoned 75 prisoners loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former warlord and U.S.-declared terrorist who signed a peace agreement with Kabul in 2016. The deal gave Hekmatyar and his followers immunity for past actions and granted them full political rights. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A Palestinian boy cries at the family house of Laith Abu Naim, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Mughayer, north of Ramallah, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. The 16-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed in clashes between the Israeli military and stone throwers in the West Bank village Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. The Israeli military denied using live fire amid a "violent riot" in which dozens of Palestinians rolled burning tires and hurled rocks at troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinian women cry after taking a last look at the body of Laith Abu Naim, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Mughayer, north of Ramallah, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Relatives of Palestinian fisherman, Abdullah Zidan, mourn in the family house during his funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2017. Palestinian authorities say a Gaza fisherman died a day after Egyptian naval forces shot him off the beach. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Ahmad Saleem, 24, who was killed in clashes with the Israeli army, during his funeral in the village of Jayous, near near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Laith Abu Naim, into the family house during his funeral in the West Bank village of Mughayer, north of Ramallah, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. The 16-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed in clashes between the Israeli military and stone throwers in the West Bank village Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. The Israeli military denied using live fire amid a "violent riot" in which dozens of Palestinians rolled burning tires and hurled rocks at troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinian children play during rainy, cold weather in a slum on the outskirts of Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

An Iraqi actor performs during a play titled "The strongest" in Baghdad National Theater, Tuesday, Jan 23, 2018. The play is about the negative legacy of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

‏A Christian Orthodox priest re-enacts the baptism of Jesus, during the traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony at the Qasr-el Yahud baptism site in the Jordan river, near the West Bank town of Jericho, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A super blue blood moon rises over Michmoret, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon which is a supermoon, but also a lunar eclipse, all rolled into one celestial phenomenon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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