PHOTOS: The Middle East this week
This week, Egyptians went to the polls, Palstinians clashed with Israeli troops, and US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the region.
Take a look at some of the best Associated Press photos from around the Middle East this week.
Israel
IDF soldiers, relatives and friends mourn at the grave site of 18-year-old Israeli soldier Ziv Mizrahi during his funeral at a military cemetery in Jerusalem.
IDF soldiers work by a checkpoint on the Israeli side of the border with the West Bank city of Ramallah as the moon rises behind them.
Gaza
A Palestinian youth sells corn at Gaza City's fishing harbor.
Egypt
An Egyptian woman reads a ballot, inside a polling station for women only during the second phase of the parliamentary elections, in Qalyoubiya governorate, north of Cairo Egypt
UAE
US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, tours the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque with Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Pakistan
Pakistani street performers sit around fire waiting for customers on a chilly evening in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Internally displaced girls warm up by a stove after their family left their village in the Achin district of Afghanistan. Many villagers have been displaced due to clashes between the Islamic State group and other insurgent groups.
