Middle East Images of the Week
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Iraqi refugees from Syria arrive at the border crossing by the Iraqi town of Qaim
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Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan performs prayers for the 16 Egyptian soldiers who were killed Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 during an attack at a checkpoint along the Sinai border
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A protester wears a chain with many amulets as he joins others in a march towards central Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of people took to the streets of the Thai capital after lawmakers approved a draft political amnesty bill that could allow the return of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
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A Palestinian man rides a donkey cart outside the Rafah border crossing between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Egypt has closed the terminal.