Middle East Images of the Week
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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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Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili attends a news conference at the Iranian embassy in Damascus
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The medalists in men's 1500m (L-R) Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi with gold (C), Leonel Manzano (L) of U.S. with silver and Morocco's Abdalaati Iguider with bronze
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Saudi Arabia's Sarah Attar competes in a women's 800-meter heat. Attar is the first Saudi woman to compete in athletics during the Olympics.