Middle East Images of the Week
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Shi'ite masked gunmen from the Meqdad clan, gather at the Meqdad family's association headquarters in the southern suburbs in Beirut, August 15, 2012.
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Rotem (R), a sand cat (a breed considered extinct), is seen next to one of her kittens at their enclosure in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv August 14, 2012.
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A boy covered in an Israeli flag lifts a curtain during a welcoming ceremony for Jewish immigrants from North America upon their arrival to Israel, at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv August 14, 2012.
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Palestinian women pray in front of the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and to Jews as Temple Mount, during Laylat al-Qadr in Jerusalem's Old City in this August 14, 2012 file photo.