MEV photo gallery 22-28 December

1
A Syrian refugee cries as he takes part in a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, outside the Syrian embassy in Amman, December 28.

2
An elderly Egyptian man shows his inked finger after casting his vote on the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in Fayoum Saturday, Dec. 22.

3
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, center, holds a statue of the Baby Jesus in Saint Catherine's Church at the end of the Christmas Midnight Mass and leads the procession to the Grotto, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, at the nearby Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, early Tuesday, Dec. 25.

4
Members of the Free Syrian Army pray on the streets of Aleppo, December 25.