A look at this week's Middle East images.
Middle East Images of the Week
![A boy watches another jump from a bridge to cool off in the river Nile during Eid al-Fitr in Cairo August 20, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7f80c454-e403-4b7b-9e22-dc67b0cd8e6f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy watches another jump from a bridge to cool off in the river Nile during Eid al-Fitr in Cairo August 20, 2012.
![A Palestinian woman (L) holds a baby as she visits a beach in Tel Aviv during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan August 20, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d21961fb-3b16-4ea8-900b-ba516e40288b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian woman (L) holds a baby as she visits a beach in Tel Aviv during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan August 20, 2012.
![A Sunni Muslim gunman takes position behind sandbags at the Sunni Muslim dominant Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during clashes with Alawites, August 21, 2012 .](https://gdb.voanews.com/a4165409-b5cb-4f86-9962-44af62704bf9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Sunni Muslim gunman takes position behind sandbags at the Sunni Muslim dominant Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during clashes with Alawites, August 21, 2012 .
![Student supporters of the Lebanese Christian Phalange party chant slogans and hold placards during a protest demanding the expulsion of the Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali (R image) from Lebanon, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut](https://gdb.voanews.com/16707511-a5f5-41ac-a980-b25688239d4f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Student supporters of the Lebanese Christian Phalange party chant slogans and hold placards during a protest demanding the expulsion of the Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali (R image) from Lebanon, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut