A look at this week's Middle East images.
Middle East Images of the Week

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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.

2
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.

3
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 .

4
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