A look at this week's Middle East images.
Middle East Images of the Week
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Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning reporter who worked for Tokyo-based independent news wire Japan Press, is seen in this undated photo transmitted by Kyodo news agency in Tokyo August 21, 2012.
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A blue United Nations cap is left near members of the U.N. observers mission in Syria, who have left their bases in the province of Homs in Central Syria, as they check their departure dates in a hotel in Damascus August 20, 2012.
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Flames rise from Yemen's main gas pipeline after it was blown up by unknown attackers early August 21, 2012.
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Yemeni military and police officials recite prayers during the funeral procession of police troopers, killed in Saturday's attack on an intelligence service headquarters, in Sanaa August 20, 2012.