Middle East Photos of the Week

A Syrian refugee girl looks out of her parents' tent at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, September 18, 2012

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, left, in her role as special envoy for the U. N. refugee agency, listens during a meeting with Turkish deputy prime minister Besir Atalay, unseen, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Jolie met with Syrian refugees in

Abdulla Deeb of Jordan's Al Wehdat (L) challenges Sami Al Sane of Kuwait's Al Kuwait during their AFC Cup soccer match in Kuwait City September 18, 2012

A man poses with the victory sign in front of victims' pictures, at a rally in Sanaa September 18, 2012, commemorating people killed during last year's unrest against former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Tuesday marked the first anniversary of a ma

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to attend a meeting with youths in Bkerke in Harissa, near Beirut September 15, 2012. Picture taken September 15, 2012

This photo released by Harvard University shows a Fourth Century fragment of papyrus that divinity professor Karen L. King says is the only existing ancient text that quotes Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife. King, an expert in the history of C

A jet belonging to forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is seen flying in the sky of Aleppo city after hitting the area of al-Shaar September 19, 2012

People walk inside Villagio Mall, located in a popular shopping area in Doha's west end September 20, 2012. The upscale mall had its first opening on Thursday since May 28, 2012, when at least 19 people were killed, including 13 children, in a fire that b

Jordanian activists from the Al-Tahrir party hold flags and shout slogans against the U.S. in Amman, during a demonstration against a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad September 17, 2012.

A general view shows the main corridor inside the "Serapuem" tomb, near the Saqqara or "Step" Pyramid, south of Cairo, September 20, 2012. Egypt's antiquities authority reopened the "Serapeum" and "Akhethotep & Ptahhotep" tombs on Thursday, after the anci

Israeli soldiers travel atop a mobile artillery unit (R) during a drill near the northern city of Katzrin in the Golan Heights September 19, 2012. Israel's military launched the surprise large-scale exercise on Wednesday on the occupied Golan Heights, tes

Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif speaks during a memorial service in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, for U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three consulate staff killed in Benghazi on Sept. 11. Arabic on the poster reads, "Thank yo

In this Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 file photo, a minaret of a mosque is silhouetted in front of the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's estimated 8 million Coptic Christians are feeling increasingly cornered amid the rise to power of h

Egypt's Al Ahly (rear) and Zamalek observe a minute of silence for former Egyptian football coach Mahmoud el Gohary, who died aged 74 after suffering a stroke in Jordan about two weeks ago, before their CAF Champions League soccer match at Borg El Arab "A

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Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (R), escorted by his bodyguards, makes a rare public appearance as he greets his supporters at an anti-U.S. protest in Beirut's southern suburbs September 17, 2012. Nasrallah made a rare public appearance

An injured Israeli soldier is wheeled into Soroka hospital in the southern town of Beersheva, Israel, Friday, Sept 21, 2012, following an exchange of fire with militants along Israel's southern border with Egypt. Military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leib