Middle East Photos of the Week

Sheep are displayed at a livestock market ahead of potential sacrifice for the Eid al-Adha holiday, in Amman, October 24

Trails of smoke are seen after the launch of rockets from the northern Gaza strip towards Israel October 24

U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) speaks next to Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad during a news conference, after meeting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus October 21

A Free Syrian Army fighter exercises on a rope during a training session at an FSA camp in the countryside of Idlib, October 23

A crowd gathers beneath the shattered facade of a building damaged by a car bomb in Damacus, Syria October 26

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama answer a question during the third presidential debate focused mostly on the Middle East, October 22

A Lebanese woman mourns during the funeral procession of Palestinian Ahmad Queider, 20, who was killed during an exchange of gunfire between Lebanese troops and gunmen as he rode his motorcycle in Beirut, October 22

Lebanese Army soldiers patrol a street in the Sunni Muslim Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood, in Tripoli, northern Lebanon October 23

A woman shows rubber-coated pellets fired by riot police in al-Eker village, south of Manama, after some rights activists and medics tried to enter the village, October 22

A member of the Free Syrian Army fires from a heavy machine gun during clashes with pro-government forces in Salqin city, Idlib Governorate, October 21

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they pray inside and outside the Grand mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, October 22