MEV photo gallery 22-28 December

A Syrian refugee cries as he takes part in a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, outside the Syrian embassy in Amman, December 28.

An elderly Egyptian man shows his inked finger after casting his vote on the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in Fayoum Saturday, Dec. 22.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, center, holds a statue of the Baby Jesus in Saint Catherine's Church at the end of the Christmas Midnight Mass and leads the procession to the Grotto, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, at the nearby Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, early Tuesday, Dec. 25.

Members of the Free Syrian Army pray on the streets of Aleppo, December 25.

Iraqi boys pray for peace in Iraq and Syria during Mass a day before Christmas Eve at Chaldean Catholic Church in Amman, December 23.

Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic returns the ball to Andy Murray from Britain during the first day of Mubadala Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Dec. 27.

An Iraqi army soldier helps a schoolgirl in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 27.

U.S. Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr, commander of Allied forces in Operation Desert Storm,  died December 27. (1991 file photo)

An Egyptian woman cuts her hair during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Women cut their hair to protest against the Islamist-oriented constitution on Tuesday, Dec. 25.

Residents and Free Syrian Army fighters carry the body of Muhammad Abed Al Muati Al-Salah, whom activists say was killed after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles, in Houla, near Homs, December 23.

Results released by the national election commission showed the African National Congress with about 58 percent and the opposition Democratic Alliance with 28.5 percent after about 3.6 million votes had been counted in the May 7, 2014 general election, Independent Electoral Commission Results Center, in Pretoria, South Africa, May 8, 2014.  

A supporter of ousted former Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak stands near a poster of him at a protest outside a High Court in Cairo, December 23.

People cast their votes during the final stage of a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in Bani Sweif, about 115 km (71 miles) south of Cairo, December 22.