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Shiite women attend Eid al-Fitr prayer at Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Ultra-Orthodox Jews collect water from a spring to make matzoh, a traditional handmade unleavened bread for Passover, during the Maim Shelanu ceremony at a mountain spring in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday that celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Beekeepers lift honeycombs from a beehive after using smoke to calm the bees, during the honey harvest along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)Covered in prayer shawls, Jewish men attend an outdoor prayer and celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Passover, in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Laborers pour molten metalcin a steel factory in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Israeli police officers disperse demonstrators blocking a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Rescue workers and volunteers carry a body after recovering it from the rubble at the site of landslide near the Torkham border town, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. A massive landslide struck a key highway in northwestern Pakistan near the border town of Torkham before dawn Tuesday, burying two dozen trucks, officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)Retired members of the Lebanese security forces and other protesters scuffle with the Lebanese army after they removed a barbed-wire barrier in order to advance towards government buildings during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 18, 2023.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)A retired member of Lebanese security forces uses a plastic bag to protect himself from tear gas during clashes with the Lebanese army and riot police during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)People mourn next to the bodies of fire fighters who died in a fire, at a morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, April 13, 2023. A massive fire broke out in a garment factory in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi. The cause of the blaze, which ripped through the factory Wednesday night and eventually caused it to collapse, was not immediately known, rescue officials and police said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)An Iraqi girl smiles during a ride in an amusement park in Hila, Iraq, Sunday, April 23, 2023 during Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Palestinian mourners cry after taking the last look at the body of Mohammad Balhan, 15, during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Aqabat Jaber, Jericho, Monday, April 10, 2023. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 15 year old boy was killed by Israeli fire during an army raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Mourners attend the funeral of two British-Israeli sisters, Maia and Rina Dee, at a cemetery in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kfar Etzion, Sunday, April 9, 2023. The two sisters were killed in a shooting attack on Friday by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony during the Holy Week, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)Shiite worshipers attend Laylat al-Qadr, or Qadr Night prayer during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)People attend Eid al-Fitr prayer at a stadium in the city of Idlib, Syria, Friday, April 21, 2023. Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)Palestinians celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at al-Shati refugee camp, western Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)Shiites observe the crescent moon to determine the start of the tenth Islamic month of Shawwal, which marks the end of a month-long fasting of Ramadan and the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr festival in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Palestinians attend Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrations by the Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 21, 2023. The holiday marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, when devout Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)A Muslim woman paints her hands with traditional "henna" as she performs an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at historical Badshahi mosque, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, April, 22, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Shiite women attend Eid al-Fitr prayer at Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan in March 2023.
This selection shows scenes from across the region, including images of continued violence in the occupied West Bank, political upheaval in Israel, social protests in Lebanon, and coinciding Ramadan, Easter and Passover holidays across the region.
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The gallery was curated by Oded Balilty, AP chief photographer for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and Dusan Vranic, deputy news director for photography for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. —-
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