Middle East in review
This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan during the month of February.
Mourners carry the body of Mahmoud Al-Aydi, 17 during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Faraa, near Jenin, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Israeli troops demolish the house of Palestinian Muhammed Kamel al-Jabari, who carried out a deadly shooting attack last year that killed one Israeli, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians carry national flags during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, along the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Palestinian protesters block the main road with burning tires in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Anti-aircraft missiles are launched from the Gaza Strip after an Israeli airstrike, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard, in the town of Hawara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Family members and friends of Hillel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, mourn over their graves during their funeral at Israel's national cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Mourners bury family members who died in a devastating earthquake that rocked Syria and Turkey at a cemetery in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Collapsed buildings are seen through the windows of a damaged house following a devastating earthquake in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
A man carries the body of an earthquake victim in the Besnia village near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Mourners pray over coffins of family members who died in a devastating earthquake that rocked Syria and Turkey at a cemetery in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
A family, who fled the war in Syria and live in Beirut, sit outside their home following an earthquake that hit neighboring Turkey early Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in south of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Civil defense workers and security forces carry an earthquake victim as they search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Hama, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, near the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale TV series attend a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty celebrate the Jewish feast of 'Tu Bishvat' or "New Year of the Trees," as they sit with their rabbis around a long table filled with all kinds of fruits, in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Visitors light candles at the art work "Communications" of Egyptian artist Mahmoud Hawary in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A person struggles with the wind on sea foam that covered parts of the boardwalk at the Tel Aviv's port on the Mediterranean Sea, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, as strong winds and waves from Storm Barbara hit the country. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Palestinians enjoy the day on the beach during hot weather in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
A student of Baghdad Ballet Academy performs in a play entitled at Al-Rashid national theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Lead photo: Palestinians clash with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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 & Pakistan.