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 April.

An Iraqi girl smiles during a ride at 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)

Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony during 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. (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. (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)

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. (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 at 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. (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)

Pictures of the Month in Middle East Photo Gallery

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)

People mourn next to the bodies of firefighters, who died in a fire, at a morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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. (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. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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Lead photo: 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)

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. 

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