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 May.

A Palestinian youth takes photos of an explosion from an Israeli airstrike targeting a nearby building, which Israel says belonged to a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Al Masri)

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Said Mesha during his funeral in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank town of Nablus Saturday, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli woman Tal Tamari, her two young children, and others mourn over the grave of her husband Meir Tamari, 32, during his funeral in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Shaked, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Relatives cry during the funeral of Khalil Bahtini, the Islamic Jihad militant group's commander for the northern Gaza Strip, killed in an Israeli airstrike at their family home in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Palestinians argue with Israeli border police officers while Israelis mark Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A Palestinian militant participates in a march during a memorial service in the West Bank refugee camp of Balata, Nablus, Friday, May 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah train in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Police detain a supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

A supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan tries to remove a tear gas shell fired by police during a protest against the arrest of their leader in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)

Plainclothes police officers beat a supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a protest to condemn the arrest of their leader in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousufzai)

Ethiopian Israelis hold pictures of their relatives during a protest calling for the government to bring their remaining family members from Ethiopia to Israel in front of the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks through bonfires during the Lag BaOmer celebrations in Jerusalem Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Protesters dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale TV series attend a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government at the beach in Cesarea, Israel, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews mourn Rabbi Gershon Edelstein during his funeral in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Taliban leaders attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Children jump on a trampoline at a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Abdul Qader Ghazizada removes stones from a dirt road in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Lead photo: Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system interceptors rockets launched from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel. Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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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