A Week in Pictures Middle East and Africa October 26, 2018

Stephen Kalin’s picture, which was actually taken on a smart phone, is a perfect example where you can crop one image different ways that are all equally as powerful as each other. The wider crop giving you the sense of the place, the second tighter crop driving you to the key elements of the picture – the smiling selfie in a crowd. Personally I prefer the tighter crop as I like the sea of faces. Read on here to see the latest.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon poses for a selfie picture during the Future Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 23, 2018.   REUTERS/Stephen Kalin

Saudi Arabia’s Crown prince Mohammed bin Salmon poses for a selfie picture during the Future Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 23, 2018.   REUTERS/Stephen Kalin

I have selected two pictures from Marko Djurica’s powerful story from Damascus that portrays both sides of the struggle of a city and its people are facing since the fighting around Damascus ended in May. The story only published this week that can be seen here.

A woman exists a taxi during rush hour in central Damascus, Syria, September 16, 2018.   REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A child pushes a cart selling cooked sweet corn in Douma, outside Damascus, Syria September 18, 2018. The town of Douma in eastern Ghouta was retaken by the government from rebels in April after heavy fighting and intense army bombardment and air strikes. .   REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A simple double portrait by Luc Gnago is quite striking and for me raises the question, are these actors in character or not? Its taken over a year for Luc to get his story and pictures published so read on here.

Coulibaly Lassina, 16, and Yao Kouame Alexis Wilfried, 18, pose during the shooting of a sequence of the TV series Invisibles in Abidjan Ivory Coast, September 20, 2017.   REUTERS/Luc Gnago

And finally just because I like them as stand alone images.

Civil Defense members look for survivors after rain storms unleashed flash floods near the Dead sea Jordan October 26, 2018.   REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Girls squat in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Amhar in the occupied West Bank October 22, 2018.    REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

A general view shows a construction site of the new presidential palace ‘New El Alamein’ in El Alamein, Egypt, October 23, 2018.   REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A man carries fish as he walks past fishing boats in Dakar, Senegal October 26, 2018.   REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko