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Nuns pose for a selfie as they mark Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28, 2021. A year after coronavirus restrictions halted mass gatherings in Israel, Christians are celebrating Holy Week together. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

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Israeli fans cheer before the World Cup 2022 group F qualifying soccer match between Israel and Denmark in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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A passenger plane flies over the capital city of Beirut that remains in darkness during a power outage, Lebanon, Monday, March 29, 2021. Lebanon has had electricity cuts for decades but in recent weeks the small nation suffered severe power cuts for lack of fuel. On Sunday, one of Lebanon's main power stations was shut down after it ran out of gas. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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A woman visits oil on canvas paintings by Ayesha Sultana of the Experimenter gallery in 14th edition of Art Dubai at Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, which features 50 galleries from 31 countries with a focus on modern and contemporary art, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Priests circle the Holy Sepulchre during Holy Thursday mass led by the Latin Patriarch in the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Family members of Munir Anabtawi kiss his body during his funeral service, in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. On Monday, Israeli police shot and killed Anabtawi, a disabled Arab man who appeared to be wielding a knife, drawing renewed accusations that law enforcement officers use excessive force against Arab suspects. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children burn leaves and items in final preparation for the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 26, 2021. 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/Oded Balilty)

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A Tigrayan refugee man looks at his mobile phone in front of a church near Hamdeyat Transition Center near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, eastern Sudan, March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man dips cooking utensils in boiling water to remove remains of leaven in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem, Friday, March 26, 2021. 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/Oded Balilty)

AP Week in Pictures: Middle East

By Associated Press Lexington

PUBLISHED 11:38 AM ET Apr. 01, 2021

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region between March 25-31, 2021.

This week’s selection includes scenes from across the region, where Christians and Jews celebrated their spring holidays of Holy Week and Passover, gathering together for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak. Lebanon, which has has had electricity cuts for decades, is now suffering severe power cuts for lack of fuel. And on Monday, Israeli police shot and killed a disabled Arab man who appeared to be wielding a knife, drawing renewed accusations that law enforcement officers use excessive force against Arab suspects.

The gallery was curated by AP Middle East Deputy News Director for Photography & Storytelling Dusan Vranic and photographer Maya Alleruzzo.

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