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  • Men join hands as they surround a dead body following a bomb blast in Cairo, Egypt, 05 August 2019.
  • A firefighter at the side of a deadly car bomb blast in Cairo, Egypt, 05 August 2019.
  • A man hold a picture of President Erdogan on election night in Istanbul, Turkey, 24 June 2018.
  • Supporters of Muharrem Ince at an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 16 June 2018.
  • Policemen during the Kurdish Independence Referendum in Erbil, Iraq, 25 September 2017.
  • An Iraqi police man near the remains of the Al-Nuri mosque in Mosul, Iraq, 21 September 2017.
  • Ibrahim recreating his kidnapping by organ traffickers in Cairo, 08 August 2017.
  • A man gets help to leave an apartment complex which suddenly partially collapsed, killing at least one person in Cairo, Egypt, 24 March 2017.
  • Cats surround a man in the Hussein mosque in Cairo, Egypt, 17 March 2013.
  • An employee carries a lion cub in the National Circus in Cairo, Egypt, 10 September 2016.
  • Men try to get past barb wire during an anti-government protest in Beirut, Lebanon, 28 August 2015.
  • A Lebanese man holds on to barb wire during an anti-government protest in, Beirut, Lebanon, 26 August 2015.
  • A man sits in his demolish car at the scene of a bomb explosion in Cairo, Egypt, 20 August 2015.
  • Egyptians celebrate the opening of the new Suez Canal in Cairo, Egypt, 06 August 2015.
  • Palestinians throw stones during clashes with Israeli border police in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, 07 November 2014.
  • Palestinians look on as rescue works try to retrieve bodies following an Israeli air strike in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, 09 August 2014.
  • A militant fighter disguised as a women leaves the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City, 20 July 2014.
  • A Palestinian girl reacts as she sees a destroyed house in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east Gaza City, 06 August 2014.
  • Palestinian men look for cover from an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, 02 August 2014.
  • Palestinians look at an unexploded Israeli warhead in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 01 August 2014.
  • The collapsed minaret of mosque seen from a destroyed living room in Gaza City, 30 July 2014.
  • A dead donkey covered with a film of dust in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, 26 July 2014.
  • A general view of a part of the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City, 26 July 2014.
  • A man holds his son who died when an Israeli tank shell hit a UN school for refugees in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, 24 July 2014.
  • Family members comfort each other during the funeral of an Israeli soldier in Haifa, Israel, 23 September 2013.
  • A Palestinian girl next to tourists the Dead Sea in the West Bank close to Kalya, 06 September 2013.
  • Supporters of Hosni Mubarak are holding his portrait outside the courtroom where he stands trial in Cairo, Egypt, 11 May 2013.
  • A mosque stands between destroyed apartment complexes in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, 02 August 2014.
  • Egyptian women walk on the roof of a mosque backdropped by Old Cairo, Egypt, 04 April 2013.
  • An Egyptian man bites the hand of a man during a protest against the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, Egypt, 29 March 2013.
  • An Egyptian girl looks out of a bus which is stuck in dense traffic in Cairo, Egypt, 14 March 2013.
  • Supporters of Al-Ahly react as the verdict in the Port Said football trial is announced in Cairo, Egypt, 09 March 2013.
  • A masked Palestinian man takes cover during clashes with Israeli border police in Beitunya, West Bank, 22 February 2013.
  • An Israeli soldier uses his gun as pillow close to Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, 06 December 2012.
  • A Palestinian girl plays with sand on a littered road in the Al-Shabora refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza Strip, 07 November 2012.
  • An Israeli Arab boy looks into a torched mosque in the Bedouin village of Tuba-Zanghariyya, Israel, 04 October 2011.
  • A Palestinian boy peeks through a gap in a wall of an Israeli border police checkpoint during Ramadan in Bethlehem, West Bank, 26 August 2010.
  • Israeli army recruits wrestle during boot camp in southern Israel, 03 August 2011.
  • An Israeli border policeman rides past a torched car during riots in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of A-Tur, 13 May 2011.
  • A Palestinian man reflects in the shields of Israeli forces during a protest in Bilin, West Bank, 18 February 2011.
  • A firefighter looks at the destruction caused by a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, Israel, 03 December 2010.
  • A Muslim shop owner hangs up posters in Jerusalem's Old City, 01 October 2010.
  • A Palestinian girl holds on to bars while trying to cross to Jerusalem for Friday Prayers in Bethlehem, West Bank, 03 September 2010.
  • A vendor holds up a mirror in a shop selling fake designer shirts in Beijing, China, 01 September 2008.
  • A homeless man rests on a bench outside the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, 22 May 2009.
  • An Uyghur woman stands in front of a line of soldiers during a protest in Urumqi, China, 07 July 2009.
  • Women who belong to China's Uyghur Moslem minority clash with soldiers in Urumqi, China, 07 July 2009.
  • A soldier holds a gun during protests in Urumqi, China, 07 July 2009.
  • A woman who belongs to China's Uyghur Moslem minority faints during clashes with soldiers in Urumqi, China, 07 July 2009.
  • The conductor of a military band performs at the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 05 March 2009.
  • A firefighter looks at a part of Beijing's iconic CCTV complex engulfed in flames in Beijing, China, 09 February 2009.
  • A policeman stands guard inside the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, 30 April 2008.
  • Soldiers carry flags outside the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, 03 June 2009.
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Oliver Weiken (b. 1983)  began his career 1996 while still being a student with the local newspaper ‘Warsteiner Anzeiger’ and shortly after with Bongarts Sportfotografie.
In 2003 he joined the German Press Agency (dpa) as junior photographer before moving to the European Pressphoto Agency (epa) for whom he worked for 11 years from bases in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
In 2017 he returned to dpa to build their new English photo wire and serve as Chief Photographer for the Middle East and North Africa from their Cairo office.

 

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