The best photography from around the region this week: January 10, 2012

Syrians stomp on a portrait during a demonstration in the neighborhood of Bustan Al-Qasr, Aleppo, Syria.  Andoni Lubaki / AP Photo

Syrian men leave the old city of Aleppo, Syria.  Andoni Lubaki / AP Photo

A father and son return home with vegetables, as smoke from a pro-government forces artillery strike ascends in the background, in the city of Aleppo, Syria.  AFP Photo

A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds a cat bread in the old city of Aleppo, Syria.  Andoni Lubaki / AP Photo

A Free Syrian Army fighter is reflected in a puddle of water as he stands near a damaged building in Aleppo. Picture rotated 180 degrees.  Muzaffar Salman / Reuters

Men make bread at a bakery in the old city of Aleppo, Syria.  Andoni Lubaki / AP Photo

Syrians look for survivors amidst the rubble of a building targeted by a missile in the al-Mashhad neighbourhood of Aleppo.  AFP Photo

A Palestinian releases a pigeon during a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, in Gaza City.  Suhaib Salem / Reuters

A woman prays inside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during the Eastern Orthodox Christmas.  Ammar Awad / Reuters

A man repairs a rabab, a traditional musical instrument, at his workshop in Peshawar, Pakistan.  Fayaz Aziz / Reuters

A Syrian girl rides her bicycle in an almost deserted street in the Teshrin neighborhood of the Qabun area in Damascus.  Omar Al-Khani / AFP Photo