AP PHOTOS: Editor selections of the week in the Mideast
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Extreme temperatures blazed across the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan this week, during a summer when some countries broke their own records. In Iraq, the government closed offices for several days due to a spike in temperatures over 50 degrees…