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  1. An aerial view of the damage to the Pulse nightclub in North Macedonia. It is a rectangular building resembling a former warehouse, with whitewashed walls. The roof has been badly bunt and has several large holes that reveal the skeleton of the building. The building is outlined with a thick red line to distinguish it from nearby buildings. The BBC Verify logo is over the top.

  2. Deportees inside a prison in El Salvador

  3. Prince Harry wearing a blue suit jacket and white shirt with no tie. There's a blue background behind him and he's looking off into the distance.

  4. A building is in ruins after a tornado strike, its roof is ripped off and insulation is strewn about.

  5. The Chicago flows through the city, under a bridge and passes large skyscrapers. The river is green after crews used a vegetable based dye in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

  6. Harvard University

  7. A composite image featuring three people. Josh Taggart has light brown hair which is longish on top. He is wearing a suit with a red tie. Roisin Comerford is in the middle and she is wearing a striped top with an orange jacket. She has her dark hair scrapped back and she has a gold necklace on with a round pendant. Kevin Tobin is wearing a GAA team top, in yellow and green. He has dark hair.

  9. Men sitting on black pavement in lines with guards in bullet proof bests standing in front of them

  10. A brother and sister search through her destroyed home at a trailer park in Poplar Bluff, Missouri

  11. A person inspects the damage at a cordoned off area, a day after US airstrikes targeted a nearby position, in Sana'a, Yemen, on 16 March 2025

  12. Woman walks by a Forever 21 store that is preparing to close in San Francisco, California.

  13. Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Tren de Aragua to a detention centre.

  14. Sign outside of the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, March 15, 2025. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government, including the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America.

  15. Witkoff in tan coat, red tie in front of woman in gray coat and next to black microphone

  16. Donald Trump in long dark coat with red tie, surrounded by microphones and hands in front of Air Force One

  17. Via Von Banks, a local of St Louis, was diagnosed with a form of motor neurone disease

  18. A woman stands amidst rubble in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on March 15, 2025

  19. A man holding onto a door inside a house. He is dressed in a white t-shirt and blue jeans

  20. A man holding onto a door inside a house. He is dressed in a white t-shirt and blue jeans

  21. Aerial shot of houses with damaged roofs

  22. Gene Hackman in 1992

  23. Tombstones lined up at Arlington National Cemetery