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  1. Nicolas Maduro pumps his fist during Independence Day celebrations

  2. US President Donald Trump delivers a major announcement on economy in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 07 August 2025.

  3. Actor Dean Cain dressed as his character Superman, which he played in the 1990s television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

  4. A Pennsylvania state police car

  5. A screenshot of a press conference held by the US army on Thursday. In it, US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is seen speaking at a wooden podium, with several microphones in front of him. Six soldiers are seen standing on his left, with five of them in full Army uniform and one wearing black shorts and a T-shirt. A US flag on a pole is also seen behind him.

  6. Man in suit stands before microphones

  7. A sand-coloured M1A2 Abrams tank manned by a US soldier from the 2nd Battalion during an exercise in Poland in 2023. The tank is standing in a slushy landscape, with a deep green tree-line visible in the distance.

  8. A picture of a pipe leading to a dry river. The rocks are covered in a white sediment

  9. Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

  10. A woman wearing blue scrubs sits in the back of a police car handcuffed.

  11. United Airlines plane

  12. A woman works on a production line in an appliance manufacturing factory in Slovenia

  13. Lay leader Aviana Springs, wearing a full white boiler suit, carries away a box containing jars of ashes she collected from the remains of Altadena United Methodist Church which burned in the Eaton Fire in January. She is seen from behind and is facing the charred remains of the church and surrounding landscape.

  14. Crude oil tanker SCF Surgut, owned by Russia's leading tanker group Sovcomflot

  15. Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky in Washington DC

  16. Brigadier General John Lubas wears a military uniform and speaks into a microphone during a press conference outdoors. Behind him are two more military personnel.

  17. A hazy New York City skyline

  18. U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

  19. Close-up of the face of Robert F Kennedy Jr, who stares into the middle-distance with a curled hand close to his face

  20. Someone dressed as Buoy the NHL mascot and wearing high waders, is seen running in knee deep water while being chased by a bear. Another man wearing fishing gear is also fleeing the running animal. In the background is a forest.

  21. Robert Redford is seen in a white suit

  22. A man and two women, one with a child in a pushchair, with a security official in the background, queuing for a visa at a US counsulate

  23. A bare-chested Shatta Wale singing at a concert. He is wearing white plastic sunglasses and has his fist raised.

  24. Donald Trump imposed over the BBC Verify colours and branding. Beside him is a cut out of a strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.