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    A man in a black T-shirt with 'fire' written on the back stands next to part of the Air India plane debris

  2. A North Korean tourist slides down a waterslide at the new resort. Several other visitors watch on. The photo is imposed over the BBC Verify colours and branding.

  3. A soldier stands guard in the Betab Valley in Pahalgam

  4. Fuel switches in an aircraft cockpit.

  5. Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, in a black suit, white shirt and orange tie, during an address at the National Press Club in Canberra

  6. A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen coming out of a building

  7. A man and woman who are from Hong Kong, standing in front of Coventry cathedral. The woman is wearing a white wedding dress and veil. The man is wearing a cream suit and black bow tie. They are posing for engagement pictures.

  8. A taxi driver position an air conditioning unit on top of his vehicle.

  9. Climbers on a mountain side hold onto a rope while flood water rushes past

  10. A boy, dressed in black wearing sunglasses, standing on the tip of a racing boat while a dozen adult atheles, in red uniforms, rowing behind him.

  11. A light-blue Afghan taxi is with a hand-made air-cooler system fixed on top of it, - with its exhaust tube taped onto the window - passing through a market in Kandahar on 8 July. The driver is seen ferrying a male passenger.

  12. Indian police personnel detain a Marathi native activist taking part in a protest against alleged injustice against Marathi native people in Mumbai, India, 08 July 2025. She can be seen in an agitated state, being whisked away while speaking to a news channel microphone.

  13. People seen with multi-seat strollers with babies in Gwanghwamun Square in the heart of Seoul. Gwanghwamun Square in front of Gwanghwamun, the main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, a tourist attraction in Seoul, is a public square in central Seoul.

  14. Illuminated neon green cannabis leaf sign a the Patpong Night Market central downtown Bangkok.

  15. Image shows the suspects arrested after a raid on a call centre operating in the city of Faisalabad, Pakistan

  16. Three women are wearing green saris and are smiling in a kitchen.

  17. Taeil, former member of the K-pop band NCT, dressed in a gray suit, white shirt and gray tie, poses for the camera at a press conference in Seoul, in September 2022

  18. A female artist making a ''uterus'' model for a Pandal decoration, the theme of which is ''Ritumati'', or social awareness about menstruation, ahead of Durga puja festival in Kolkata, India on 1 October 2023

  19. A crew member said to be from the cargo ship Eternity C, which sank after being attacked by the Houthis, is seen in the Red Sea during a rescue operation in this handout image released Greece-based maritime security firm Diaplous on 9 July 2025

  20. A woman wearing an orange saree sitting on wet sand with the feet of people standing behind in the frame

  21. Anjani Sinha is wearing a black and white pinstripe jacket, grey tie and white shirt

  22. Kim Jong Un looking to the side. Behind him is a large North Korea flag.

  23. Rashmi is holding a lunging pose on a beach as she wears a white light top with dark blue leggings

  24. Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G20 Summit on September 4, 2016 in Hangzhou, China.