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  1. Rescuers inspect the site of a flashflood at a village in Kishtwar district on August 14, 2025. Powerful torrents driven by intense rain smashed into a Himalayan mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir and killed at least 46 people on August 14, a top disaster management official told AFP. (Photo by Imran Shah / AFP) (Photo by IMRAN SHAH/AFP via Getty Images)

  2. BBC Japan correspondent Shaimaa Khalil looks thoughtfully into the camera while stood in front of the Japanese Imperial Palace. Behind her is a grassy background with a stone bridge. She is wearing her hair back, round glasses and a blue shirt with a microphone clipped on to it.

  3. A close-up black and white photo of a woman with curly hair wearing a naval cap. She has a cigarette between her fingers and is holding a uniformed sailor below her, kissing him passionately on the lips during the VJ Day celebrations in the middle of a crowded New York City.

  4. This combination of pictures created on February 21, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a close shot.

  5. A yellow Baby Shark toy on display

  6. Sebastien Lai sitting down being interview by the BBC. He is wearing a white shirt and round glasses..

  7. A blurry photo of a soldier standing on a tower, next to a giant loudspeaker. A North Korean flag is mounted next to the tower.

  8. Mamta Pathak

  9. College students with painted faces spread awareness for first generation voters during an election campaign ahead of India's upcoming national elections in Chennai on March 19, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP) (Photo by R. SATISH BABU/AFP via Getty Images)

  10. Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, 19 June 2024.

  11. Former South Korea first lady Kim Keon Hee

  12. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with the flags of their respective countries behind the leaders.

  13. A massive rescue operation is under way to locate around 100 missing people after a mudslide and flash floods triggered by a cloudburst struck a village of Dharali in Uttarakhand state, India on August 5, 2025.

  14. An eastern box turtle with with and brown patterned skin and small red eyes perched on the ground.

  15. A graphic showing a North Korean worker in a hard hat and reflective vest with his head in his hands

  16. The three singers of Golden smile and strike a pose for a selfie taken by Audrey Nuna in front of a dark blue promotional sign for KPop Demon Hunters, with the name of the movie lit up in fluorescent white. Audrey Nuna is wearing a long-sleeved puffy grey jacket and glasses, Ejae is wearing a black dress with a silver brocaded sash, and Rei Ami is wearing a cropped white top and jeans with a metal-studded belt.

  17. A woman carrying her toddler child in a red child carrier rucksack on her back, trekking above Namche Bazar (3,440 m), the base for trekking and mountaineering in Nepal's Solo Khumbu region

  18. Dawa Sangbo with sunglasses sits, wearing a black jacket over a blue striped shirt and holding prayer beads. The wall behind him is covered in colourful rugs.

  19. Indian women talking

  20. A screenshot from a video showing a Chinese coast guard vessel on the right, hitting a larger ship on the left. The video is filmed from a third vessel

  21. A man rides a bicycle cart past a street dog in New Delhi on August 4, 2023. India's capital will catch, sterilise and hide thousands of stray dogs roaming its streets as part of a campaign to clean up the megacity before it hosts next month's G20 summit. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

  22. Chinese Coast Guard tailing very close to a Philippine vessel

  23. South Korean soldiers standing in neat rows, raising their hands in salute.

  24. A young Chinese man sitting in an office