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  1. Palestinians look on at the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced families, in Gaza City

  2. Iman al-Nouri weeps while talking about the Israeli strike that killed two of her sons and seriously wounded another

  3. A man wearing a black round-necked top. He has short, brown hair and stubble and he is smiling.

  4. A Palestinian medic cares for injured people receiving treatment at Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, southern Gaza (9 July 2025)

  5. Satellite Image of Isfahan nuclear facilitiy

  6. A headshot of Narges Mohammadi - she looks towards the camera and smiles while wearing a white blouse.

  7. Palestinians walk among rubble in Rafah, with a tent and a bombed out building in the background (March 2025)

  8. A young child cries while being comforted by a woman.

  9. A group of young children from GAA Palestine pose alongside a green flag with the clubs logo

  10. 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

  11. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S. July 8, 2025.

  12. Rached Ghannouchi, who has white hair and wears a blazer and shirt, sits on a chair with two flags behind him

  13. A Chinese warship off the coast of Taiwan

  14. Craig Foreman, a man with short grey hair wearing a purple t-shirt, and Lindsay Foreman, a woman with long blonde hair wearing a red top, smile and take a selfie in front of a swimming pool

  15. A picture of Nimisha Priya wearing gold jewellery, her hair tied back. She is wearing a beige-coloured Indian suit.

  16. File photo showing a merchant ship seen from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier during operations in the southern Red Sea, on 20 March 2024

  17. Benjamin Netanyahu hands a piece of paper to Donald Trump

  18. US President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington on 7 July 2025

  19. A child carries a cans filled with water while an aid truck distributes water to displaced Palestinians amid a worsening water crisis in Gaza City, Gaza on 7 July 2025.

  20. People visit the memorial site for the victims of the 7 October 2023 attack on the Nova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel (6 October 2024)

  21. Tuka looks at the camera with a straight face. She is wearing a brown coat and a cream hijab.

  22. A fighter with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS pauses with a Kalashnikov rifle while standing above the city of Homs on January 20, 2025 in Homs, Syria.

  23. Keith Siegel speaks to the BBC in Tel Aviv, Israel (7 July 2025)

  24. The Galaxy Leader Vessel is seen on the Red Sea coast off Hudaydah, on May 12, 2024.