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  1. Image of a high-rise building in Gaza City, struck by an Israeli missile, black smoke and flames pouring from its upper floors. Tents and makeshift shelters are visible in th foreground along a road

  2. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shake hands. They are both wearing suits.

  3. Pedro Sánchez gestures with his hands as he speaks at a podium during a Socialist Party event in Malaga, Spain. Members of the audience sit behind him, slightly out of focus.

  4. Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani (centre) attends a preparatory meeting for emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha. Photo: 14 September 2025

  5. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the Western Wall

  6. Women attend a demonstration in Tel Aviv organised by the families of the Israeli hostages in Gaza.

  7. Young Palestinian children hold metal pans at an aid distribution site in Gaza City.

  8. Smoke billows from an evacuated UNRWA school following Israeli airstrikes, at al-Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, September 13

  9. A man in a room holds a burnt item

  10. Salma Niazi smiles at the camera. She is wearing a black head covering, a white shirt, and a pink blazer.

  11. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani sits at a UN Security Council meeting wearing a blue jacket and tie.

  12. An Israeli tank manoeuvres at the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, 26 August 2025 (copyright: REUTERS/Amir Cohen). BBC Verify branding in blue and green has been added - with BBC Verify written in white lettering.

  13. A large plume of smoke billows above a building in Sanaa, Yemen, following an Israeli air strike

  14. Qatari emergency services work at the scene of an Israeli strike on a residential complex that housed Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar (10 September 2025)

  15. Two little girls with dark hair and in pink and red t-shirts smile for the camera in a photo shown on a mobile phone. In the background are blurred photos of other children held in orphanages.

  16. Trump wears a suit and speaks in the Oval Office.

  17. Lucy Williamson in Gaza wearing a helmet and protective equipment

  18. A fire on a boat in the Gaza aid flotilla

  19. A road stretching ahead in Doha with smoke rising in the distance shortly after blasts were heard.

  20. A bright white light which looks like an explosion is seen in a video purporting to show a boat being hit by a flaming object

  21. A composite image showing a man wearing the Infidels MC biker gang leather jacket, with the Crusader cross symbol on the back with the gang's motto "frater in arma", superimposed on a backdrop showing one of the Gaza aid sites, with armed men watching over from a high vantage point as Palestinians line up for aid.

  22. A damaged building in Doha, Qatar, following an Israeli strike targeting senior Hamas leaders (9 September 2025)

  23. Image of US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

  24. A photograph of a man looking at the smoke in the sky