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  1. Children look on from above a bridge above the mostly dry riverbed of Syria's Orontes (Assi) river

  2. A tower block is hit by an air strike, black smoke and orange flame fill the sky. Ruined buildings are in the foreground.

  3. A man with a bandaged hand steers the handlebars of a bicycle while two small children lie on the front bars and seat. Some bags hang from the bike's handlebars as they journey in the night, with a bright light shining on to them.

  4. A woman reacts following an overnight Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City, northern Gaza (16 September 2025)

  5. Women cry as they mourn the death of a loved one killed during overnight Israeli bombardment on June 12, 2025, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

  6. Marco Rubio gestures with an open hand while speaking on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, as several reporters hold up phones

  7. Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house in Gaza City

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

  9. Benjamin Netanyahu looking down as he speaks on stage

  10. Palestinian children hold out pots at a charity kitchen in a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. They have pained looks on their faces and there is a crowd of people behind them

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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

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

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

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

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

  18. A man in a room holds a burnt item

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

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

  21. 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.

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

  23. 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)

  24. 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.