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  1. Italian journalist Cecilia Sala speaks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Rome's Ciampino military airport after she was freed from detention in Iran, in Rome, Italy, January 8

  2. Women mourn during a funeral for Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes in the Khan Younis area, southern Gaza (8 January 2025)

  3. Syria map

  4. File photo: Iranian opposition supporters protest hang red flowers from nooses during a rally on the 45th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, in London, UK (10 February 2024)

  5. People holding candles gather to celebrate Orthodox Christmas eve along Rustaveli Avenue, in central Tbilisi on January 6, 2025.

  6. Shatha al-Sabbagh

  7. Emma Alraabeah wearing black-framed glasses

  8. Israeli soldiers and paramedics at the scene of a deadly shooting attack on a bus and other vehicles in the village of al-Funduq, in the occupied West Bank (6 January 2025)

  9. Protesters gather for a rally calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive since the 7 October 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, outside the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, 28 December, 2024

  10. Umm Mazen, clad in black gown and headscarf, still doesn't know the fate of two of her sons who were arrested during the pro-democracy protests

  11. poster of israeli hostage Liri Albag with a female relative next to it

  12. Joe Biden standing in front of a US flag

  13. About 10 campaigners holding a large black banner, with white lettering saying BRING MARCUS HOME. One person has a megaphone and they are wearing tops with 'justiceforMarcus' on.

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

  15. doctor abu safiya

  16. People inspect damage after an Israeli air strike reportedly killed 11 people at a tent camp for displaced families in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza (2 January 2025)

  17. Syrian children study at a school in Damascus, Syria (19 December 2024)

  18. Al Jazeera building in Doha, Qatar (file photo)

  19. A woman hugs a girl after a family reunion organised by the UN

  20. A treated image showing a red globe, with small plastic figures dotted around

  21. File photo showing a damaged ambulance lying upside down outside Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza (26 October 2024)

  22. Ahmed al-Sharaa wearing a dark suit and white shirt sitting in front of two Syrian flags with with three men in dark clothing and one in military uniform from Syria's new joint forces.

  23. Detainees in orange jumpsuits at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in January 2002

  24. Gary Pearson in shades shortly after his plastic surgery