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

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

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

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

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

  6. 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.

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

  8. Gary Pearson in shades shortly after his plastic surgery

  9. A man in a cap holds a small package wrapped in cloth containing the body of his dead newborn

  10. A young woman with long brown hair, dressed in a black shirt, sits on a white chair in a TV studio

  11. Damaged top floor of a building at al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza (29 December 2024)

  12. Marcus Fakana in school uniform looks directly at the camera with his head against a grey backdrop.

  13. A member of the hospital team wearing navy blue clothes and blue sterile gloves using the hand crank to make the washing machine work. The washing machine is like a big metal drum on its side with the Washing Machine Project written on it.

  14. A shark in the Red Sea surrounded by fish.

  15. HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa speaking into a blue microphone

  16. Zak Hajjaj, Abu Finiin, Kayum Miah sitting down smiling facing Abu who is holding up a glass of tea

  17. An armed and masked man stands inside a gate, while a crowd of other men press against the gate.

  18. Two men wheel an injured man on a bed with a drip

  19. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference

  20. A man in a blue shirt sits next to a woman in a headscarf, her hand on his shoulder.

  21. Armed Houthi supporters take part in a protest against Israel and the US in Sanaa, Yemen (27 December 2024)

  22. Noam Glukhovsky stands outside in a park wearing a beige T-shirt

  23. Gaza's civil defence members tackle a fire in a van with "Press" written on the back door following an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp (26/12/24)

  24. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shot from chest height up, holding his left hand to his chin, with a UN flag in background