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  1. A woman in the crowd holds up a poster of a yellow hand that says 'bring them home now'

  2. A stock image of the Microsoft office. The words "Microsoft" and the company's logo with orange, green, blue and yellow squares can be seen on a blue building.

  3. A group of protesters with pro-Palestine placards

  4. Mike Huckerbee sat in a suit in front of US and Israeli flags

  5. An Ethiopian protester in New York, wearing sunglasses and a facemask in the colours of the Ethiopian flag (green, yellow and red stripes with a blue circle in the centre in which is a yellow star) with the hashtag '#It'sMyDam' printed across it in black - March 2021.

  6. The mountains at dusk, from Jebel el Ahmar in 2024. Light hits the top of a rocky mountain range, which stretches into the distance

  7. People search for salvage at the mound of rubble at the site of the collapsed Sussi Tower, which was destroyed earlier by Israeli bombardment, in Gaza City on 6 September 2025.

  8. A screenshot of a video released by Hamas, showing Guy Gilboa-Dalal in the back of a car. The picture shows his head and shoulders, as he faces the camera. He has short-cropped dark hair and is wearing a dark-coloured polo shirt. Behind him through a window two buildings can be seen in the background, one of which appears to be damaged.

  9. A screengrab from a video showing the demolition of a building in Gaza City. Smoke is seen erupting from several buildings as explosives are detonated. The image is imposed over the BBC Verify colours and branding.

  10. Israelis attend a protest in Jerusalem demanding that the Israeli government agree a deal to secure the release of the hostages held by Hamas and not endanger them by launching an offensive in Gaza City (3 September 2025)

  11. File photo showing part of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the occupied West Bank (14 August 2025)

  12. The grandmother of three-year-old Ibrahim al-Mabhuh, who survived an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City that killed his parents and two sisters, holds him (3 September 2025)

  13. Benjamin Netanyahu in a black suit and blue tie

  14. Israeli tanks deployed in southern Israel, near the Gaza perimeter fence (2 September 2025)

  15. Police officers in white shirts, flat hats and stab-proof vests stand outside parliament during a protest, while a Palestinian flag is seen in the background

  16. Two identical images of Musa al-Sadr, both black and white but one with a red background and one showing photo identification tracking points.

  17. Greta Thunberg is seen aboard of a vessel of a civilian flotilla

  18. Male mourners carry a body during the funeral for Palestinians killed in strikes, according to medics, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Multiple men are carrying a body wrapped fully in a white shroud and placed on a metal stretcher, on their shoulders.

  19. Humza Yousaf has dark hair and a dark beard. He is wearing a light blue suit over a white shirt with a dark coloured tie.

  20. File image of a hand holding a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority

  21. A Houthi soldier stands in foreground, with a second Houthi soldier behind

  22. Victoria looks to camera whilst wearing a protective blue jacket and blue helmet

  23. Abu Obeida speaks behind a number of microphones with logos of world media while wearing a scarf over his face, flanked by two Hamas fighters.

  24. A man in a black suit and blue spotted tie stands in front of a cream wall next to the Egyptian flag, with microphones from a podium in front of him.