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  1. Safaa, a 14-year old girl from Sudan

  2. Palestinians wait to cross through a checkpoint run by US and Egyptian security contractors after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor near Gaza City, 9 February 2025

  3. Eli Sharabi stood between two Hamas soldiers looking thin

  4. Thai hostage Pongsak Thaenna (L), who was taken in the attack led by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on 07 October 2023, is embraced by his father (C) next to his younger brother (R)

  5. Ohad Ben-Ami in a brown sweatshirt, standing between two Hamas fighters holding guns and with black balaclavas covering their faces.

  6. Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami after being released

  7. A woman cries as Palestinian prisoners are greeted after being released from an Israeli jail, as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

  8. Celebrations as hostages freed

  9. Masked gunmen holding weapons stand on stage with three men with white certificates

  10. A woman with a nose ring looks at a microscope slide. She has brown hair and is in profile. She is wearing white gloves.

  11. Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

  12. Basel Adra lies on the grass in his home community of Masafer Yatta, his camera beside him, as an Israeli army bulldozer is seen on a rocky hill behind him

  13. A treated image of women holding photos of former Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah

  14. A view of the Sde Teiman military detention facility in southern Israel (10 January 2025)

  15. A golden pager on display above a piece of wood.

  16. A drone view shows Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, making their way back to their homes in northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, January 27, 2025.

  17. A released Palestinian prisoner is welcomed upon arrival to Ramallah in the West Bank

  18. An image of the destroyed al-Hadba minaret sits side by side with another image of the newly-restored minaret rising into the sky

  19. People stand next to candles and flowers placed near the Risbergska school

  20. A group of Palestinians ride a cart through debris and destruction in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on February 5, 2025

  21. Large window panels have been smashed. The office on the other side of the glass panels is covered in sprayed red paint

  22. A Palestinian woman holds her child outside their makeshift shelter in Jabalia, northern Gaza

  23. Dmytro Sherembey speaks during a news conference. He has short dark hair.