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  1. Father Gabriel Romanelli, Parish Priest of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family, censes during Christmas Eve mass in 2024

  2. Explosion from an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis (14/04/25)

  3. A screenshot from a video published by the Palestinian Red Crescent showing an ambulance

  4. A still from the video that shows an ambulance in Gaza

  5. A woman and man in stand outside a cathedral in Easter Bonnet Parade. Both are wearing colourful scarves and decorations in their hats

  6. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (centre) visits a nuclear exhibition in Tehran, 9 April 2025

  7. Video footage broadcast by Houthi-run Al Masirah TV shows destroyed and burning fuel tankers following US air strikes on Ras Isa oil terminal in western Yemen (18 April 2025)

  8. Dr Sukkar, wearing a pink headscarf, pink sweater and tan handbag, walks home past the rubble wreck of buildings in Gaza

  9. A child in a pink hoodie stands amid the destruction after an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced Palestinians

  10. A treated image showing women and children queuing in the background, with a black and white image of a person wearing a niqab

  11. A Palestinian woman mourns the death of her relatives who were killed in an Israeli strike at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip on 17 April 2025

  12. Mahmoud Ajjour, aged 9, pictured by a wall. He is wearing a white vest and has both arms missing

  13. A Palestinian boy carries large sacks along the street, as a man riding a bicycle passes in the opposite direction.

  14. A Palestinian girl walks past a destroyed building following overnight Israeli strikes on Jabalia's south-western district of Nazla, in northern Gaza (16 April 2025)

  15. A picture from 2022 shows France's president with his Algerian counterpart after a press conference in Algiers

  16. A demonstrator holds a sign showing the face of Israeli hostage Edan Alexander during a protest calling for action to release the remaining hostages held captive in Gaza

  17. File photo showing Jordanian security forces deployed during a protest against the Gaza war in Amman, Jordan (27 March 2024)

  18. File photo showing members of Hamas's military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, brandishing weapons at a ceremony where an Israeli hostage was handed over to the Red Cross, in Gaza City (1 February 2025)

  19. During a sandstorm in Najaf, Iraq on 14 April 2024, a man dressed in a black shirt with red and white stripes walks hand in hand with a woman dressed in a black burka. They are crossing a busy road with cars as thick, orange cloud blankets the air and lights from street lamps shimmer around them.

  20. A building destroyed by an Israeli air strike at al-Ahli hospital, Gaza City, northern Gaza (13 April 2025)

  21. A handout photo made available by the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (L) being welcomed by Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf (R) at the Ministry's headquarters in Algiers, Algeria, 06 April 2025

  22. Assad al-Nassasra

  23. A wide shot of a boy walking through debris

  24. US envoy Steve Witkoff on the left and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the right