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  1. A Palestinian journalist inspects damaged shelters following an Israeli airstrike inside the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital compound in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, 9 November 2024

  2. Palestinian residents of the area flee with their belongings

  3. Palestinians rush for cover as smoke billows after an Israeli strike on a building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip

  4. A photograph of Pope Leo waving to crowds. He is wearing an embroidered gown with red, cream and gold accents.

  5. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on 22 July 2025.

  6. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (L) helps to hold up a map showing the plans for the E1 settlement project during a visit to the area, in the occupied West Bank, on 14 August 2025

  7. Israeli tanks manoeuvre along the Israel-Gaza perimeter, in southern Israel (19 August 2025)

  8. Lucia Gobbi, who has long blonde hair, smiles at the camera in a blue polo shirt whilst leaning on a wall of cardboard boxes marked with the World Food Programme logo

  9. A close-up shot of Benjamin Netanyahu. He is an elderly man with grey hair combed over to one side, and stands with a solemn expression in front of a plain grey background. He is wearing a blue jacket with a yellow ribbon pin and an Israeli flag pin, above a white shirt and red tie.

  10. A woman holding an Israeli flag and a yellow flag representing the hostages waves them while stood in the middle of a busy road at a daytime protest.

  11. Keir Starmer. He has short grey-ish hair, wearing glasses, white shirt and dark blazer and tie. Two British flags are in the background.

  12. A crew member of Anka cargo vessel, which is abandoned at an Ukrainian port in a river dividing Ukraine and Romania, in blue shirt, watches the expanse of the river from the bow of the vessel.

  13. A displaced Palestinian girl looks out of her family tent where she shelters as the Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, in Gaza City

  14. BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet stands amongst the aid trucks awaiting clearance at the Rafah border

  15. A soldier wearing army fatigues and carrying a gun stands in front of a colourfully-painted wall.

  16. A Palestinian boy sits on the sidewalk with his head wrapped in bandages and an IV in his hands at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital

  17. Lucy Williamson stands on a hillside, smoke rising in the background

  18. Seven masked figures run across a stretch of orange terrain towards the camera

  19. Demonstrators take part in a protest, after families of hostages have called for a nationwide strike to demand the return of all hostages and an end to the war in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel August 17, 2025.

  20. A Gazan boy being escorted off of a plane by Italian authorities. A man in an orange uniform is holding his hand and belongings

  21. Sally Rooney, who has short brown hair and a fringe, and is wearing a woollen suit jacket and a shirt, listens to someone speak.

  22. Israeli protesters are dragged away while blocking a major highway amid nationwide strike in Jerusalem on 17 August 2025.

  23. Fatimatu, wearing red and yellow shawls, stands in one of the tunnels where the vegetables are grown

  24. A woman sits with a child with salvaged footwear amidst debris and rubble at the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Gaza City.