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  1. Freed hostage Karina Ariev hugs parents - dad to left in grey hoodie, mum to left in knitted jumper

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  3. A composite photo of Karina Ariev, Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa and Liri Albag

  4. Yemen's Houthi followers brandish weapons and chant slogans

  5. Maher Fattouh in his cap and gown smiling for his graduation photo. He is wearing a black mortarboard, a black robe with red and white accents, a white shirt and a dark blue tie with a white pattern.

  6. Ashraf and Julia both smiling for the camera, with a background of greenery. Ashraf has dark hair and a beard and is wearing a dark shirt, and Julia has lighter brown hair - long and wavy - and has brightly painted lips.

  7. Palestinians stand on remains of demolished building in Burqin (23/01/25)

  8. Satellite image taken 21 January showing new construction within the demilitarised buffer zone that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria.

  9. Armed tribesmen participate in a rally organised in support of the Houthis on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen (16 January 2025)

  10. Lina al-Dabah shows photo of her dead daughter Aya on a mobile phone

  11. A Syrian soldier stands guard outside Tartous base

  12. Tearful old man looks down. Tear shows on his cheek.

  13. A man embraces another man after getting off a small passenger jet. The man facing the camera is smiling. He's wearing a black jacket, orange tshirt and black jacket.

  14. File photo of the vehicle carrier Galaxy Leader, which was seized by Yemen's Houthi movement in November 2023

  15. Palestinians walk past an Israeli military vehicle and an armoured bulldozer during a major operation by Israeli security forces in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank (22 January 2024)

  16. People stand outside a wine bar near the scene of a suspected attack in Tel Aviv. One man faces the camera with a hand on his chest. Cracked china plates and splintered glass lie on the ground and a table is upturned.

  17. Israeli military chief Lt Gen Herzi Halevi (L) listens to a message during a Memorial Day ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery on 13 May 2024 (file photo)

  18. Hamas fighters wearing balaclavas hold weapons

  19. (Clockwise top left: Marwan Issa; Khaled Meshaal; Mahmoud Zahar; Yehiya Sinwar; Ismail Haniyeh; Mohammed Deif)

  20. Young, male migrants sit outside a detention centre in Tripoli

  21. BBC Verify's Nick Eardley

  22. A devastated area of Jabalia seen from the air, with buildings hollowed out

  23. People, including a child on a crutch, missing the lower half of his left leg, walk past the grey, dusty rubble of houses and buildings destroyed during the war in Al-Bureij in central Gaza

  24. Palestinian journalist Bushra al-Tawil wearing a cream headscarf and glasses at her family's apartment in Ramallah