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  1. Palestinians walking along a path covered in piles of rubbish.

  2. Four people in personal protective clothing carry a body bag through a forest and up a hill

  3. Ronen Bar wearing a black suit and blue patterned tie

  4. Two men, three boys and one girl walking across the rubble following an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Wednesday, with some buildings in the background still standing.

  5. George Glezmann (centre) stands at Kabul airport before boarding a flight to Qatar. He is visibly emotional in the photo. To his right is US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and to his left is US's former envoy to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad. Qatari officials were also present

  6. A Palestinian family riding aboard a box with their belongings, as they attempt to move South following an Israeli ground invasion

  7. Split screen image: on the left, a woman wearing sunglasses in the woods; on the right, the back of a man going on a hike

  8. A person holds a photograph of Olivier Grondeau, showing him smiling, at a gathering in support of those arrested in Iran.

  9. Stock image of people smiling

  10. Thousands gather in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, led by the Houthis, to protest against the attacks on the country, on 17 March 2025

  11. Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building, in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

  12. Alaa Abu Hihal, a bearded man with tears in his eyes, pictured at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis

  13. A photo released by the IDF shows soldiers in an undisclosed location.

  14. Civil defence teams and residents carry out search and rescue work at the destroyed houses after an Israeli attack on 19 March

  15. Four men and a woman stand with military flags in their uniform in Cheltenham town centre on a sunny day

  16. Donald Trump (left) and Vladimir Putin

  17. Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil talks to the press during the press briefing organized by Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up a new encampment at Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus on Friday evening, in New York City, United States on June 01, 2024.

  18. Benjamin Netanyahu looking straight down the camera, pointing with one finger. The flag of Israel is hanging behind him.

  19. Two children walking past rubble after an air strike in Gaza

  20. Two men, a woman and a child are sitting in the back of a white camper van. On top of the van are possessions such as clothes and sleeping bags, piled very high. The van is parked in front of a large pile of grey rubble and several buildings that have been damaged by strikes. Some have been completely destroyed. The BBC Verify logo is in the top left corner.

  21. A Palestinian woman shows anguish as she holds a baby, with a boy standing next to them, in Gaza City (18/03/25)

  22. A woman in a grey hijab stands with a child holding her hands out in dismay in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025

  23. A man, Jon Donnison, at Sderot in Israel, with Israeli flags behind him and Gaza in the distance.