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  1. Two women embrace at a public demonstration after ceasefire and hostage deal was agreed

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  3. Vladimir Putin, seen in profile, gestures towards his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, who is walking slightly ahead of him. Both men are wearing dark suits. Putin has a white shirt and dark tie, while Pezeshkian wears a blue open-necked shirt.

  4. A woman holds a sign with the image of a hostage kidnapped during the 7 October attacks.

  5. Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in an evening address

  6. A montage image: Includes black and white image of Trump and a red map. On the right is Jeremy Bowen in a blue press vest.

  7. A convoy of blue lorries driving uphill on a slight bend

  8. Two Palestinian women search and collect usable items among the rubble of a completely destroyed house in Gaza.

  9. Palestinian man with two young girls walking past the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, as two boys walk away in the opposite direction, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 16 January, 2025

  10. People check the rubble of buildings hit in Israeli strikes the previous night in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2025

  11. The Joshi family stands in a row smiling at the camera, with several coloured sheets as a backdrop

  12. A view of a street in Gaza showing almost completely destroyed high-rise buildings on the right and burnt out building that appear to have bullet holes in them on the left. In the distance one building with a red roof appears to be more intact. The image has been treated to give it a grainy quality and a faint bluish tint.

  13. A dark blue truck on a street in Jordan

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    Eli Sharabi, pictured with his family, has been missing since he was captured 11 months ago

  15. Supporters of Israeli hostages, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 2023 attack by Hamas, react to news on the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, during a protest to demand a deal to bring every hostage home, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 15, 2025.

  16. Smiling Palestinian man wearing traditional scarf with arms extended waves two large Palestinian flags in celebration as several men look on

  17. People protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, in front of the Israeli defence ministry in Tel Aviv on 15 January 2025.

  18. Image shows Joe Biden

  19. Selfie photo of Sanabel, right, with her cousin Lana, left

  20. A composite image of an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man

  21. Joe Biden, wearing a navy suit, speaks at a lectern in the White House flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken

  22. A man in a read puffer jacket stands in a ruined street in Gaza. He is holding a shovel.

  23. Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani

  24. A composite of images and video screengrabs from the Gaza "humanitarian zone" that have been verified as part of BBC Verify's analysis.