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  1. A group of men search through rubble following a strike in the town of Al-Ain in the Baalbek region on Wednesday. In the foreground of the image is a child's bike.

  2. Design image of Trump and a coloured map of the world

  3. Yoav Gallant (L) stands beside Benjamin Netanyahu (R) during a ceremony an Israeli military base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel (31 October 2024)

  4. File photo showing a demonstrator holding a picture of Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd (L) with his daughter Gazelle Sharmahd (R) during a rally calling for his release in front of the German foreign ministry in Berlin (31 July 2023)

  5. Two children walk arm in arm down a long, colourful corridor

  6. A person holds an Israeli flag as people demonstrate after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, citing lack of trust, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 5, 2024.

  7. A man, Kamel Daoud, in black-framed glasses smiles as he stands in an open window, holding a white copy of his prize-winning book. He is wearing a dark blazer and a white shirt, with a cream-coloured scarf lightly looped around his neck.

  8. A young man is rescued from the rubble.

  9. A woman beats a drum as she marched with others who hold flags and placards bearing the faces of hostages

  10. Screengrab of a video showing an Iranian woman sitting in her underwear at the Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran

  11. Mohammed lies on a hospital bed, his eyes looking directly at the camera. He has short hair and a brown beard, and his face shows signs of burn injuries around the forehead, eyes and cheeks.

  12. A small Palestinian child lies on a table and receives oral polio vaccine drops from a healthcare worker during a vaccination campaign at UNRWA headquarters in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 14 October 2024

  13. Soldiers from the Lebanese army survey beach

  14. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, 2 November 2024.

  15. There is a crowd of people who hold up posters of a young woman with sunglasses and brown hair who is smiling and making a peace sign with her left hand. The poster says "May her blood pave the way for freedom. Our friend Stay in Peace."

  16. A zoomed-in image shows a group of Gazan men, in Israeli detention and sitting outdoors against the backdrop of a destroyed building. A little girl is there, circled in red by the BBC in this image, for clarity.

  17. Smoke rises from the northern Israeli town of Metula following a Hezbollah rocket attack, as seen from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun (31 October 2024)

  18. A Lebanese soldier stands in front of the wreckage of a car

  19. Army tank driving through camp shamrock in southern Lebanon, UN peacekeeper pictured on top of tank, several countries flags in background

  20. Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu

  21. Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike near the city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon (30 October 2024)

  22. A Palestinian man carries a body in a blanket after an Israeli air strike on a residential building in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip (29 October 2024)

  23. Palestinians wait in a queue to receive bread outside a bakery in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip (29 October 2024)

  24. A man inspects the debris and damage at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes that targeted Beirut's southern suburb of Hadath on 27 October 2024