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  1. Hamdan Ballal walking out of a metal gate onto a dusty street

  2. A composite image of US President Donald Trump and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on 25 March 2025

  3. Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe at the hearing on Capitol Hill

  4. A Ukrainian soldier holds a large anti-aircraft gun on board a boat in the Black Sea

  5. Basel Adra looks at a grey car with its window smashed

  6. Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor, winners of the Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land", attend the 97th Annual Oscars Governors Ball at Ovation Hollywood Complex on March 2, 2025

  7. Mike Waltz is pictured in the foreground, during a meeting in the Oval Office.

  8. Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth and JD Vance listen as Donald Trump speaks in a meeting in the Oval office

  9. A fire on the outside staircase of Nasser Hospital throws up smoke as three people watch from higher steps

  10. Badar Khan Suri, a scholar of conflict studies, was arrested on 17 March over terror charges. He is seen wearing a maroon jacked over a white shirt and spectacles, with trees in the background.

  11. Woman holding a baby in the middle of ruins following an attack, with others comforting each other or looking through the rubble

  12. Smoke billows upwards in front of a blue sky and grey buildings.

  13. Smoke billows from the site of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. Photo: 22 March 2025

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

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

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

  17. 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.

  18. 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

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

  20. 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

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

  22. Stock image of people smiling

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