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  1. A close-up of a drawing of a stoneworker finishing a granite statue of a king. He is in profile and has a naked torso with his right up raised up holding a round tool or stone and reaching towards the top of the headdress of the statue he is working. From a painting in the tomb of Rekhmire, Qurna, Egypt, 1479 to 1425BC.

  2. U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani sit at a table and lean in toward one another to speak

  3. A collage of three individuals, each photographed separately on boats. They all wear patterned scarves. Woman on the left is wearing sunglasses. Middle is a Bearded man wearing a cap. Woman on the right is wearing a black and white headscarf tied around their head.

  4. Greta Thunberg is sitting down next tamid a pile of life jackets next to other shipmates.

  5. Women walk past police vehicles set on fire during a youth-led demonstration demanding reforms in the healthcare and education sectors in Sale city on 1 October 2025

  6. A female protester holding a placard saying 'At least the FIFA stadium will have a first aid kit

  7. A selfie of Craig and Lindsay Foreman.

  8. Palestinians watch as smoke billows after Israeli airstrikes on the coastal area, northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp, as they are displaced southward from Wadi Gaza following an Israeli announcement of the closure of Al-Rashid road toward the north, Gaza Strip, 1 October 2025.

  9. Lyndon Farnham is sitting at a desk. He has a microphone in front of him and a mobile phone. He is wearing a black jacket and tie with a white shirt. He is looking serious. On the wall behind him is lettering: British-Irish Council.

  10. A blonde woman is wearing a white beanie, white jacket and multi-coloured scarf. She is standing next to a a man in a dark green jacket and white hoodie.

  11. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City

  12. Crew interacts from aboard a boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla

  13. US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), with Israeli and American flags behind them. Both men are wearing dark suits and white shirts.

  14. Two security force personnel detain a protester

  15. Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, a medic evacuated from Gaza, stands in a park for a posed photograph. He is looking away to the left of the shot and has a blue/grey jacket and shirt on. He is wearing glasses. In the background are green bushes and trees.

  16. Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair smiles and waves against a backdrop sign saying 'Tony Blair on leadership'.

  17. Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes hit the Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza City, leaving widespread destruction, on September 26, 2025.

  18. Splitscreen of John, and a picture of Netanyahu and Trump shaking hands

  19. An Israeli woman in a cafe and a Gazan man by the coast in a split-screen image

  20. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC

  21. Migrants walk on the US side of the border wall in Jacumba Hot Springs, California. Photo: June 2024

  22. Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, attends the preparatory ministerial meeting for emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, Qatar (14 September 2025)

  23. Former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair is seated, speaking into a handheld microphone. He wears a dark blue suit, white shirt, and blue tie. His left hand is raised in a gesturing motion. Behind him is a greenish-blue gradient backdrop with abstract patterns.

  24. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference