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  1. A Palestinian boy carries a bag with aid supply provided by the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) in northern Gaza Strip. Photo: 2 March 2025

  2. Emily Damari, a young woman with curly brown hair wearing a blue hospital gown, smiles and holds her hand to the camera while sat in a hospital bed, showing her two missing fingers.

  3. Palestinian women walk between destroyed buildings in Gaza City. Photo: 14 February 2025

  4. A Palestinian looks on as the rubble of destroyed buildings is seen at Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip

  5. A wide shot of a plane taking off on a runway. "Qatar" is printed on the body of the plane.

  6. Israeli soldiers light candles at a memorial site for the victims of the Hamas attack at the Supernova music festival on 7 October 2023, near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel (31 January 2025)

  7. Dualla Abdi walks through the entrance of a building wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, white trainers, a black jacket and his grey hood pulled over his head. The Louis Vuitton bag is black and is worn across his body as a shoulder bag.

  8. The suitcase which is brown leather with faded stickers on it.

  9. Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov was freed on 15 February

  10. Eitan and Yair Horn

  11. A woman holds up a placard with a picture of Shlomo Mantzur on it

  12. A boy offers his sheep for sale at a market in Morocco. Archive photo.

  13. Police mugshot of Abu Agila Masud Al-Marimi - he has a white beard.

  14. Israelis react as they gather in Rishon LeZion, central Israel, to watch the funeral procession for Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who Israel says were killed in captivity after being taken hostage during Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel (26 February 2025)

  15. A woman carries a big bag in each hand walking between mounds of rubble on either side

  16. An Israeli woman kisses an orange flower while watching the funeral procession of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas (26 February 2025)

  17. File photo showing Laila Soueif, mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, holding a poster calling for his release outside Downing Street in London (20 January 2025)

  18. A screen shot of the two health workers involved in the video

  19. A child in black top and traditional read scarf on her head, waves a green, red and yellow scarf as she sits on someone's shoulders at anniversary celebrations. A large crowd can be seen behind her.

  20. A Palestinian medic treats a premature baby lying inside an incubator at the Patient's Friends Benevolent Society hospital in Gaza City (25 February 2025)

  21. Two women wearing hijab and partial face veils take part in a national dialogue conference in Damascus, Syria (25 February 2025)

  22. Israeli military vehicle in Syria's Quneitra province, feb 2025

  23. Palestinian children walk past destroyed buildings and makeshift shelters in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza

  24. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holding up his proposed map of Israeli and Palestinian states, as part of a two-state solution