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  1. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi pictured in 2011

  2. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailing in the sea

  3. A young Palestinian boy being hugged by adults looks towards the camera at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, Gaza, after passing through the Rafah crossing with Egypt (2 February 2026)

  4. Iranian President Mahmoud Pezeshkian speaks at a podium on 31 January.

  5. Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip (2 February 2026)

  6. A man is turning a hand-cranked washing machine, which is a silver metal barrel with a tap at the bottom of it. Some water is coming out of the tap into a blue bucket. The man has dark hair and is wearing a navy fleece and black jeans. He is wearing blue and yellow rubber gloves. There are other barrels and buckets behind him, some with fabric in them.

  7. A line of yellow ambulances queue up at Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt.

  8. Close-up of Hind Kabawat, smiling. She has shoulder length brown hair and is wearing a smart, light brown coat.

  9. An undated image of Erfan Soltani. He looks at the camera with a slight smile as rain or snow appears to fall.

  10. Iranian gunboat off southern coast of country in Dec 2025

  11. A Palestinian man walks on crutches to an MSF clinic, in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on 31 December 2025.

  12. Two cars, a dark coloured Peugeot and a white hatchback both sit on the road in front of the building where the blast happened, covered in rubble

  13. Smoke rises after an airstrike hit a building in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, Gaza despite the ceasefire, on January 31, 2026

  14. A woman is seen carrying a shopping bag and a man is seen getting into a yellow taxi cab in the foreground of the photo, while in the background there is a huge anti-US billboard which reads 'If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind'

  15. Dr Valentina Gusak holds a picture of her daughter in the Knesset. Her daughter was killed by Hamas on 7 October 2023

  16. Ghanem al-Masarir in a park. 45 years old with black greying hair.

  17. Donald Trump pictured sat behind his desk in the Oval Office. He wears a black suit jacket, white shirt, blue tie, and a pin of the US flag. Behind him stand four male officials in suits.

  18. A man is seen holding up an Israeli flag as another person is seen holding South African and Palestinian flags in the background

  19. File image of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the sea

  20. A queue of men on the right against the wall of a building, and a queue of men on the left on the edge of a pavement. A man holding a gun pointed to the ground is standing on the pavement. it is outdoors.

  21. The BBC's Orla Guerin speaks to two women who have their back turned towards the camera.

  22. iranian missile launcher during exercise, 2024

  23. Commander Azad of the Kurdish Forces stares past the camera. He wears a thick black moustache, heavy stubble, and his uniform.

  24. A composite photo of eight of the 16 crew members who were on board the oil tanker seized by Iran last month.