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  1. A man in a white turban and black clothes brushes the area in front of a bombed out building

  2. Donald Trump gesturing in the Oval Offive

  3. Two Romanian navy officers from the Romanian Navy frigate 'King Ferdinand' monitor the target for a canon live fire shooting during the NATO naval drill 'Sea Shield 26' in the Black Sea

  4. Donald Trump, wearing a navy blue suit, sits in a leather chair in his office. He is mid-speaking and gesticulating with his right hand.

  5. US President Donald Trump (L;) listens to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) as he delivers a statement

  6. A woman sifts through the rubble in her destroyed flat in Tehran, Iran. Photo: 15 March 2026

  7. A man stands in the street next to a building and tree which are both heavily damaged and blackened. Rubble lines the street and cars in the background are also damaged.

  8. China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on November 25, 2025 in Beijing, China.

  9. Trump gesticulates in the oval office

  10. Masood Alam, one of the seafarers who returned on 29 March, wearing a tee shirt, pose for a photo.

  11. Grey coloured jet aircraft. The pilot can be seen in the cockpit. The wheels are down as it comes in to land. The background is blurred owing to the motion of the aircraft. The picture was taken at night.

  12. A woman and a man in black jackets look out over Tehran's skyline with a tall tower in the distance. They have their backs to the camera, she has long brown hair tied in a pony tail and her right hand rests on his left shoulder.

  13. Maxar satellite imagery shows extensive building damage across the Isfahan nuclear technology center in June 2025

  14. White UNIFIL vehicles drive on a main road in Qlayaa, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah

  15. An undated image of Shelly Kittleson. She wears a hijab and holds a phone while standing in front of a river

  16. Lindsay Foreman, who has a blonde bob, has her arm around her husband Craig's neck as they both look at the camera for a selfie. He has short brown hair and a greying beard.

  17. Plumes of smoke rise from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in southern Lebanon.

  18. A graphical composite image showing the BBC Verify logo next to an image of a large explosion.

  19. Itamar Ben-Gvir wearing a black suit, red tie and white kippah, talking on a podium in front of Israeli flags

  20. Pete Hegseth delivers a briefing behind a lectern at the Pentagon

  21. An armoured vehicle of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) drives next to destroyed buildings in Meiss al-Jabal, Marjayoun district, southern Lebanon, 08 December 2025.

  22. A young person wearing a balaclava, fatigues and a helmet sporting an Iranian flag looks off camera, with blurred military figures in the background.

  23. An oil tanker showing damage and scotch marks to its side

  24. A boy stands next to an empty LPG cylinder tied to a bicycle as he waits outside a gas agency in India