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  1. Israeli opposition leader and former military chief, Gadi Eisenkot, looks on as he launches an election campaign for Yashar,

  2. An Iranian woman walks past a wall painting of Iranian revolutionary soldiers in Tehran, Iran, 25 February 2026

  3. A number of Palestinian men and women in traditional wedding dress clap to music.

  4. A person carries a wounded child at a hospital

  5. A man uses a bucket to try and clear muddly water from around his tent.

  6. Satellite image take above Iran, circling an area of what appears to be construction, in a BBC Verify branded border.

  7. A crowd of men and women waving US and Israeli flags, with a man in the centre wearing a shirt in the colours of the US flag, in Tel Aviv (09/10/25)

  8. A split image showing Iranian missiles on the tarmac of a base on the left and construction at a facility on the right. Construction vehicles can be seen in the image on the left and both are imposed over the BBC Verify branding.

  9. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listen during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, DC.

  10. A split screen. Left, Donald Trump. Right, Capitol building.

  11. JD Vance

  12. A woman in a purple head scarf and purple top on the left, holding a microphone. Iranian flags on the right.

  13. The photograph is taken from a very low angle, close to the ground, looking across a large Field of Remembrance. Poppies attached to crosses.

  14. U.S. President Donald Trump takes of his hat as he departs after delivering remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on November 02, 2026 in Washington, DC

  15. A large crowd at the Royal International Air Tattoo. There is a large aircraft in the background. Two fighter jets are to the left of the image. A red lorry is parked in front of them.

  16. Donald Trump holding microphone

  17. Yolande Knell in Jerusalem

  18. File photo showing Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland (20 June 2026)

  19. Israeli President Isaac Herzog stands in front of members of the Central Elections Committee, during a ceremony in Jerusalem where he received the official Israeli general election results (4 November 2026)

  20. US President Donald Trump standing with an American flag at a campaign rally.

  21. A boy (right) wearing a red shirt featuring a Nike logo. Next to him another boy wearing a black shirt and making victory sign. Both kids standing in front of a white wall with Arabic writing reading 'viva Libya'

  22. Six people lie on the ground outside the base. Two are in orange sleeping bags. A police officer stands at the edge of the protesters and a car is parked further along the protest line at the base entrance. It is a sunny day and in the background is a red and white barrier and signage denoting the RAF base.

  23. Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran coast

  24. Two Moroccan men, dressed in traditional blue Sahrawi region attire, hold national flags as they stand in front of a fresco featuring scenes from the Green March.