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  1. A woman with short brown hair is stood in front of flowers in her shop. She is wearing a black and white dress and looking straight into the camera.

  2. Two men in dark suits and red ties smile and shake hands in front of windows and American flags

  3. File photo showing Syria's then grand mufti, Ahmed Hassoun, speaking inside the Cathedral of Mar Elias in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on 20 July 2020

  4. A graphic from the Dragon Ball Z comic is seen displayed on a wall above several people on computers

  5. A Palestinian boy holds a kite at a displacement camp in Gaza City (23 August 2026)

  6. An aerial view of the village of Beit Jinn in Damascus, Syria

  7. Three Israeli settlers stand outside houses after the reopening of a settlement at Ganim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 13 August. One is a man armed with a rifle. The image has a blue border with the BBC Verify logo in the the top left corner.

  8. John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby were among the seven World Central Kitchen workers killed in Israeli strikes

  9. An Israeli settler in a white shirt and carrying a gun walks in front of a wall

  10. US President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting in on 27 May 2026

  11. Trump, wearing a suit and no tie and a white "USA" hat, descending from airplane steps

  12. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addresses members of the media on the lawn outside the White House. He's wearing a light grey suit, white shirt and silver tie

  13. Wide view of a highway near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the area of the so-called E1 project in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, taken in February 2026.

  14. Rescuers carry a body bag across rubble

  15. Image of five-year-old Hind Rajab, who has long brown hair. She has a pink flowery headband and is wearing a pink t-shirt.

  16. Wide view of a highway near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the area of the so-called E1 project in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, taken in February 2026.

  17. A smiling woman with long black hair.

  18. Hind Rajab smiles at the camera. She has long, brown wavy hair and is wearing a pink flower crown on her head. She also has a pink T-shirt and black zip-up on. She is sitting on a chair adorned with garlands of red flowers.

  19. A photo from a cafe in western Gaza, following an Israeli strike, in a BBC Verify branded border.

  20. Close up of a DOJ flag (a rectangular base background of ultramarine blue, bearing an eagle on a shield, a scroll and the inscription 'Department of Justice.' The eagle faces to the left, with its left claw holding 13 arrows with the tips facing down. Its right claw holds an olive branch. The shield consists of a white base, a blue chief and six scarlet stripes. The scroll shall read in bold blue letters, 'QUI PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA SEQUITUR' - meaning, Who for Lady Justice prosecutes) flying in front of the DOJ headquarters

  21. Ahmed al Madhoun smiles as he holds his bike.

  22. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol an airport

  23. An aerial view of the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase following armed groups opposing the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria capture the airport in southeastern Idlib, Syria on December 04, 2024.

  24. A satellite image of the USS Abraham Lincoln with a green circle around it on the right, and an image of the warship up close on the left.