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American doctors in Gaza see up-close toll of war weapons on children 18 May 2024 - 05:46 pm
Palestinians walk outside the European hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 17, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Fighting rages in Gaza's Rafah after first aid delivery via pier 18 May 2024 - 12:40 pm
This handout picture courtesy of the US Central Command (CENTOCOM) taken on May 16, 2024 shows US Army soldiers emplace the Trident Pier on the Gaza coast. (Photo by US Central Command (CENTCOM) / AFP)
Oil tanker hit by missile off Yemen: security firm 18 May 2024 - 10:36 am
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First aid enters Gaza via US-built pier 18 May 2024 - 12:08 am
Palestinians walk past a jetty in Gaza City with a view of navy vessels off the coast as part of a humanitarian
Three Palestinians killed, many injured in new Israeli bombardment on parts of Gaza Strip 17 May 2024 - 10:36 pm
Palestinian children gather empty ammunition containers in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Arab League: Establishment phase, decades of joint action 17 May 2024 - 10:34 am
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Gaza death toll rises to 35,272; wounded 79,205 16 May 2024 - 09:02 pm
Displaced Palestinians walk around a puddle in front of destroyed buildings and tents in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
33rd Arab Summit begins in Manama 16 May 2024 - 04:44 pm
This handout picture from the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA) shows Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (C) posing with Arab leaders in Manama on May 16, 2024 ahead of the 33rd Arab League Summit. (Photo by BNA (Bahrain News Agency)
Arab Summits: Historical milestones in support of just, legitimate Palestinian rights 16 May 2024 - 09:38 am
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Israeli occupation murders five Palestinians, injures others in bombing 15 May 2024 - 02:28 pm
A Palestinian boy carries a toddler in an alley in Deir el-Balah in the central gaza Strip on May 15, 2024 . (Photo by AFP)
Israeli entity continues bombing southern Lebanon 14 May 2024 - 12:56 pm
This picture taken from the northern Israeli kibbutz of Malkia along the border with southern lebanon, shows smoke billowing above the Lebanese village of Meiss El-Jabal during Israeli bombardment on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
UNRWA: 450,000 people forcibly displaced from Rafah 14 May 2024 - 12:47 pm
Palestinians carry their belongings as they prepare to flee rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
World Food Program warns of new displacement of Palestinians in Gaza 13 May 2024 - 02:33 pm
A Palestinian boy looks out his tent in a Rafah displacement camp in the southern gaza Strip on May 13, 2024 (Photo by AFP)
Al Khater: Palestinian women, children an icon of steadfastness, strength 12 May 2024 - 09:25 am
Rania Abu Anza (C) the mother of twin babies Naeem and Wissam, killed in an overnight Israeli air strike, mourns their death ahead of their burial in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 3, 2024. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Israel strikes Gaza after fresh Rafah evacuation order 12 May 2024 - 08:09 am
An elderly woman and child wait with belongings before evacuating from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Number of Palestinians detained since October 7 climbs to 8,680 11 May 2024 - 05:58 pm
Palestinians check the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on May 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Israel strikes Gaza as more Rafah evacuations ordered 11 May 2024 - 02:23 pm
Smoke rises above buildings during an early morning Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 11, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Spain, Ireland, Slovenia to back Palestinian state on May 21: Borrell 10 May 2024 - 08:01 pm
European Commission vice-president in charge for High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference at the end of an Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Development Ministers) in Brussels, on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

Asia

Search and rescue personnel prepare to carry the wreckage of an Indonesian Air Transport turboprop aircraft, a day after it crashed while en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar, at Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Muchtamir Zaide / AFP) Remaining bodies found of 10 killed in Indonesia plane crash
Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a press conference after a two-day monetary policy meeting at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on January 24, 2025. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP Bank of Japan keeps rates unchanged, raises growth and inflation forecasts
This handout from the Chinese Coast Guard taken and released by the Chinese embassy in Manila on January 23, 2026 shows Chinese Coast Guard personnel assisting a rescued Filipino crew member of a capsized cargo ship near the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP Chinese coast guard rescues Philippine sailors in disputed waters
Lawmakers cheer as the House of Representatives is dissolved at the Diet in Tokyo on January 23, 2026. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP Japan PM Takaichi dissolves parliament for snap election

Europe

Peninsula Four killed, others wounded in Russian airstrike on eastern Ukraine
Emergency services and investigators work on the site of a high-speed trains collision that killed at least 42 people, in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 20, 2026. Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP Spain train disaster probe suggests track was cracked
A picture taken on January 21, 2026 shows a regional service train the morning after it collided with a collapsed wall, killing one person and injuring seriously five, between Sant Sadurni d'Anoia and Gelida, near Barcelona. Commuter trains back in Spain's Catalonia after deadly accident
US actress Anne Hathaway arrives at the funeral ceremony for the late Italian fashion designer Valentino Gavarani at the Basilic of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, in Rome on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Stars turn out for Valentino's funeral in Rome

Africa

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