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  1. Split image of funeral procession and father of killed teen speaking to the BBC

  2. General view of a five-storey building in Tehran. The building has been shelled-out by a reported missile attack, the outer brickwork is no longer visible and instead the building is hollowed out but is still standing. It is surrounded by rubble

  3. JD Vance speaks from the podium in the White House to reporters. He is in a blue suit with a US flag pin on his lapel and is gesturing with one of his hands to make a point

  4. Buildings spread out in a southern Lebanon village.

  5. JD Vance is seen in the briefing room.

  6. US President Donald Trump speaks during an End of Summer BBQ event with Republican lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington DC.

  7. Relatives mourn two Palestinians who were killed in al-Mughayyir during an attack by Israeli settlers and soldiers, at a hospital in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank (2 September 2026)

  8. The Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, addresses a plenary session of the Congress of Deputies on 3 September 2026 in Madrid

  9. File photo showing commercial ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran (10 August 2026)

  10. A handout picture made available by the Iranian Red Crescent Society reportedly showing a view of the destroyed remains of a building which was hosting a wedding ceremony following a US airstrike, in the city of Sirak, Bandar Abbas province, southern Iran, 02 September 2026.

  11. The mangled wreckage of bus where the top section is gone and blue padded seats can be seen against a clear blue sky. The bus appears to be on a dusty unpaved area

  12. Citizens and relatives of the Palestinians, killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a beachfront cafe in the port area west of Gaza City, attend the funeral prayer at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine on August 19, 2026. Several men help to carry a body inside a white covering and walk past rubble. The image is seen inside a blue BBC Verify frame.

  13. BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega in a press vest and blue hard hat in the back of a car.

  14. A man with short grey hair looks at the camera. He is wearing a blue flak jacket.

  15. BBC correspondent Hugo Bachega, wearing a blue flak jacket and helmet, sits on top of a Unifil vehicle as it drives past destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon

  16. An elderly woman walks past a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City (1 September 2026)

  17. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar attends the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2026.

  18. A migrant living on Trampolin Beach, on 31 August, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain.

  19. A woman holds a white shawl over her head and face

  20. A missile against a dark sky

  21. Large ships in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas.

  22. A man - with his back to the camera - stands on some rocks to the left of the picture. Holding a gun across his shoulders, he is looking out to sea where a tanker is in the far distance.

  23. Finn Joughin, a 22-year-old student activist, was arrested in Umm Al-Kheir on Saturday. He is smiling and looking directly at the camera. He is wearing a soft canvas hat and wearing a blue shirt with cream-coloured floral motifs.