• Children at a makeshift cinema set up among the tents of the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
    Children at a makeshift cinema set up among the tents of the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • The sculpture 'About memories II-VI' by artist Samuel Salcedo at the international art exhibition 'Bad Ragartz' in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. EPA
    The sculpture 'About memories II-VI' by artist Samuel Salcedo at the international art exhibition 'Bad Ragartz' in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. EPA
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council-US Strategic Partnership discussing the Gaza war, in Riyadh. AFP
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council-US Strategic Partnership discussing the Gaza war, in Riyadh. AFP
  • Rubi Paul, 89, sits on her bed and casts her vote at her residence using a postal ballot, in Guwahati, India. AP
    Rubi Paul, 89, sits on her bed and casts her vote at her residence using a postal ballot, in Guwahati, India. AP
  • Samaritan worshippers during a Passover ceremony on Mount Gerizim, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. AFP
    Samaritan worshippers during a Passover ceremony on Mount Gerizim, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. AFP
  • Child deacons in a procession marking the start of Holy Week for Orthodox Christians, at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Porphyrius in Gaza city. AFP
    Child deacons in a procession marking the start of Holy Week for Orthodox Christians, at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Porphyrius in Gaza city. AFP
  • A child takes a dip in a lake to get respite from the heat on a summer afternoon in Dhaka. AFP
    A child takes a dip in a lake to get respite from the heat on a summer afternoon in Dhaka. AFP
  • One of nine suspected participants in a coup plot is brought to the courtroom to take the stand in the first set of proceedings in Stuttgart, Germany. AFP
    One of nine suspected participants in a coup plot is brought to the courtroom to take the stand in the first set of proceedings in Stuttgart, Germany. AFP
  • Pro-Palestine supporters gather in front of the entrance of Columbia University, while a young boy holds an Israeli flag, in New York City. AFP
    Pro-Palestine supporters gather in front of the entrance of Columbia University, while a young boy holds an Israeli flag, in New York City. AFP
  • A horsewoman practices with her horse in the stables' riding arena of the royal stables, in Versailles. AP
    A horsewoman practices with her horse in the stables' riding arena of the royal stables, in Versailles. AP

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