• NABATIEH, LEBANON - APRIL 16: Paramedics react to an airstrike on April 16, 2026 in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors have held historic talks in Washington, the first direct diplomatic meeting between the two sides in decades. During the two-week ceasefire period between the US and Iran, Israel and the Iran-backed militant group, Hezbollah, have continued fighting. On April 8 Israel intensified strikes on what it says were Hezbollah targets, killing more than 350 people, according to health officials in Lebanon. (Photo by Adri Salido / Getty Images)
    NABATIEH, LEBANON - APRIL 16: Paramedics react to an airstrike on April 16, 2026 in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors have held historic talks in Washington, the first direct diplomatic meeting between the two sides in decades. During the two-week ceasefire period between the US and Iran, Israel and the Iran-backed militant group, Hezbollah, have continued fighting. On April 8 Israel intensified strikes on what it says were Hezbollah targets, killing more than 350 people, according to health officials in Lebanon. (Photo by Adri Salido / Getty Images)
  • Displaced people make their way back to their homes in southern Lebanon across the Qasmiyah bridge, which was hit earlier in an Israeli air strike, after a 10-day ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel began. Reuters
    Displaced people make their way back to their homes in southern Lebanon across the Qasmiyah bridge, which was hit earlier in an Israeli air strike, after a 10-day ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel began. Reuters
  • The newly refurbished Khalidiya Park in Abu Dhabi features a 660-metre air-conditioned walkway. Victor Besa / The National
    The newly refurbished Khalidiya Park in Abu Dhabi features a 660-metre air-conditioned walkway. Victor Besa / The National
  • Ride with Dubai Police, a community cycling event, at Dubai autodrome in Motor City. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Ride with Dubai Police, a community cycling event, at Dubai autodrome in Motor City. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • The Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    The Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • The UAE National Orchestra pays tribute to 50 years of Emirati film and television scores. Victor Besa / The National
    The UAE National Orchestra pays tribute to 50 years of Emirati film and television scores. Victor Besa / The National
  • Nasa astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, centre, is assisted off the flight deck of the amphibious transport ship USS John P Murtha after the crew's return to Earth. EPA
    Nasa astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, centre, is assisted off the flight deck of the amphibious transport ship USS John P Murtha after the crew's return to Earth. EPA
  • A couple carrying an election banner for Hungary's Tisza party look at a vandalised campaign poster for outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in Budapest. Mr Orban ⁠conceded defeat after Tisza's landslide election victory. AFP
    A couple carrying an election banner for Hungary's Tisza party look at a vandalised campaign poster for outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in Budapest. Mr Orban ⁠conceded defeat after Tisza's landslide election victory. AFP
  • Devotees pull a wooden chariot carrying an idol of the Hindu deity Bhairav during the Bisket Jatra festival marking the Nepali New Year in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. AFP
    Devotees pull a wooden chariot carrying an idol of the Hindu deity Bhairav during the Bisket Jatra festival marking the Nepali New Year in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. AFP
  • A Dubai resident walks between giant cacti in Al Warsan. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A Dubai resident walks between giant cacti in Al Warsan. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Lawyers protest against a draft bill proposing plea bargaining in criminal cases, in front of the Chambery courthouse, France. AFP
    Lawyers protest against a draft bill proposing plea bargaining in criminal cases, in front of the Chambery courthouse, France. AFP
  • Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks at the photos of the school pupils killed by American fire in Madrasa Minab in Iran while aboard a plane on his way to Pakistan for talks with US peace delegates. AFP
    Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks at the photos of the school pupils killed by American fire in Madrasa Minab in Iran while aboard a plane on his way to Pakistan for talks with US peace delegates. AFP
  • Mourning for the members of Lebanese state security forces who were killed in Israeli attacks on Nabatieh on Friday, in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
    Mourning for the members of Lebanese state security forces who were killed in Israeli attacks on Nabatieh on Friday, in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
  • Orthodox Christian worshippers gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on the day of the Holy Fire ceremony. Reuters
    Orthodox Christian worshippers gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on the day of the Holy Fire ceremony. Reuters
  • Children's shoes are assembled on Dam Square, Amsterdam, during a memorial protest highlighting the number of child victims of the Gaza war. AFP
    Children's shoes are assembled on Dam Square, Amsterdam, during a memorial protest highlighting the number of child victims of the Gaza war. AFP
  • People gather to pay their respects to renowned Indian singer Asha Bhosle at her home in Mumbai, after her death at the age of 92. AP
    People gather to pay their respects to renowned Indian singer Asha Bhosle at her home in Mumbai, after her death at the age of 92. AP
  • Rory McIlroy celebrates winning his second consecutive Masters tournament on the 18th green at Augusta. Getty Images
    Rory McIlroy celebrates winning his second consecutive Masters tournament on the 18th green at Augusta. Getty Images
  • US activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, centre, is arrested at a protest against the war in the Middle East, outside the offices of US Senator Charles Schumer in New York. EPA
    US activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, centre, is arrested at a protest against the war in the Middle East, outside the offices of US Senator Charles Schumer in New York. EPA
  • Colleagues of Hassan Ali Badawi, a paramedic with the Lebanese Red Cross who was killed in an Israeli air strike, mourn with his family at their home near Bchamoun, south of Beirut. AFP
    Colleagues of Hassan Ali Badawi, a paramedic with the Lebanese Red Cross who was killed in an Israeli air strike, mourn with his family at their home near Bchamoun, south of Beirut. AFP
  • Displaced Palestinians sit outside a makeshift shelter in the rubble of buildings at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. AFP
    Displaced Palestinians sit outside a makeshift shelter in the rubble of buildings at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. AFP
  • Jeepney drivers queue to receive cash handouts from the Philippines government amid rising fuel prices in Manila. Reuters
    Jeepney drivers queue to receive cash handouts from the Philippines government amid rising fuel prices in Manila. Reuters
  • People sing, dance and smear powder on each other during Sindoor Jatra, celebrating the Nepali New Year 2083, in Kathmandu. EPA
    People sing, dance and smear powder on each other during Sindoor Jatra, celebrating the Nepali New Year 2083, in Kathmandu. EPA
  • Commemorative plaques are placed on a railtrack leading to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Birkenau, Poland, during the annual march to honour victims of the Holocaust. AFP
    Commemorative plaques are placed on a railtrack leading to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Birkenau, Poland, during the annual march to honour victims of the Holocaust. AFP
  • A relative carries a three-year-old girl ahead of her funeral in Gaza city. She was killed in an Israeli air strike. AFP
    A relative carries a three-year-old girl ahead of her funeral in Gaza city. She was killed in an Israeli air strike. AFP
  • People pass the remembrance wall before the Last Post ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. AFP
    People pass the remembrance wall before the Last Post ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. AFP
  • A recycling centre in Kyiv, Ukraine, burns after it was hit by a Russian missile. Reuters
    A recycling centre in Kyiv, Ukraine, burns after it was hit by a Russian missile. Reuters
  • An artisan weaves a Banarasi sari in Varanasi, India. AFP
    An artisan weaves a Banarasi sari in Varanasi, India. AFP
  • Tigres midfielder Romulo is kicked in the face by Seattle Sounders forward Paul Rothrock during the Concacaf Champions Cup quarter-final at Lumen Field, Seattle. Reuters
    Tigres midfielder Romulo is kicked in the face by Seattle Sounders forward Paul Rothrock during the Concacaf Champions Cup quarter-final at Lumen Field, Seattle. Reuters
  • Protestors rally against rising fuel prices in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AFP
    Protestors rally against rising fuel prices in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AFP
  • Pope Leo XIV with Cameroon's President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal Biya at the Presidential Palace in Yaounde. AFP
    Pope Leo XIV with Cameroon's President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal Biya at the Presidential Palace in Yaounde. AFP

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