![Smoke and flames rise during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City [Mohammed Salem/REUTERS]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/israelpal.jpg?resize=1400%2C700)
Death toll in Gaza rises to 122 as Palestinian families seek shelter in schools to flee Israel’s ‘most violent’ attacks.
Stone Mountain Park in the US state of Georgia is facing changes, partly due to the park’s new Black chairman.
Homeland Security Committee agrees to terms of powerful investigative body likely to face challenges from Republicans.
Russian president accuses Ukraine’s leaders of overseeing a ‘cleansing’ of the country’s political space.
Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigns but is immediately reappointed to carry out a cabinet reshuffle.
Several Democrats urge administration to defend Palestinian rights as others back Israel amid Gaza conflict.
![Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar [File: Jim Mone/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_19232794336542.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![The Israeli siege on Gaza has devastated its economy and led to what the UN has called the 'de-development' of the territory [File: EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ce28d43214374116add3a843df7f1df6_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
![Bella Hadid (left) and Gal Gadot (right) are among celebrities who have been posting about the Israel-Palestine conflict [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ss-3.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A Palestinian man walks past the remains of a tower which was destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City [Suhaib Salem/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-13T044219Z_1301605836_RC2SEN9DS7B0_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Smoke billows from al-Johara Tower in Gaza City which was targeted by Israeli air attacks overnight on May 12 [Ashraf Amra/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99T4F8.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A ball of fire engulfing the al-Walid building which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza city [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99V9BJ.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A man waves a Confederate flag during an August 2020 protest at Stone Mountain Park [File: Mike Stewart/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_20228716523572.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi speaks next to an image from the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, displayed during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on May 12, 2021 [Jonathan Ernst/Pool/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-12T174705Z_1485905103_RC2FEN9X0FFK_RTRMADP_3_USA-CAPITOL-SECURITY.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Putin's comments came a day after a Ukrainian court placed Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent pro-Russian politician and personal friend of the Russian president, under house arrest [Sputnik/Sergey Ilyin/Kremlin via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-14T120906Z_1815006224_RC2NFN9GYQZ6_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-PUTIN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Family members of Vijay Raju, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), mourn before his cremation at a crematorium ground in Giddenahalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, May 13, 2021. [File: Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-14T050721Z_1378212488_RC2HFN9V6BKH_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SNAPSHOT.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A woman walks past a graffito on a street amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Mumbai [Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-10T141924Z_269501237_RC22DN9YZTN4_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-FUNGAL.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A medic tends to Bhagirath Singh, 77, who is experiencing breathing problems, inside an emergency ward of a government-run hospital, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. India [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-11T062304Z_1059592180_RC2IDN9LEFNX_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-TOWN.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Natasha Narwal, in PPE coveralls, performing the last rites of her father Mahavir Singh Narwal in Rohtak, Haryana state, India [Manoj Dhaka/Hindustan Times via Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232831669.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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![A woman gets inoculated against coronavirus at a vaccination centre of the Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai [File: Punit Paranjpe/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_9946WF-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Ouane was named prime minister in August [File: Mohamed Messara/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/h_02081622-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar [File: Jim Mone/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_19232794336542.jpg?resize=570%2C380)