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A family visits the Meroe pyramids at the Meroe archaeological site in Bejrawiya, Sudan. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Pyramids at Meroe rise from the desert about 200km (125 miles) north of Khartoum in Sudan’s River Nile state. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Archaeologists say salt crystallisation and halted maintenance threaten to erase centuries-old artwork at Meroe, like this carved relief inside a funerary temple. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
A guide, left, speaks with a visitor at the Meroe archaeological site. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
The Meroe necropolis contains more than 200 pyramids, built as tombs for the rulers of the ancient Kingdom of Kush. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Meroe’s pyramids were constructed from about 800 BC to 350 AD, centuries after the great pyramids of Egypt. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Unlike the broad-based Egyptian pyramids, the pyramids of Meroe are smaller, steeper and more numerous. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
The archaeological sites known as the Island of Meroe in semi-desert area near the Nile were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Meroe was once a royal capital of the Kushite Empire, which controlled trade routes along the Nile and deep into Africa. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Many of the pyramids at Meroe were damaged or looted in the 19th century by treasure hunters searching for gold and jewellery. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Today, the pyramids of Meroe stand amid shifting desert sands, offering one of the most striking archaeological landscapes in Sudan. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
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Israeli forces patrol along a street during a military raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp, south of Ramallah [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
A man walks past Israeli forces during the raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp, south of Ramallah. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
The operation comes amid a surge in Israeli raids across the occupied West Bank, with Palestinians saying the number has risen to about 50 raids per day in recent weeks. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
Journalists covering the raid say they have been targeted while performing their duties, with one of the reporters assaulted by Israeli soldiers. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
The purpose of the raid remains unclear, with residents questioning whether it is linked to arrests, intelligence operations or further restrictions on the camp. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that eight people were taken to hospital after suffering injuries. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
Residents say Israeli forces have also shut down businesses in areas under Jerusalem municipality boundaries. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
Members of Israeli security forces patrol along a busy street during the military raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
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Lava flows out of the crater of the Volcan de Fuego (Fuego volcano) near San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala. [Moises Castillo/AP Photo]
Fuego's eruption on Monday morning had intensified by nightfall. [Moises Castillo/AP Photo]
Lava flows and huge plumes of ash spewed about six kilometers (four miles) into the air. [Moises Castillo/AP Photo]
Families evacuated from areas surrounding the Fuego volcano arrive at a temporary shelter in San Juan Alotenango. [Moises Castillo/AP Photo]
A volunteer firefighter carries a child as rescue workers help evacuate residents, in San Juan Alotenango. [Cristina Chiquin/Reuters]
A woman rests at a shelter after evacuating her village following the eruption of the Fuego volcano. [Johan Ordonez/AFP]
Families evacuated from areas surrounding the Fuego volcano rest at a temporary shelter in San Juan Alotenango. [Moises Castillo/AP Photo]
Guatemala lies on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity. [Moises Castillo/AP Photo]
The Fuego volcano spews lava, ash and rocks. [Cristina Chiquin/Reuters]
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Bodies of Hassayna and Abu Sharia family members, killed in a 2023 Israeli strike and recently recovered from the rubble, are draped in Palestinian flags during their funeral in Gaza City. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Mourners carry bodies wrapped in Palestinian flags during a mass funeral for members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, whose remains were recovered from rubble nearly three years after an Israeli air raid in Gaza City. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
Thousands of Palestinians attend the funeral in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, where bodies are draped in Palestinian flags and laid near the ruins of destroyed homes. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
The victims are set to be buried at the Baptist Cemetery in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood after the funeral procession. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
Relatives weep over coffins as the remains of 112 people killed in a November 2023 Israeli strike are brought to a mosque in Gaza City for funeral prayers. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
The victims were members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, killed when the Israeli army bombed their homes on November 23, 2023. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
The funeral, considered one of the largest in Palestinian history due to the high number of victims, follows the retrieval of bodies from the rubble by civil defence teams on Saturday. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza has killed more than 73,000 people and wounded at least 174,000 others since October 2023. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Despite a "ceasefire" agreement in place since October 10, 2025, Israel continues attacks across the enclave, killing 1,250 Palestinians and injuring 4,110 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
Palestinian authorities in Gaza estimate that about 9,500 people remain under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli attacks across the territory. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
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Firefighters use controlled burning to halt a wildfire that continues to spread near Cebreros, Avila province, Spain [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
A woman caresses her pet dog at an emergency shelter set up in the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre in Bordeaux, France, for those who had to leave their homes outside town due to the raging wildfires. [Caroline Blumberg/AP Photo]
Firefighters battle a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
A De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 drops fire retardant over a forest near Saint-Jean-d'Illac, during wildfires in southwestern France. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
Firefighters battle a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
A house and belongings destroyed by a wildfire are photographed as the fire continues to spread near Pelayos de la Presa, Madrid province. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
Aesir Diaz, 31, a technician with Spain's Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigades (BRIF), centre, sits next to teammates during a break from battling a wildfire in Sotillo de Adrada, Avila province, Spain. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
A bicycle lies charred on the ground at a campsite after wildfires raged in Lege-Cap-Ferret, outside Bordeaux, France. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
Moha Haddad tries to put out a fire at his home as a wildfire continues to spread near Navas del Rey, Avila province, Spain. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
A man works to extinguish hot spots in an area burned by a wildfire near Casavieja, Avila province, Spain. [Olmo Calvo/AP Photo]
A house destroyed by a wildfire near Almorox, Toledo province, Spain. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
Firefighting vehicles line a road to suppress fires near Ares during wildfires in southwestern France. [Baz Ratner/Pool/AP Photo]
A firefighter walks through a charred forest near Blagon during wildfires in southwestern France. [Baz Ratner/AP Photo]
A campsite's bungalows are charred after it was ravaged by a wildfire in Pelayos de la Presa, Madrid province, Spain. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
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A man reacts near an apartment building hit by a Russian missile in Lviv, Ukraine [Roman Baluk/Reuters]
In Lviv, at least 30 people were injured, according to Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv regional military administration. [Roman Baluk/Reuters]
Rescue operations at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile in Lviv. [Roman Baluk/Reuters]
Homes hit by a Russian missile in the village of Radushne near the city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region. [Reuters]
Rescuers workers look through the rubble of homes destroyed by a Russian missile in the village of Radushne. [Reuters]
Aftermath of a Russian strike on a market in Kyiv. [Alina Smutko/Reuters]
The strikes were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities that Moscow has intensified over the summer. [Reuters]
A firefighter works at a market destroyed by Russian strikes in Kyiv. [Alina Smutko/Reuters]
Smoke rises in Kyiv after a Russian attack on the city. [Gleb Garanich/Reuters]
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US President Donald Trump, US Vice President JD Vance, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Eric Trump and Lara Trump, from left to right, attend the funeral service for the late US Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. [Will Oliver/EPA]
Congressional tribute to late US Senator Lindsey Graham in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. [Nathan Howard/Pool via AFP]
US President Donald Trump speaks at the funeral of US Senator Lindsey Graham. [Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters]
Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Eric Trump, from left, attend the funeral service. [AFP]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb before the funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, speaks with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio before the funeral service. [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, centre left, and other guests attend the funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. [Will Oliver/EPA]
Mourners attend the funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington. [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]
Senator Darline Graham attends the funeral service for her brother, the late US Senator Lindsey Graham. [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]
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A forest fire rages in Saint-Jean-d'Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
Firefighters battle a wildfire near Marcheprime, outside Bordeaux, France. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
A French Civil Defence (Securite Civile) Canadair CL-415 drops water over a burning area during a wildfire in front of Barjols, southeastern France. [Thibaud Moritz/AFP]
Firefighters battle a forest fire in Saint-Jean-d'Illac. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
Evacuees are housed at the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre after having to leave their homes due to the raging wildfires. [Caroline Blumberg/AP Photo]
Evacuees eat at La Chopera sports centre where they are sheltered due to the wildfire raging in the region, in Villamanta, 40km from Madrid, Spain. [Javier Soriano/AFP]
Burned cars in the yard of a home after a wildfire raged through Pelayos de la Presa, 65km west of Madrid. [Oscar Del Pozo/AFP]
Residents try to put out a fire on their land near San Martin de Valdeiglesias, about 70km west of Madrid. [Cesar Manso/AFP]
A firefighter battles a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
A hydroplane sprays water to extinguish a fire in Betxi, Castellon, Spain. [Manuel Bruque/EPA]
Smoke rises from a wildfire progressing in Betxi, Spain. [Pedro Nunes/Reuters]
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Burned cars following a wildfire in Le Porge, in the Gironde Department, southwestern France. [Florian Plaucheur/AFP]
Airbus A400M making a drop over the wildfire near Lacanau, France. [Abdul Saboor/Pool via AP]
Firefighters work as flames burn during a wildfire at Ares, Gironde. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
Locals try to stop the wildfire near Lacanau. [Abdul Saboor/Reuters]
Gusting winds fed the flames overnight, accelerating the spread of the fire. [Abdul Saboor/Reuters]
The Gironde fire in southwest France has now burned 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres) of land, making it one of the country's biggest devastations of land since World War II. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
The remains of a structure damaged by a wildfire at Le Porge, Gironde. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
A fire burning further south in the Landes region forced the evacuation of 30,000 people last week. [Manon Cruz/Reuters]
French authorities said more than 220,000 people have been evacuated from the main wildfire raging in the southwest of the country that now threatens the city of Bordeaux. [Manon Cruz/Reuters]
The French government ordered 500 more soldiers to the wildfire zone in the southwest, bringing the total number deployed to 1,500. [Abdul Saboor/Pool via Reuters]
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"Losing both work and housing have compounded the suffering of war,” says Mu'ayyad Sa'id, a father of three living inside a destroyed mosque in Gaza City. Unemployed, he constantly struggles to provide for his family's basic needs. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“I have lived through many wars, but I have never seen one like this,” says Salah al-Tawil. “It has consumed everything. The most painful thing about this war has been losing the right to have a home.” Salah and his family spent much of the war repeatedly fleeing bombardment and attacks before returning to their destroyed home in Maghazi. Over two months, he cleared rubble and repaired what he could, making clay bricks by hand to rebuild part of the house. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“Even basic things, such as having a roof over your head, enough food to eat, and sending your kids to school, have become difficult dreams to achieve in Gaza City,” says Youssef Mahmoud Aziz. Displaced from Jabalia in northern Gaza, Youssef and his family now live in a damaged school in Gaza City’s Remal neighbourhood, among many families trying to rebuild what they can amid widespread destruction. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“I wish I could hold my daughter, feed her and dress her like all mothers in the world do,” says Nibal al-Hissi. A young mother of one, Nibal lost both arms after an Israeli shell strike. She now lives in a tent at a displacement site in eastern Gaza, where even simple things like feeding herself, dressing and caring for her child have become daily struggles. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“I have nowhere else to go,” says Ali Harb. Ali and his wife live in the basement of their damaged home in Gaza City's Yarmouk neighbourhood. They stay there, despite the constant fear that the weakened structure could collapse at any moment. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“Life has become a daily struggle for survival,” says Mohammed Jamil Diab. Mohammed, his wife, and their three children are from the Shujayea neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City. Displaced more than 20 times during the war, they now shelter in the basement of a damaged mosque in the Remal neighbourhood, living with constant uncertainty about what will come next. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“The first and last chapter of the pain we have lived through in this war is the loss of our home. A person can only truly feel comfort and peace in their home,” says Ahmed Qwaider. A farmer from Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, Ahmed was displaced with his family to the western part of the city, losing both his home and his livelihood. Today, the family live in an emergency shelter. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“I can't comprehend everything that's happening to us,” says Rami Azmeila. “Losing my sons, the constant displacement, my injuries … all of this is beyond what any human being can bear.” A father of seven from the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Rami lost two of his young sons, aged 24 and 22, when a missile struck his home. Today, his family shelters in a makeshift tent built on the roof of a damaged building near Gaza City. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“Sometimes I imagine myself returning to my home as it was, without fear or displacement, just a normal life like anyone else,” says Rani Al-Fayoumi.
Rani, 25, and his family of four are from the Shujayea neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City. Displaced by the war, they now live in a tent on the roof of a mosque in the Remal neighbourhood. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
![“Home is the first homeland,” says Zakaria Aqel, “the place that holds all the peace in the world. A person without a home is a person without an identity. Each time [I was displaced], I felt a sense of belonging to the place I was in, a place where I had tried to build a life.” Zakaria and his family are from Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. After being displaced dozens of times, they eventually settled in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood, where they were given a shelter that finally offered some stability after months of moving from place to place.](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/15-Zakaria-Aqel-1784786704.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
“Home is the first homeland,” says Zakaria Aqel, “the place that holds all the peace in the world. A person without a home is a person without an identity. Each time [I was displaced], I felt a sense of belonging to the place I was in, a place where I had tried to build a life.” Zakaria and his family are from Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. After being displaced dozens of times, they eventually settled in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood, where they were given a shelter that finally offered some stability after months of moving from place to place. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“If I had known our lives would be turned upside-down like this, I would have held on to every moment we had,” says Suhail al-Yazji. From Gaza City’s Yarmouk neighbourhood, Suhail now supports her family alone after her husband was injured during the war. She lives in a damaged tent reinforced with tarps beside the rubble of her home. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“It’s not easy being both a mother and father to a large family, but I have no choice but to continue, for the sake of my children,” says Amina Saadallah. Amina, a mother of six, lost her husband at the beginning of the war. She now lives with her children in a cloth tent that offers little protection. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
“I try with all my might to provide a decent life for my children. I defy displacement and the dire economic situation,” says Asmaa Shtewi. Asmaa and her two daughters were displaced from southeastern Gaza City to the Gaza Port, where they shelter in tents made for camping. She used to work as a theatre actor, but her most challenging role now is playing both mother and father for her two children. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
"We try to remain strong for our children, even though the pain is unbearable. We have no choice but to persevere,” says Dina Salem. Dina and Donia Salem are two sisters from Egypt who settled in Gaza after getting married. When the war broke out, they both lost their husbands when their home was bombed and destroyed. After being displaced more than 20 times, they now found a small refuge near the coast in southern Gaza. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
"My family is large, and this is the biggest burden I bear: securing food and basic necessities amidst this ongoing displacement,” says Saeed Diab.
A father of 10, Saeed lost his job and his home early in the war. Displaced from the Shujayea neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, his family now shelters in two makeshift tents inside a collapsing building in the Remal neighbourhood in the west of the city. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]
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