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  1. A hole in a damaged bridge in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province on July 17.

  2. A damaged portion of the bridge in the aftermath of the overnight strike in Bandar Khamir, Hormozgan province. The image shows a portion of the bridge collapsed with rubble surrounding it, it is positioned diagonally with a damaged car

  3. Sunset over the Gulf of Aden, in 2004.

  4. James Lewis is pictured holding a football. He is standing by the coast with a beach and buildings opposite. He has a moustache and beard and wearing a white England top.

  5. JD Vance wearing a suit and speaking into a microphone in front of an American flag

  6. Iranian military personnel stand in a line waving red, white, green and black flags.

  7. Stills from a video of a drone strike in Kuwait, in BBC Verify branding

  8. A young Iranian woman in Tehran with an Iranian flag wrapped around her shoulders raises her arm in a crowd of other peple shouting and waving flags

  9. A selfie of Craig and Lindsay Foreman.

  10. US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2026 in Washington, DC.

  11. A selfie taken by the Foremans while on holiday

  12. Tacolneston transmitter: Two grey metal tower structures - with a grey cloudy sky in the background.

  13. Maha is wearing a red life jacket over dark watersports clothing stands on a sandy beach facing the camera. Footprints trail across the sand toward the shoreline, with calm blue water, a surfboard in the distance, and a small offshore structure visible on the horizon beneath a clear sky.

  14. A file photo shows vessels in the straight as pictured from Oman in April, with bokeh Omanian boulders in the foreground and Iranian desert in the background.

  15. A composite image of a US missile being fired and Barbara Plett Usher

  16. A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman.

  17. A Palestinian woman reacts during the funeral in Gaza City for several people killed in an Israeli strike on a police post in the Jabalia area (14 July 2026)

  18. Barbara Plett Usher

  19. A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, with a thin stream of dark blue water flowing around a sharp point of arid land jutting into it.

  20. Smoke rises over Sanaa aiport, Yemen (13 July 2026)

  21. Barbara Plett Usher with Jerusalem behind her

  22. A missile flies into the distance

  23. A target in the crosshairs in black and white

  24. A ship is seen in blue water off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates.