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    Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance

  2. Eleven members of the Iranian women's football team pose for photo on the pitch of the Gold Coast stadium before the 8 March match against the Philippines. They are standing in two rows, five behind and six in front, and all are wearing red shirts, shorts and tights and black headscarves, except the goalkeeper - back row centre - who has a yellow shirt.

  3. Satellite view of Kharg Island.

  4. A plume of black smoke ascends following an explosion in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, 3 March 2026

  5. US Marines dressed in camouflage clothing and holding guns take part in training

  6. People and vehicles on a road that has turned orange because of a sandstorm

  7. A man stands next to a green heating oil tank.

  8. A man with protective goggles, a blue top, and safety helmet stands in front of machinery on an oil field

  9. Google Earth screenshot of Kharg Island, about 15 nautical miles off the coast of Iran.

  10. Dubai skyline

  11. Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson

  12. A Kurdish Pershmerga fighter in a cave with a gun

  13. Female Iranian Kurdish fighter dressed in headscarf and grey uniform and holding an automatic weapon stands in front of a pile of stones and some tents in the distance.

  14. Donald Trump stands in front of a microphone with a US flag behind him.

  15. A large fire burns at an oil depot in Iran at night. Flames and thick plumes of dark smoke tower over the outline of a small building.

  16. A blonde woman and a grey haired man smile at a camera. They are hugging. They are standing in front of the sea

  17. A screengrab of an Iranian state TV broadcast that shows a photograph of Mojtaba Khamenei next to the flag of Iran. A red 'news ticker' in Farsi takes up the lower third of the image.

  18. A member of the Iranian security forces stands guard in front of a billboard depicting the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and Iranian military and Revolutionary Guards commanders, during a rally to mark Quds Day at a square in Tehran, Iran (13 March 2026)

  19. A BBC Verify graphic showing a man of Iran with attacks marked as dots - the darker the dots, the greater the number of attacks

  20. A US Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refuelling tanker aircraft is seen at an airport.

  21. Smoke rises above a mix of high rise and small buildings in Dubai. Smoke rises above Dubai on March 13, 2026. Explosions rattled buildings in Dubai and a large cloud of smoke hung over a central area of the Middle East financial hub on March 13, AFP correspondents said

  22. Still image of the moment a US torpedo struck an Iranian naval ship in the Indian Ocean on 04 March 2026.

  23. Image shows a man with a moustache and he is wearing a dark blue patterned jumper , underneath a light blue shirt collar is showing. He is stood infront of bookshelves in a library setting.
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