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Gandhi Hospital in northern Tehran was damaged on March 1, 2026, when a strike was carried out near it during the US-Israeli war on Iran. [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu]
Debris is scattered across wards and medical units after Gandhi Hospital and surrounding structures sustained heavy damage. [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu]
Gandhi Hospital officials say the facility was fully evacuated and patients were transferred to other hospitals across Tehran. [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu]
Residents inspect the aftermath of Israeli and US air strikes at Nilufar Square in the heart of the Iranian capital. [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu]
Buildings on Nilufar Square have sustained heavy damage. [AFP]
Few people are on the streets of Tehran, a city of nine million people, as Israel and the US conduct the war. [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu]
Motahari Hospital in Tehran also has been damaged as Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Israel and the US “continue to indiscriminately strike residential areas, sparing neither hospitals, schools, Red Crescent facilities, nor cultural monuments”.[Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Pir Hossein Kolivand, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, wrote that monitoring and support mechanisms outlined in the Geneva Conventions must be invoked and called for condemnation of attacks on educational and medical centres. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Firefighters and officials work in a residential area near Nilufar Square after an air strike in Tehran. [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]
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People protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes. [Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters]
Indian soldiers try to stop people as they march outside the office of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) during a protest against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. [Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo]
People mourn Khamenei's killing in Jammu. [Channi Anand/AP Photo]
People hold photographs of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against the US and Israel in Hyderabad. [Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo]
People chant anti-US and anti-Israel slogans at a protest in New Delhi. [Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters]
Iranian state television announced Khamenei’s death in the early hours of Sunday. [Piyush Nagpal/AP Photo]
People protest against the US-Israeli attack on Iran and the killing of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in New Delhi. [Piyush Nagpal/AP Photo]
Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, urged protesters to remain calm and “avoid any actions that could lead to tension or unrest”. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
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People carry a large Iranian flag as they gather in Tehran. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Iranians gather to mourn Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing in US-Israeli strikes. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Khamenei was Iran's supreme leader since 1989. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
He was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack that continued into a second day on March 1. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
Iranian state television confirmed Khamenei's death early on Sunday. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
People in Tehran mourn the death of Khamenei. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
The IRGC pledged to launch the “most ferocious” operation in history against Israel and US bases. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Iran's state broadcaster said 27 US bases in the region, as well as Israel's military headquarters and a defence industries complex in Tel Aviv, were among the targets of a new wave of strikes. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
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Yasser Goyani carries a tambourine and walks with children carrying illuminated lanterns in preparation for celebrating the arrival of the month of Ramadan on the eve of the first day of Ramadan, in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
A girl holds a glowing lantern on the eve of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
Children carry lanterns on the eve of the first day of Ramadan at the Bytna Foundation for Culture, Arts and Heritage in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
Ghufran Thamer, 34, takes on the role of a musaharati in the Old City of Mosul, waking people for the suhoor meal during Ramadan. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
Worshippers perform tarawih prayers at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
The last tarawih prayers at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri were held nine years ago. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
Abeer al-Ghanem, 52, performs the role of a traditional storyteller, known as a hakawati, at the Bayt Ahluna Cultural Foundation. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
A customer buys raisin juice at Taha’s shop, one of the most famous in Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
A man arranges zalabiya, the traditional sweet popular during Ramadan, in his shop at the Nabi Yunus Market in Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
People shop at the historic Bab al-Saray market in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
Khalil Mahmoud, 65, has been selling dates in Bab al-Saray for almost 40 years. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
Fahd Mohammed Kashmoula, 55, second from right, plays the traditional game of siniya in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Global News Insight]
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Firefighters carry a body found amid the debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Barrio Parque Jardim Burnier neighbourhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on February 24, 2026. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Brazilian military police officers search for victims amid the debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim recovered from debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Firefighters search for victims at the site of a landslide in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
State firefighters said 30 people had died in the cities of Juiz de Fora and Uba, and that more than 200 people had been rescued. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Juiz de Fora’s mayor, Margarida Salomao, declared a state of emergency. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Rescue teams remove debris in search of victims at the site of a landslide in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Juiz de Fora’s mayor, Margarida Salomao said her municipality was experiencing its wettest February on record, with 584mm of accumulated rainfall. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
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The Italian flag is presented during the closing ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 at the Verona Arena. [Piero Cruciatti/AFP]
Flagbearers parade during the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2026. [Gabriel Bouys/AFP]
Jun Ichikawa performs as the opera character Madama Butterfly during the closing ceremony. [Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters]
The closing ceremony paid tribute to Italian dance and music. [Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo]
Italian singer-songwriter Joan Thiele (L) performs during the closing ceremony. [Piero Cruciatti/AFP]
A total of 116 medal events were held in eight Olympic sports across 16 disciplines, including the debut of ski mountaineering this year, over 17 days of competition. [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]
Artists perform during the closing ceremony. [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]
The Olympic and Italian flags during the closing ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026. [Piero Cruciatti/AFP]
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A firefighter extinguishes a burning bus set on fire by organised crime groups at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico. [Ulises Ruiz/AFP]
Smoke billows from burning vehicles amid a wave of violence following a military operation in which a government source said Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, also known as "El Mencho", was killed in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state. [@morelifediares/Instagram/YouTube via Reuters]
Burned cars and trucks set on fire by organised crime groups on a highway near Acatlan de Juarez, Jalisco state. [Ulises Ruiz/AFP]
A man rides a bike past a convenience store that was set on fire, in San Francisco del Ricon, Guanajuato state, Mexico. [Alfredo Valadez/AP Photo]
A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle that was set on fire in Cointzio. [Armando Solis/AP Photo]
A car passes by a burned truck set on fire on a highway near Acatlan de Juarez. [Ulises Ruiz/AFP]
“El Mencho” was killed in a shootout in his home state on Sunday as the Mexican military attempted to capture him. [Alfredo Estrella/AFP]
National Guard personnel at Guadalajara airport in Tlajomulco, Jalisco. [Ulises Ruiz/AFP]
A man takes pictures with his mobile phone next to the members of the National Guard on patrol, after authorities reinforced security following roadblocks and arson attacks carried out by organised gangs in several states, in Acapulco. [Henry Romero/Reuters]
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Residents of the Behsud district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, inspect the damage caused by a Pakistani strike on February 22, 2026. [Hedayat Shah/AP Photo]
People search for victims after a Pakistani strike hit a residential area in Girdi Kas village of Behsud district, Nangarhar. [Aimal Zahir/AFP]
Nangarhar police told the AFP news agency that the bombardment started about midnight (19:30 GMT on Saturday) and hit three districts. [Aimal Zahir/AFP]
Islamabad says it targeted armed groups that have carried out attacks in Pakistan, but Kabul has repeatedly denied allowing armed groups to use Afghan territory to stage attacks in Pakistan. [Reuters]
People surround the coffins of victims during a mass burial at Girdi Kas village in Behsud. [AFP]
People dig a mass grave for the victims killed in Pakistani strikes in Girdi Kas village. [AFP]
Taliban security officials and local residents inspect the scene of the air strikes near the Pakistan-Afghan border in Nangarhar. [Samiullah Popal/EPA]
Afghanistan's Defence Ministry says it will "deliver an appropriate and calculated response" to the Pakistani strikes. [Reuters]
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French firefighters search for a 53-year-old man who disappeared in the Loire River after his boat capsized during flooding in Chalonnes-sur-Loire, western France [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
A flooded road in Chalonnes-sur-Loire, western France. [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
Floodwater surrounds houses in Jusix, in the Lot-and-Garonne department of southwestern France. [Ed Jones/AFP]
Four departments in western France were placed under red alert for the risk of flooding. [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
Officials expect the situation to worsen with the arrival of Storm Pedro, which is poised to batter swaths of Western Europe. [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
National weather service Meteo-France said on Wednesday the country was experiencing its longest series of rainy days since measurements began in 1959. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
A flooded house in Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, western France. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
The new rainfall from Storm Pedro could “fuel the current floods”, said Lucie Chadourne-Facon, director of flood alert service Vigicrues. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
This aerial view shows the Garonne River in Tonneins, in the Lot-and-Garonne department, southwestern France. [Ed Jones/AFP]
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![3 Shyam Kalpadia, from Koraput in Odisha, said he introduced many of his friends to Kerala's tea business [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/3-Shyam-Kalpadia-from-Koraput-in-Odisha-said-he-introduced-many-of-his-friends-to-Keralas-tea-business-1-1771256421.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Shyam Kalpadia, from Koraput in Odisha, says he introduced many of his friends to Kerala's tea business [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
A tea garden in Wayanad, Kerala. [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
Rajkumar Jani, 23, a botany graduate from the eastern state of Odisha, harvests tender tea leaves using a handheld machine. [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
Jani stacks sacks of tea leaves at the tea garden in Wayanad. [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
Shyam Kalpadia (not pictured) helped many others find jobs in the tea industry in Kerala, including Rutu Nandiwali, 23, and Lakshman Kumar, 18, both seen here harvesting in the distance. [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
A tea garden in the Wayanad district in the southern Indian state of Kerala. [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
In Kerala's tea gardens, creepers are planted tactfully to make optimal use of the hilly slopes. [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
For Kalpadia, a decent income is the main motivation for moving to Kerala state. [Amit Malaviya/Global News Insight]
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