Lebanon under fire, war commemorations and state parades

Plumes of smoke rise from the site of the Israeli raid that targeted the Jabal al-Rayhan area in the Jezzine region of southern Lebanon on September 21, 2024.

A person attends a demonstration to protest the escalation of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in New York City, US, September 24, 2024.

Vehicles wait in traffic in the town of Damour, south of the capital Beirut, on September 24, 2024, as people flee southern Lebanon.

People gather to protest the escalation of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in New York City, US, September 24, 2024.

A woman holds a poster of Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force, during his funeral procession in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 22, 2024.

Soldiers from a unit of the Iranian army march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq in Tehran on September 21, 2024.

A member of the Mexican armed forces gets ready to participate in the military parade for the 214th anniversary of Independence Day at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City on September 16, 2024.

Ukrainian serviceman Gennadiy Yudin stands inside an orthodox church heavily damaged by a Russian bombing in Novoekonomichne, Ukraine, Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Birds fly as fog covers the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, early Friday, September 20, 2024.

Maqbool Fida Husain’s ‘Untitled (Reincarnation)’ (est. £300,000 – 500,000) goes on view at Sotheby's on September 20, 2024 in London, England.