One of the special privileges of being the president of the United States is that people have to take what you say seriously, no matter how bananas…
Eduardo Ramon
Gaza hostage swap, climate action and digital art show
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A digital presentation of paintings by French impressionist painter Claude Monet in Les Carrieres des Lumières in southern France on January 30, 2025.
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Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange.
REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Palestinians wait to receive aid from an UNRWA distribution point, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 4, 2025.
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A woman wearing a traditional costume poses for photos outside the Forbidden City on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on February 2, 2025.
REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A climate activist wears a scold's bridle as they demonstrate on January 29, 2025, outside the Royal Courts of Justice at a hearing brought by 16 climate activists who have been jailed for their actions in London.
REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha
Members of the Animal Heroes organisation take part in an anti-bullfighting protest in front of the Plaza de Toros Mexico in Mexico City on February 2, 2025.
REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Puntland Security Forces parade newly trained soldiers and equipment to combat the Islamic State (IS) in Bosasso, Bari Region, Puntland region, Somalia January 30, 2025.
RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
A juggler rides a unicycle past monks, or Hindu holy men, taking part in the Nagar Yatra procession in Johannesburg on February 1, 2025.
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Two traditional Dogon wrestlers fight at the Ogobagna Festival in Bamako on January 30, 2025.
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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L), his wife Latifa al-Droubi (R), and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (2nd-L), exit the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine while performing Umrah in the city of Mecca on February 3, 2025.
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