You might think it would be impossible for the inferno in Israel and Gaza to burn hotter. Yet Benjamin Netanyahu is fuelling three parallel…
Nash
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Digital art, Chinese farmers and Liverpool Premier League win
Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
An employee cleans mirrored floors at the Mahanakorn Skyverse digital art exhibition at King Power Mahanakorn in Bangkok on May 26, 2025
AFP
An aerial view shows combine harvesters working a wheat field in Huaian, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on May 27, 2025.
Paul ELLIS / AFP
Liverpool supporters climb traffic lights as they celebrate Liverpool's Premier League title win, in Liverpool, north-west England, on May 26, 2025.
REUTERS / Sofiia Gatilova
A view shows a church damaged by Russian military strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 23, 2025.
Zain JAAFAR / AFP
An Israeli army soldier aims his rifle during a raid on a currency exchange shop in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on May 27, 2025.
AP / Eraldo Peres
A firefighter sets the forest ablaze as part of a controlled plan to prevent wildfires in the Cerrado region, at a national park in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 20, 2025.
Wikus de Wet / AFP
Russian painter Vladimir Tretchikoff's 'Lady from the Orient' painting in Johannesburg on May 23, 2025, ahead of an auction.
REUTERS / Francisco Loureiro
A woman stands in front of members of the Argentine Naval Prefecture during the weekly protest of pensioners against President Javier Milei's austerity policies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 21, 2025.
REUTERS / Marcelo del Pozo
People work at the 140-year-old Fernandez y Roche Industrias Sombrereras Espanolas factory, which produces Orthodox Jewish Hats, in Salteras, near Seville, southern Spain, on May 23, 2025.
Philip FONG / AFP
Shinbashi geishas rehearse at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theatre before the 100th Azuma Odori festival in Tokyo, Japan, on May 20, 2025.
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When Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha was awarded the prestigious American Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2025, in recognition of his…
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The recent meeting between interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia was hailed by many as a historic…
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Good to see that manners haven't died a death in Gaza
