Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa describes it as the “tyranny of geography,” while many Lebanese refer to it as the “curse of geography.” But the…
ATTA KENARE / AFP
Gaza displacement, Hunter's moon and more
AP /Adam Gray
The Harvest Supermoon rises behind the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn skyline, on Monday, October 6, 2025, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Eyad BABA / AFP
A Palestinian boy carries a piece of wood on October 4, 2025, as he walks on a coastal path towards the south after Israel ordered residents of Gaza City to leave.
Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP
Demonstrators call for an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza and protest the normalisation of relations between Morocco and Israel, on Mohammed V avenue in Rabat on October 5, 2025.
REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
A drone view of photographs of Palestinian children killed by Israel during its genocide in Gaza displayed during a demonstration organised by the NGO Rio de Paz on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, October 4, 2025.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A pop-up statue depicting US President Donald Trump and disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dancing together reappears after an absence, near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, October 3, 2025.
Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
A plane flies past the full moon, also known as the "Hunter's Moon", in Singapore on October 7, 2025.
Luis TATO / AFP
A protester throws a teargas canister back at police officers during clashes with Malagasy security forces at a demonstration calling for the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina, in Antananarivo, on October 6, 2025.
Yuri CORTEZ / AFP
A demonstrator clashes with riot police during a rally commemorating the 57th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre in Mexico City on October 2, 2025.
Jung Yeon-je / AFP
People walk through a field of yellow cosmos flowers at Olympic Park in Seoul on October 1, 2025.
AP/Channi Anand
An effigy of the demon king Ravana's Brother, Kumbhakarna, goes up in flames, marking the end of the Dussehra festival in Jammu, India, on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
For the French visual artist Henri Matisse, colour was hugely important, so it was bad timing that in the winter of 1912, as he began his first visit…
Syria has announced the results of its first parliamentary election since the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad, with most new members of…
Two years after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Israel has killed more than 64,500 Palestinians and injured over 163,500, the majority of them…
Two years ago, on October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a stunning attack on Israel, setting off a political and security earthquake whose aftershocks…
As we approach the two-year mark of the region-wide conflict unleashed by the attacks of October 7, 2023, it is important to take stock of how this…
No day resembles October 7 in Israel’s history, except perhaps the fateful beginning of the surprise 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The feelings on that day…
Two years ago, on October 7 2023, Hamas launched attacks on the Gaza envelope, triggering a political and security earthquake whose aftershocks…
Price trends can seem inert, sterile, and statistical. News stories about inflation or deflation are often presented in terms of neat percentages or…
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