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  1. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) prior to the dinner on September 4, 2017

  2. Bulgar salad on round plate, symbol for intermittent fasting - stock photo

  3. A young man, wearing a black face mask and a rucksack, appears to hold a rock back ready to throw on a busy road during demonstrations

  4. Kim Jong Un, wearing a dark suit, presents a crying woman with a photo draped in a blue and red flag. The woman is wearing a dark red dress and they are in a grand hall.

  5. Modi and Xi

  6. Composite image showing BBC reporter on the left and fire burning during protest

  7. Five men wearing thermal trousers and colourful coats, standing on the rocky peak of a mountain with their arms in the air. The sky is a bright blue with fluffy clouds, and the backdrop is a mountain range covered in snow.

  8. Presenter Rachel Naylor is superimposed on top of an artist's impression of Homo floresiensis or 'Hobbit'

  9. Head and shoulder shot of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, standing in front of a microphone

  10. Buildings submerged in flood water

  11. Thailand's suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives for a press conference in Bangkok on July 1, 2025. She can be seen smiling as she walks through a doorway in a dark green blazer which she is wearing over a white shirt and white and blue floral skirt.

  12. Winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 author Banu Mushtaq poses with the trophy during the award ceremony at Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom on May 20, 2025. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland.

  13. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left), wearing a suit and tie, greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right), wearing a sleeveless jacket and a kurta, before a group photo during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on 17 June 2025

  14. The photo is black and white. A young girl in striped pyjamas plays the violin looking down.

  15. A scene from the animation Kpop Demon Hunters, where three young women - K-pop idols - are dressed in shiny costumes and performing on a stage. They are posing with their arms outstretched.

  16. A group of protesters hold up placards during a rally. One of them reads: "Stop discriminate Asian Americans, no Asian hate"

  17. Soyed Noor (centre) and some of the other refugees speak to the BBC via a video call from Myanmar

  18. A close-up of the lower half of a man's face as he exhales a white cloud of vape smoke, while he clutches a black coloured vape close to his face

  19. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the G20 leaders summit on June 28, 2019 in Osaka, Japan.

  20. White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro, who is wearing a black blazer, white shirt and red tie, speaks to the press in Washington DC on 6 August

  21. Jay Singh is sat in his grandma's kitchen, head height with the kitchen counter. He is wearing a black cap and a black turtleneck jumper. He is looking up at his grandma as she cooks on the hob while wearing green and pink traditional south Asian clothing. In the kitchen are various common kitchen item such as a kettle, toaster, oven and kitchen knives.

  22. Kim Jong un and Xi Jinping