Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.

Relatives of hostages still being held by militants in Gaza have called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ...

Hamas has announced the names of the next four hostages it will release this weekend as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.

The bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza have been recovered from the rubble during the ...

Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip - Palestinians pray Friday amid the rubble of their destroyed homes in Khan Yunis as the cease-fire ...

The Middle East team delivered editorially sharp, competitive, well-sourced, visually rich, and all-format reporting as the ...

A senior Hamas official told AFP that his group will provide on Friday the names of four women hostages to be freed the ...

In the days since the fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli soldiers and vehicles were fanned ...