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    A man looks at debris at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Bir al Abed on March 24, 2026. An Israeli strike on Bshamoun, south of Beirut, killed two people on March 24, Lebanon's health ministry said, while strikes on the capital's southern suburbs continued throughout the night. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /
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  • Members of a Red Crescent rescue team work at a building that was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on March 17, 2026.
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  • A young Iranian girl closes her eyes near a loader working on the ruins of buildings destroyed during a military campaign in Tehran on March 15, 2026.
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  • US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One as he departs Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 13, 2026.
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  • Security forces deploy to guard a rally in support of Iran's new Supreme Leader at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on March 9, 2026. Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its supreme leader with a new barrage of missiles against Israel and the Gulf states on Monday, as the Middle East war sent oil prices soaring. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal, 25 km from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf and 483 km northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, in Iran on March 12, 2017. Kharg Island Oil Terminal brings Iranian oil to the world market. The oil terminal is the world's largest open oil terminal, with 95% of Iran's crude oil exports coming through it.
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