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Blockade puts Gaza’s pregnant women at severe risk

GAZA CITY: Like most women at the Gaza City hospital where she attends her pregnancy check-ups, Fatima Arafa's face looks fatigued, a sign of the malnutrition affecting her due to wartime shortages.With the war in Gaza...

Fatima Arafa, a pregnant and displaced Palestinian woman, has a consultation with a doctor, at Al Helou Hospital, in Gaza City. - Reuters

Homes smashed, help slashed: no respite for returning Syrians

A child waves as he boards a bus transporting returnees from Türkiye to Syria, in Aleppo's countryside, Syria. — Reuters

1.5 million pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat in Haj apex

Muslim pilgrims gather to pray at Jabal Al Rahmah, also known as Mount Arafat, during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca on Thursday. — Reuters

Gaza doctors give their own blood to patients

Relatives mourn the death of three Palestinian journalists reportedly killed in Israeli bombardment in the yard of the Ahli Arab Hospital, in Gaza City on Thursday. — AFP

Hajj: Pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat in hajj apex

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Saudi hosts urge pilgrims to stay indoors during Haj high point

A policeman walks with an umbrella to escape from extreme weather at the grand mosque during the annual hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 3, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Million-plus pilgrims begin haj under blazing sun

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Saudi readies for 'worst case scenario' in sweltering haj

Muslim worshippers walk on the streets in the holy city of Mecca. — AFP

Gaza aid group halts distribution

Palestinian children gather

Million-plus pilgrims begin hajj under blazing sun

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27 Palestinians killed near Gaza aid site

A boy sits with packed belongings and beddings atop a moving vehicle as displaced people flee from Khan Yunis westwards to al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip on June 3, 2025 after the Israeli military had issued an evacuation order the previous day. (Photo by AFP)

Attacks on Gaza aid sites ‘a war crime’, says UN

Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee their homes after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders from the center Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Pakistan teen influencer killed after 'rejecting' man

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UN calls for probe into deaths near Gaza aid site

Palestinian children reach out with their pots as they wait for food at a distribution point in Nuseirat. — AFP

Hajj pilgrims gather in Mecca under scorching desert sun

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Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 31 near aid site

People inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike, in the central Gaza Strip. — AFP
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