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Smoke billows after a strike hit Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, as the Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day. IMAGES
Vehicles navigate through streets in Benghazi as a powerful sandstorm reduced visibility, turning the sky yellow. The storm has has disrupted air traffic, leading to shutting down airports, public administration and schools across eastern Libya. IMAGES
A strike hits Gaza City, as the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory grinds on. IMAGES
Members and supporters of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) cheer as they watch a broadcast of an exit poll after Wednesday's parliamentary election. The DP and a small allied party were forecast to win up to 197 seats in the 300-member parliament, the poll shows, with the ruling People Power Party and its satellite set to secure between 85 and 99 seats -- down from the 114 they held in the last parliament. IMAGES
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer meets Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on his visit to the United States, which has voiced growing frustration at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. IMAGES
A rare total solar eclipse plunges the city of Ingram, Texas into complete darkness at 1:33 pm local time (1833 GMT). The "path of totality," where the Moon completely obscures the Sun's light, will streak across the United States, before returning to the ocean over Canada's Atlantic coast, in a celestial spectacle witnessed by tens of millions of people. IMAGES