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A view from Jerusalem's Mount of Olives shows the city with the Dome of the Rock mosque in the centre in the early hours of Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch foe Iran. Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan on April 19. IMAGES
Firefighting helicopters drop water on a fire on Greece's Mount Parnitha near Athens, in the largest forest adjoining the capital, threatening a national park for a second day. A fire department spokesman told state television ERT there was an "explosion of fire" in a forest ravine early on August 24 that renewed the threat to inhabited areas. IMAGES
Aerial view of Mecca's Grand Mosque, the clock tower, the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the centre, and Mount Arafat as the hajj winds down. IMAGES
Pilgrims arrive at Mount Arafat on the third day of Hajj, for the climax of the pilgrimage. The ritual is the high point of the annual pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, that officials say could be the biggest on record after three years of Covid restrictions. IMAGES
Images show record-holding Indian climber Baljeet Kaur, 28, as she arrives in Kathmandu after being rescued from Mount Annapurna, Nepal. Rescuers and helicopters were deployed on Tuesday in efforts to rescue Kaur and two other Indian climbers, as Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna was found dead while descending the treacherous mountain range. Annapurna, the world's tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest. IMAGES
Lava spews out of a fissure in the ground after a volcano erupted in Iceland near Reykjavik. The eruption is deja vu in the region after the same volcano erupted for six months in March-September 2021. IMAGES