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Smoke rises following an Israeli strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon - US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth gives an update on the Iran war - Destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel - People cross on foot after an Israeli airstrike that destroyed a bridge near Tyre, Lebanon - A man stands at the site where his mother and brother were killed, Beirut, Lebanon - Damage to the port of Qeshm and ships on the horizon in the strait of Hormuz, Iran - Hapag-Lloyd employees monitor the status of cargo ships in the strait of Hormuz in Hamburg, Germany - Iran's parliament speaker meets with Pakistan's army chief in Tehran - Women walk past a mural referring to the Minab school bombing in Tehran

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