Anatomy of destruction How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City In the weeks before the ceasefire on October 10, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives. As Israeli troops pushed toward the centre of Gaza City, these powerful bombs, along with airstrikes and armour-plated bulldozers, leveled swathes of buildings, drone footage and satellite images show. #Gaza
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Costa Rica photograph by Kenneth Martinez via herpsandbirds #photography #birds image
#Nablus, West Bank A boy waves a Palestinian flag over the rubble of the home belonging to the family of Malik Ismail Salem in the village of Bizarya near the West Bank city of Nablus. Fourteen countries, including Britain, Canada and Germany, have condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying they violate international law and risk fuelling instability. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA #photography #WestBank #settlements image
New Delhi, #India A man searches for usable items in the #Yamuna River amid dense smog in New Delhi. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images #photography #rivers #pollution image