Grief in Gaza and balloons from North Korea: photos of the day – Tuesday

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A lady and a gentleman are consoling a young boy who is grieving the death of his father, which occurred during a night of Israeli bombing in al-Maghazi, located in the central Gaza Strip. They are offering their support to the boy at the morgue of the Aqsa Martyrs hospital.

Picture: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images

Police arrested a protester who was attempting to break up a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a demonstration against potential changes to the laws on military conscription, from which the community has historically been excluded.

Image: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

A screenshot taken from a video shows Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, being let out of a high-security prison in the UK. It is anticipated that he will admit to breaking a US espionage law in exchange for a plea agreement that will allow him to go back to Australia.

LGBTQ+ couples gathered together for a large wedding ceremony led by a pastor in Utah, USA online, as same-sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized in Hong Kong.

Picture: Peter Parks, a photographer for the news agency AFP, took this image.

Spouses of soldiers from the Indonesian army's 112th raider infantry battalion gather at a military base in Aceh province for a ceremony before their husbands head to Papua province.

Photo: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images

An army member from Ukraine named Anton, who is part of the 43rd artillery brigade, is stationed at the front line in the Donetsk region, and proudly shows off a tattoo.

Russian troops are operating a large artillery weapon, the 152-mm howitzer, in a secret location within Ukraine.

Demonstrators shout out against the government and a few even climb onto a police water cannon truck during a countrywide demonstration against tax increases and other upcoming adjustments.

Image: Luis Tato from AFP captured the moment.

Pastor Lorraine Jones discusses with Labour leader Keir Starmer and British actor Idris Elba as they meet with families of children who have lost their lives to knife crime. This emotional gathering took place at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. Pastor Jones tragically lost her son Dwayne at the young age of 20, when he was fatally stabbed while trying to defend a friend in 2014.

Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Muslim women gather to pray while a priest presents a sacred relic, believed to be a strand of hair from the Prophet Muhammad's beard, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.

Military and police officials in Seoul are investigating a balloon filled with garbage, believed to have originated from North Korea. Approximately 100 similar balloons have been found to date, all containing trash and other refuse.

Authorities are getting ready to retrieve the landing module of the Chang’e-6 moon probe, which has just touched down with samples collected from the opposite side of the moon.

Fans of ex-president and Republican nominee Donald Trump come together as he attends a fundraising event for his campaign in Louisiana.

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During a demonstration in support of abortion rights, a person displayed a sign at a rally marking the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Florida.

Image: Marco Bello taken for AFP and published by Getty Images

A man without a home is walking along the road, pushing a cart filled with his things.

Photo credit: Carl de Souza from AFP/Getty Images

Gazo and Tiakola put on a show at the Mawazine international music festival held at the Ulm Souissi theatre.

A fashion model showcases a Chanel design at their high-end fashion fall/winter 2024-2025 collection presentation.

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