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New Yorkers gather en masse in Times Square for a pro-Palestinian rally, chanting slogans and holding protest signs. Thousands of people -- Israelis, Palestinians and foreigners -- have been killed since Hamas militants attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip nearly a week ago. Israel has vowed to crush Hamas and looks poised to send ground troops into the enclave, as calls mount for a humanitarian corridor to be opened and offers to broker peace come in. IMAGES
The largest Turkish opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), holds its last rally in Ankara in the final countdown to the toughest election challenge of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the CHP's leader and the six-party opposition's chosen candidate to challenge Erdogan, is currently leading in the polls with a slight advantage and within a whisker of breaking the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff on May 28. IMAGES
Iraqi mourners attend the funeral of two Saraya al-Salam fighters, an armed faction linked to powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Four militants were killed overnight after an ambush in the southern Iraqi city of Basra sparked clashes between rival Shiite factions, a security source, days after deadly clashes in the capital. IMAGES
Mourners hold a funeral for Palestinian teen Amer Elyan who was shot dead a day earlier by the Israeli army, following an arrest operation in Silwad, north-east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 18-year-old Elyan was killed by "a live bullet in the chest" fired by Israeli forces during the clash. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI328B47H_EN
Mourners hold a funeral for Palestinian teen Amer Elyan who was shot dead a day earlier by the Israeli army, following an arrest operation in Silwad, north-east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 18-year-old Elyan was killed by "a live bullet in the chest" fired by Israeli forces during the clash. IMAGES
Leaders from West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS stage a summit over Mali's political crisis, three months after slapping tough sanctions on the Sahel nation. IMAGES
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