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The United Nations' flag is lowered to half-mast at the UN Bangkok office which hosts 21 UN agencies to commemorate its staff who have been killed and wounded in strikes in Gaza. UNRWA announced on Friday that more than 100 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. Israel has been bombing targets across the Gaza Strip since Hamas fighters carried out an unprecedented deadly attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7. IMAGES
"The seven souls we mourn today were there so that hungry people could eat," chef Jose Andres says of the World Central Kitchen staffers who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, during remarks at a ceremony honoring their lives at the Washington National Cathedral. SOUNDBITE
The Open Arms boat loaded with aid bound for Gaza returns to Cyprus after an Israeli air strike killed seven staff of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Soldiers and relatives of Israeli soldier Afik Teri mourn during his funeral in Rehovot, after he was he killed in Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. IMAGES
Images of Rafah the morning after heavy Israeli strikes on the densely crowded region in southern Gaza, which killed at least 52 people, according to the territory's health ministry. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.