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Iranians mourn assassinated Hamas leader, and more from around the world

Iranians mourn assassinated Hamas leader, and more from around the world
A fan of Japan cheers prior to the Women's group C match between Japan and Nigeria during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de la Beaujoire on July 31, 2024 in Nantes, France. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking ... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the last 48 hours.

In this handout image from the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, people gather during a funeral procession for Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination on August 1, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Haniyeh, who had lived in Qatar, was killed in an airstrike in Tehran after attending the inauguration of Iran's new president. His body is due to return to Qatar for an official funeral and burial tomorrow. (Photo by Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Getty Images)



Iranians attend a funeral ceremony held for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated yesterday, on August 1, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Haniyeh, who had lived in Qatar, was killed in an airstrike in Tehran after attending the inauguration of Iran's new president. His body is due to return to Qatar for an official funeral and burial tomorrow. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)



Pro-Palestine counter-protestors gather across the street from an event hosted Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and the World Values Network to honor Israel at Times Square in New York, New York, USA, 31 July 2024. EPA-EFE/SARAH YENESEL



Anti-riot police carry an injured Filipino informal settler during a demolition raid at a shanty town in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 01 August 2024. According to a local government official, close to a hundred families were ejected from their shanties to give way for a developing firm turning the area into a business district. EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIG



Rescue personnel and volunteers pull debris from a fallen house on July 31, 2024 in Mundakkai village, India. Heavy monsoon rains triggered massive landslides in Wayanad, Kerala early Tuesday morning, killing at least 150 people with many more still missing. Rescue efforts are ongoing to locate survivors amidst the destruction, with the death toll expected to rise further as the full extent of the disaster becomes clear. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)



A damaged house is seen on July 31, 2024 in Mundakkai village, India. Heavy monsoon rains triggered massive landslides in Wayanad, Kerala early Tuesday morning, killing at least 150 people with many more still missing. Rescue efforts are ongoing to locate survivors amidst the destruction, with the death toll expected to rise further as the full extent of the disaster becomes clear. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)



Customers queue at a gas station in Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Nigeria is running short of fuel ahead of nationwide demonstrations over the country's cost-of-living crisis that are scheduled to begin Thursday. Photographer: Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images



Warsaw residents, light flares as they hold a minute of silence to honor the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising during the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising in the center of Warsaw, Poland, 01 August 2024. The Warsaw Uprising started on 01 August 1944 as the biggest resistance operation in Nazi-occupied Europe. Initially intended to last several days, it continued for over two months before being suppressed by the Germans. The uprising claimed the lives of about 18,000 insurgents and around 180,000 civilians. EPA-EFE/LESZEK SZYMANSKI



An alpinist walks across ice on the Glacier du Tour glacier on July 29, 2024 near Chamonix, France. The approximately five kilometer-long Glacier du Tour, one of many glaciers located in the Mont Blanc massif mountain range, is melting fast. According to local glaciologists, if current climate conditions persist the Glacier du Tour and other glaciers below 3,500 meters in the region will disappear completely by the end of the century. While Europe's glaciers have been steadily receding since the Little Ice Age that ended in the mid 19th-century, periods of intermittent glacier growth extended into the 1980s. Since then the glaciers have been retreating rapidly, with the pace of melting accelerating sharply in the last decade. Scientists blame global warming, which is extending and intensifying the summer melting season of the glaciers. Diminished annual snowfalls are leaving the glaciers more exposed to the sun and preventing the formation of new ice. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)



EFF and ANC members protest outside the Pretoria High School For Girls after an alleged racist incident on July 30, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. It is reported that the Principal has been temporarily suspended amid the controversy over racial notes made by pupil on a WhatsApp group. (Photo by Gallo Images/Beeld/Deaan Vivier)



Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on July 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Trump is returning to Pennsylvania for the first time since the assassination attempt. Polls show a close race with Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)



Supporters of former US President Donald J. Trump attend a Trump rally at New Holland Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 31 July 2024. This is the first Trump rally in Pennsylvania since the assassination attempt that resulted in TrumpÕs injury during a rally on 13 July. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS



People walk beside a heart-shaped sign in rainbow colors with the Stockholm City Hall in the background, during Pride Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 31 July 2024. This year's Stockholm Pride festival is celebrated from 29 July to 03 August. EPA-EFE/CHRISTINE OLSSON



Hip Hop World Champions Wanted Posse perform outside the McEwan Hall at Bristo Square on July 31, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The show imagines an alternate universe where freestyle hip-hop converges with the Charleston and Jitterbug in a 1920s New York speakeasy. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)



Megan Gustafson #17 of Team Spain and Isalys Quinones #25 of Team Puerto Rico compete during the Women's Group Phase - Group A match between Team Puerto Rico and Team Spain on day five of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade Pierre Mauroy on July 31, 2024 in Lille, France. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)



Qinwen Zheng of China celebrates winning her Women's Singles semi final match against Iga Swiatek of Poland of the Tennis competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Roland Garros in Paris, France, 01 August 2024. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK



Andrei Sebastian Cornea and Marian Florian Enache of Team Romania celebrate winning the gold medals after competing in the Men's Double Sculls Final A on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)



Emma Twigg of Team New Zealand sails to the start line prior to competing in the Rowing Women's Single Sculls Semifinal A/B on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)



Yawen Deng of China competes in the Women Park Final of the Cycling BMX Freestyle competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the La Concorde in Paris, France, 31 July 2024. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT



Simone Biles of the USA performs on the Balance Beam during the Women Team final of the Artistic Gymnastics competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France, 30 July August 2024. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN



Adriana Ruano Oliva of Team Guatemala (L) and Silvana Maria Stanco of Team Italy (R) embrace after winning the gold and silver medals respectively
after competing in the Shooting Trap Women's final on day five of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 31, 2024 in Chateauroux, France. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)



A fan of Japan cheers prior to the Women's group C match between Japan and Nigeria during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de la Beaujoire on July 31, 2024 in Nantes, France. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images). DM

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