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Masoud Pezeshkian casts a ballot in the presidential election

Masoud Pezeshkian casts a ballot in the presidential election

Voter turnout plummets in Iran's presidential election

Voter turnout plummets in Iran's presidential election

Iran expert Kamran Matin argues that with no real opposition on the ballot, support for the regime is fading.

A young Syrian refugee taps on his tablet PC

A young Syrian refugee taps on his tablet PC

Syrians in Turkey face deportation into an unknown future

Syrians in Turkey face deportation into an unknown future

Turkey is deporting Syrian refugees back to Syria, despite international concerns and dire warnings by rights groups.

A view of a woman salvaging items from a waste dump which is expanding along a tent displacement camp

A view of a woman salvaging items from a waste dump which is expanding along a tent displacement camp

Israel's Gaza bombardment creates dangerous trash mountains

Israel's Gaza bombardment creates dangerous trash mountains

Huge piles of waste are growing in the Gaza Strip, adding to the risk of disease and contamination in the enclave.

Two young Iranian women are walking past electoral posters featuring portraits of Saeed Jalili, Expediency Discernment Council member, former chief nuclear negotiator, and Iran's 2024 early presidential elections candidate, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 27, 2024, the day before Iran's early Presidential elections.

Two young Iranian women are walking past electoral posters featuring portraits of Saeed Jalili, Expediency Discernment Council member, former chief nuclear negotiator, and Iran's 2024 early presidential elections candidate, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 27, 2024, the day before Iran's early Presidential elections.

Polls open in Iran's presidential race to replace Raisi

Polls open in Iran's presidential race to replace Raisi

Iranians are choosing between three hardliners and one moderate candidate. What are voters' concerns?

An Iranian man shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during presidential election

An Iranian man shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during presidential election

Iran presidential elections

Iran presidential elections

Hard-liner Saeed Jalili and reformist Masoud Pezeshkian are neck and neck with a runoff to be held on July 5.

Police removing ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against military conscription

Police removing ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against military conscription

Israel brings in military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews

Israel brings in military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews

The Israeli Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jews must also be conscripted into military service.

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An older man with white hair, wearing a striped shirt, stands in the ruins of his house

An older man with white hair, wearing a striped shirt, stands in the ruins of his house

Palestinian home demolitions spike in east Jerusalem

Following the October 7 attacks by Hamas, the demolition of Palestinian homes has surged in occupied east Jerusalem.

An artists version of The Line, a skyscraper city planned in Saudi Arabia.

An artists version of The Line, a skyscraper city planned in Saudi Arabia.

Are Saudi Arabia's plans for a non-oil future too grand?

Ski slopes in a desert and a city of mirrored skyscrapers: Recent events suggest the Saudis can't afford Vision 2030.

A woman stands holding her baby while she waits in a long line of other women

A woman stands holding her baby while she waits in a long line of other women

Sudan siege bears hallmarks of brutal Darfur war

DW spoke to civilians trapped in Sudan's besieged city of El Fasher amid attacks by the Rapid Support Forces.

Smoke billows high into the sky from the site of an Israeli airstrike on a southern Lebanese village

Smoke billows high into the sky from the site of an Israeli airstrike on a southern Lebanese village

Israel-Hezbollah clashes could plunge Lebanon into war

As fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military ramps up, Lebanese locals are dealing with difficult choices.

A dried up reservoir is seen from above

A dried up reservoir is seen from above

Iran's water crisis leads to alarming ground collapse

A drought in Iran is causing the ground to subside, threatening Tehran and hundreds of other towns.

Shepherd faces DW's camera as his sheep and various hills are seen the background

Shepherd faces DW's camera as his sheep and various hills are seen the background

How Israel is displacing Palestinians in West Bank

While the world has focused on Gaza, dozens of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank are being displaced.