This combination of pictures created on September 01, 2024 shows undated portraits provided on September 1, 2024, by The Hostages Families Forum Headquarters. (Photo: AFP)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives to chair the weekly government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
The official seal of I.R. Iran to the United Nations. (Photo: Official X Account of Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations)
Stricken Suezmax tanker Sounion abandoned and on fire in the Red Sea after it was attacked by the Houthi appears to be leaking oil according to the Pentagon. (Photo: SeaTrade Maritime UK)
US National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP)
Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix, 96, speaks during an interview with AFP at his home in Stockholm, Sweden on August 20, 2024. (Photo: Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
A college student dressed in the guise of Hindu deity Krishna, ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Chennai on August 23, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP)
A joint investigation team examines the site of a hotel burnt by Thursday's fire in Bucheon, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: AP/Ahn Young-joon)
This picture taken on January 21, 2020, shows the second world biggest rough diamond named "Sewelo" displayed at place Vendome's Louis Vuitton luxury shop in Paris. (Photo: AFP)