Security personnel stand guard at a security checkpost along a road temporarily closed near the Serena Hotel at the Red Zone area in Islamabad on April 20 ahead of anticipated U.S.-Iran peace talks. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Commuters drive past a giant billboard referring to the Strait of Hormuz along a busy street in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Displaced residents travel through the Qasmieh area as they gesture on the way back to their homes in the southern Lebanon, on Friday, after the start of a 10-day ceasefire deal struck between Lebanon and Israel. Despite the truce, the Israeli military and Hezbollah warned residents not to return to their villages for their own safety. Ibrahim Amro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sonogram images of a baby lie among the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit a week ago in an Israeli airstrike, in central Beirut, Lebanon April 16, 2026. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
Tracer rounds illuminate the night sky as people fire live ammunition and fireworks into the air as a ceasefire was beginning between Israel and Hezbollah, in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early hours of Friday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
Comrades, relatives and friends of Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco, who was reportedly killed in combat in southern Lebanon, attend his funeral in Katzrin in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Aziz Abu Sarah (left) and Maoz Inon in Jaffa, Israel, in January. Their new book, The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land, documents their peace activism that emerged from trauma and loss. Abu Sarah's brother died from injuries inflicted in Israeli custody and Inon's parents were killed by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
Two friends, an Israeli and a Palestinian, believe peace is possible after war
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanon Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter pose for a photo before their meeting at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters hide caption
People inspect the aftermath of Wednesday's Israeli airstrikes that targeted southern Beirut's al-Rihab neighborhood, April 9. AFP/via Getty Images hide caption
Pope Leo XIV leads a vigil for peace inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2026. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption
First responders search under rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the village of Habbouch, in southern Lebanon, on April 10. Abbas Fakih/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
First responders and residents gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Tallet al-Khayyat neighborhood, on Wednesday. Fadel Itani/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises over Lebanon's capital of Beirut following Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday. Israel said it was targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah, despite a U.S. ceasefire with Iran. Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A man sits among buildings destroyed in a joint attack by Israel and the United States in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images hide caption
A man walks among buildings destroyed by strikes in Tehran during a joint U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, on Monday. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images hide caption
Red Cross director of emergency medical services Alexy Nehme has asked United Nations peacekeepers and Israeli officials why volunteer paramedic Assaf was killed. Claire Harbage hide caption
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
People view the damaged B1 bridge, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, on April 3, 2026 west of Tehran in Karaj, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Palms decorate the path to St. Maron Church in Jezzine, a predominately Christian town in southern Lebanon. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Christians in Lebanon try to stay put amid Israel's invasion
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Actor and activist Ariel Bronz, long relegated to the esoteric corners of Israel's art scene, has been catapulted to the spotlight after his performance in the film "Yes." It landed him a best actor nomination at Israel's academy award ceremony last year. He didn't win. Ofir Berman for NPR hide caption
Joseph Elias Issa, 56, was displaced from Kfar Houneh where he lived with his family in southern Lebanon following the Israeli invasion. A farmer, he took two mules and is now staying in a a shepherd's hut in Jezzine, about 5 miles away from his home. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike hits a building near the airport road in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
People walk toward the Kadhimiya Shrine at sunset in the Shia neighborhood in Baghdad, Tuesday. Leo Correa/AP hide caption