Death toll

Defense Ministry: 1,318 Israeli security personnel killed across all fronts since October 7

The number includes fallen personnel from the IDF, Israel Police, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Fire and Rescue Services, security coordinators, and local response team members.

IDF Paratroopers Brigade operating in the Gaza Strip. Pictures released on August 24, 2026.
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an exercise in southern Iran, in this handout image obtained on February 16, 2026.

Video shows clashes in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, IRGC claims six 'terrorists' killed

A flooded road following a flash flood in Galchhi in the Dhading district, Nepal, August 26, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Over 90 dead, thousands missing after monsoon causes catastrophic flooding in India, Nepal, Myanmar

Navy ships of Iran and Azerbaijan move during an exercise between Iran and Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea.

Nine Kazakh soldiers dead, seven missing after being swept out to sea during Caspian naval exercise


Israeli doctor's plea to Biden: Treatment for captive children in Gaza 

"We have children in Gaza who are not receiving medical attention. No one has visited them, and we have not received any updates." 

 Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza, protest outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.

IDF Gen.: We fought heroically, but had to make up our plans on the go

Goldfus said that the scene of slaughter at the rave party near the Gaza border was beyond any horror imaginable.

 Israeli security forces are seen at the scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a shelter in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 9, 2023.

New UN migration chief worried boat deaths becoming 'normalized'

Earlier this month, a dinghy filled with belongings of refugees holding Somalian and Turkish documents and other belongings washed ashore in Netanya, with no expected survivors.

Massimo Sestini’s entry, which took second place in the General News slot, is a colorful overhead shot of refugees packed into a boat off the Libyan coast, prior to being rescued by an Italian naval frigate.

Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170 - media

The deadly blast occurred as thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway enclave after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan in a lightning military operation.

 Medics assist a person injured in an explosion at a fuel depot near Stepanakert in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, at the National Burn Center in Yerevan, Armenia September 26, 2023.

Suicide blast in southwest Pakistan kills 57, injures over 50

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, which comes amid a surge in attacks claimed by militant groups in Pakistan.

 Police officers walk amid the rubble of a damaged building, after a suicide blast in Bara, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan July 20, 2023.

Libya's flood-hit Derna struggles with corpses in huge death toll, 38,640 displaced

Some residents were frustrated that the country's fractured authorities were not acting faster to help.

 Volunteers carry bodies pulled out of the sea following deadly floods, in Derna, Libya in this still image obtained from a handout video released September 14, 2023

Frustration mounts with Morocco quake aid yet to reach some survivors; toll rises to 2,901

Rescuers from Spain, Britain and Qatar were helping Morocco's search teams, while Italy, Belgium, France and Germany said their offers of assistance had yet to be approved.

United Hatzalah's aid mission on the ground in Morocco.

Cyclone rains in Brazil's south kill 22, leave cities completely flooded

Video obtained by Reuters showed houses in Mucum submerged by rising water, while streets and rivers were also flooded.

 Flooding in Brazil, 2011.

Life beyond death: Doctor unveils post-death phenomena

An American oncologist delves into over 5,000 near-death encounters, seeking proof of life after death.


Scores killed as fire guts run-down Johannesburg apartment block

Firefighters and emergency vehicles were at the scene, while bodies lay covered in emergency blankets on a street near the site of the early morning blaze.

 Firefighters work at the scene of a deadly blaze, in Johannesburg, South Africa August 31, 2023.