Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on March 9, 2026.

A restaurant prepares food using coal-fires stoves in Mumbai, India, on March 11. Due to a shortage of commercial LPG cylinders as a result of the Iran war, restaurants and hotels in India are busy using alternative fuels for their needs.

A restaurant in Mumbai's Ghatkopar displays a notice saying "No LPG Gas, Closed Hotel" on March 11, amid reports of LPG supply issues across India. Many restaurants have shut down because of a reported shortage in commercial LPG cylinders.

Nepali consumers wait in queue for their turn to collect half-filled gas cylinders at the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, due to a shortage of cooking gas caused by the ongoing Iran war.

Displaced Lebanese men cover their belongings in the back of their vehicle, which is their current home, from stormy weather along the seaside corniche in the southern city of Sidon on March 15.

An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon from a position in the upper Galilee in northern Israel, near the border, on March 15.

People clear rubble in a house in the Beryanak district of Iranian capital Tehran on March 15, after it was damaged by missile attacks two days ealier.

A smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026. Flights were gradually resuming at Dubai airport on March 16, earlier the world's busiest for international flights, the airport operator said, after a "drone-related incident" sparked a fuel tank fire nearby, as Iran kept up its attacks on Gulf nations.

The site of overnight Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 16. The Israeli military said on March 16 that it had begun what it described as "limited ground operations" against the Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.