Bodies of Iranian sailors are taken out of a van and moved to the mortuary at Karapitiya Hospital after a submarine attack on the Iranian military ship Iris Dena off Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Reuters/Thilina Kaluthotage)
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran expands in the Middle East, photographers from The New York Times and Reuters are documenting the horrifying impacts.
Below are images capturing the scenes, devastation, emotions, and people of this expanding war:
Missile Strike in Lebanon
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 4, 2026. (Reuters/Claudia Greco)
Destruction in Tehran
People stand near a tape line after a police station was struck by airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, March 2, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
Mourning in Beit Shemesh, Israel
Mourners at a funeral on Monday, March 2, 2026, for Sarah and Ronit Elimelech, who were killed on Sunday by a missile strike, in Beit Shemesh, Israel. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
Jewish Holiday Party in Bomb Shelter
People celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim holiday inside an underground parking lot that also functions as a public shelter in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, March 2, 2026. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
Four Americans Killed in Service of Their Country
U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa. (U.S. Army Reserve via The New York Times)
Sgt. First Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska. (U.S. Army Reserve via The New York Times)Sgt. First Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota. (U.S. Army Reserve via The New York Times)Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida.(U.S. Army Reserve via The New York Times)
Damage to a Historic Palace
Damage to the historic Golestan Palace in Tehran, caused by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, is photogaphed during a government-led media tour on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
Waiting Out Missile Strikes in Beirut
People at a school that has been turned into a shelter for the displaced in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, on Monday, March 2, 2026. (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times)
Vigil for the Supreme Leader
People gather to mourn the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a vigil in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, March 1, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
Clearing the Wreckage in Tehran
Workers break up the debris pile at a police station struck by airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, March 2, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
Inspecting Iranian Missile Strike Site
Israeli security officials inspect the site of an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv, Israel, part of Tehran’s retaliation for coordinated U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, on Sunday, March 1, 2026. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
A Look From on High
People gather at a high location to look over the city as a cloud of smoke from airstrikes fills the sky in Tehran, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
First Responders on the Scene in Israel
Emergency responders at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, part of Tehran’s retaliation for coordinated U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, on Sunday, March 1, 2026. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
Trump Meets With German Chancellor
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he meets with Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Trump posted on social media on Tuesday morning that it was now “too late” for talks with Iran. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
