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  1. Protesters react amid clouds of tear gas fired by Kenya police officers during clashes at Saba Saba Day demonstrations in Nairobi on July 7, 2025

  2. Wiaan Mulder batting for South Africa

  3. Five Nigeria players, including a goalkeeper wearing all yellow and a captain holding a Nigeria pendant, stand with their left hands on their chests to mark a national anthem while lining up before a match

  4. Police minister Senzo Mchunu, dressed in a dark blue suit and striped shirt, is seen holding his hand to his face during a briefing held by the police

  5. Peter Obi, on the left hand side of the composite photo, wears a black shirt and black-rimmed glasses. He is smiling in the photo. Atiku Abubakar, on the right hand side, wears glasses, a suit and a patterened tie.

  6. Wiaan Mulder

  7. JNIM fighters train in an undisclosed location in West Africa's Sahel region.

  8. Asisat Oshoala celebrates while playing for Nigeria

  9. A jubilant South Africa team, some with medals around their necks on green ribbons, pose with the Women's Africa Cup of Nations trophy in 2022

  10. Mama Diop, wearing a white Senegal shirt, chases after the ball

  11. In the background two bald men in blue overalls with hands and feet shackled sit on the plane, with one Asian man to one of their left and other faces not visible but more people sat with shackles in grey overalls. Uniformed men are stood around them

  12. Morocco players and staff celebrate in a huddle on the pitch near the touchline after scoring a late equaliser against Zambia at the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

  13. Yoweri Museveni, in white shirt and with fist raised, speaks in Kampala, Uganda, on 5 June 2025

  14. Wizkid onstage at The 02 arena in London in November 2021. He has his back to the camera and is facing the audience, whose phones light up the eerie green atmosphere as dry ice lingers in the air.

  15. Zambia captain Barbra Banda raises both hands in the air as she celebrates a goal with team-mate Racheal Kundananji

  16. Arthur Ashe, in a blue tracksuit top, smiles as he holds up the Wimbledon trophy after winning the men's final on 5 July 1975.

  17. Kenyas President William Ruto gesticulates with his hands while he speaks into a microphone on stage at an interdenominational prayer service at Nakuru Athletic Club two years ago.

  18. A colourful image of five female footballers in a range of poses

  19. An official speaks during a memorial service of Sam Nujoma, Namibia's founding president, ahead of his state funeral. Nujoma's coffin, draped with the Namibian flag, is seen atop a red-covered podium

  20. Mali's Aissata Traore, Zambia's Barbra Banda, Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala and Morocco's Sanaa Mssoudy playing football

  21. An architect's drawing of Akon City.

  22. Elephant walking in South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia

  23. A close-up of Assimi Goïta wearing a white hut and shirt