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  1. Gertrude Torkornoo, wearing a judge's wig, smiles at the camera

  2. Zimbabwe celebrate taking a Bangladesh wicket

  3. A group of four women, some dressed in nuns robes, carry a cross over a street in Durban, South Africa during a Good Friday procession on 18 April.

  4. Ivory Coast's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam wearing a navy suit and tie with a white shirt and black spectacles

  5. Gertrude Torkornoo is pictured wearing a black outfit and beaded necklace

  6. A man in a green short-sleeved shirt carries a sack of food aid out of a warehouse, another person carrying a sack can be seen behind him.

  7. Five inmates at the Freetown Female Correctional Centre in Sierra Leone are seen from behind wearing grey polo shirts, light green shorts and green socks, but no boots, on a football pitch during a training session

  8. A screengrab of Security Minister Mahamadou Sana while making the attempt coup announcement on Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB) on 21 April

  9. Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama

  10. A woman clasps her hands in prayer as she stands at the front of a congregation in the Municipal Cathedral in San Jose on Monday

  11. Crowds cheer Pope Francis as he arrives at Kololo airstrip in Kampala

  12. Two lines of female contestants flank Messiah Hailemeskel. Two of the women playfully clutch Mr Messiah.

  13. Floyd Shivambu raising his first at a rally in December 2024. He is wearing a black cap with the letters MKP and a bright green and white shirt

  14. A lion standing in Nairobi National Park

  15. A close-up of Joseph Kabila with a shaved head and a beard, wearing a dark blue suit. He was speaking in Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 18, 2025.

  16. Sarah Williams, with an orange headscarf, sitting with two of her children in her lap

  17. Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, head of the National Salvation Front, speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia February 15, 2023

  18. A screenshot from the film Aano Qabiil showing four crouching gunmen and a clan leader, three wearing turbans, laughing as they look down at a dead body (not shown).

  19. Fathiya Mohammed looks at the camera, wearing a beaded necklace and yellow headscarf

  20. Tidjane Thiam poses for a photo against a black background. He wears glasses and a suit.

  21. Woman wearing a crown made of palm leaves holds up three burning sticks.

  22. A man with short grey hair and wearing a dark grey jacket is in front of a blue background.

  23. A close-up photo of a woman's hand using a laptop.

  24. Security forces stand outside a hotel in Beledweyne city after an attack by al-Shabab on March 12, 2025.