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  1. M23 fighters in fatigues and boots and holding guns sit on the back black of a pick-up truck - taken in 2023

  2. A woman in an orange head scarf looks at the camera holding her head with one hand.

  3. An unkwown man looking away from the camera presses his phone

  4. A close-up of a herd of cows with cattlemen in shawls - one in red checks and another in blue checks - seen behind them - Nairobi, 2021

  5. Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae (far right) celebrates with his players after winning the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil

  6. A young boy sitting on an adult's shoulders stares at the camera as residents carry their belongings as they flee from Kibati, where fighting has intensified, towards the city of Goma on January 26, 2025.

  7. People reported to be escaped prisoners walk along the street in Goma.

  8. A member of the Egyptian-Qatari committee gestures while inspecting vehicles carrying displaced Palestinians at a screening area south of Gaza City (27 January 2025)

  9. A close-up picture of Tuface. He has a shaved head and is wearing dark glasses

  10. A woman and her children sit on the floor looking worried.

  11. An aerial view of the Congo river and Inga 1. Lush vegetation can also be seen.

  12. Uruguayan soldiers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) travel on their pick up truks in Goma, on January 25, 2025.

  13. A tear rolls down the face of Michelle Lemuya Ikeny as she plays the character of 13-year-old girl Nawi. She has close cropped hair, wear a pale yellow shirt and a bead necklace around her neck

  14. Women in colourful headscarves sitting on mats, some clutching children on their laps at a makeshift reception area at the Adré border post in Chad

  15. Two side-by-side images of Jos Leijdekkers. In one he is looking straight ahead at the camera. The other shows his side profile.

  16. Two women flee a camp for displaced people with their belongings. They carry a mattress, a large thermos flash and more.

  17. A woman, wearing a green t-shirt over a grey one, walks across a vineyard as the sun sets in the background. The woman has a red scarf on and is carrying a yellow crate on her head.

  18. A man holding a gun

  19. Bernadino Rafael talks into a microphone at a press event.

  20. Woman wearing sunglasses and Islamic dress - including an abaya and niqab - gets ready to mount her chestnut-coloured horse.

  21. Billy Mwangi frowns slightly as he is kissed by his mother after he was freed following his abduction

  22. A head shot of Monica Geingos.

  23. Veron Mosengo-Omba wearing a dark blue suit jacket and white shirt raises his left hand and speaks into a microphone at a press conference while a pendant displaying the green and yello Caf log sits to the side of him

  24. Kirsty Coventry, with her blonde hair tidied behind her ears into a ponytail, wears a black blouse as she stands in front of a dark blue background