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  1. Saadia Ahmed Omar (right) takes a photo of herself and Fathi Mohamed Abdi (left) atop a building under construction in Mogadishu. They are both wearing hard hats over their headscarves and are in high vis yellow vests. Ms Omar makes the victory sign as she takes the photo.

  2. A boy drives cattle in Benue state in 2018.

  3. Close-up of hands holding a bible and orange prayer beads

  4. South Africa captain Temba Bavuma is doused in champagne by his team-mates after lifting the World Test Championship mace

  5. South Africa celebrate

  6. A UN blue helmet rests on sandbags next to a peacekeeper on duty.

  7. A US Airborne division soldier in camouflage and wearing a helmet lies on the ground pointing a gun during joint multinational exercise African Lion 2025 in Dodji, Senegal - May 2025.

  8. South Africa batters Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram embrace at Lord's

  9. A protester holds a sign saying 'stop killing us'.

  10. Ken Saro-Wiwa gestures, wearing a necklace and a red, patterened top.

  11. Edgar Lungu, in a suit and tie, sits next to a Zambian flag

  12. President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye in colourful red, green and white shirt emblazoned with his party's logo speaks during a rally on the last day of campaigning before the election - 31 May 2025.

  13. A head and shoulders shot of President Xi

  14. A triptych showing Trezeguet playing for Al Ahly, the Club World Cup trophy on a plinth and Ronwen Williams playing for Mamelodi Sundowns

  15. A family, of a husband and wife, and two children, a girl and a boy, about to board the ship The Global Mercy. They are holding bags and luggage.

  16. Two women sit on the floor of a ward at Amusait Hospital and feed milk to their young children. One woman has strings of black, white, yellow, orange and red beads around her neck. Both are wearing colourful wraps. A man wearing a blue medical mask sits at a nearby yellow plastic desk, on which there are two jugs and a cup, and looks on.

  17. South Africa's Kasigo Rabada celebrates his five-wicket haul against Australia

  18. A protester wrapped in a Kenyan flag holds a portrait of Albert Ojwang with the words 'Where is justice for Albert??'

  19. Two soldiers seen in silhouette against a blue sky

  20. A woman takes pictures in front of a flooded body of water in South Africa's Eastern Cape province

  21. Pat Cummins, left, and Kagiso Rabada at the WTC final

  22. Two people covered in mud move around a wrestling ring

  23. Edgar Lungu punching his fist into the air in a stadium

  24. Chaggosians and their supporters, carrying flags and posters, gather outside the High Court in London.