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  1. A man sitting in a chair with a stern face with some flowers on a table next to him along with picture of his family and a small plaque

  2. Kelly Smith, dressed in a beige dress and wearing a purple necklace, looks on during court proceedings in her human trafficking case

  3. Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in a blue suit and glasses

  4. A member of the M23 movement in military fatigues carries weapons over his shoulder. Another fighter is to his right and he is holding weapons under his arm.

  5. A Palestinian boy carries a bag with aid supply provided by the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) in northern Gaza Strip. Photo: 2 March 2025

  6. Designed image showing a ring light, a mobile phone showing a blurred image of a young woman dancing, and a treated image of part of the TikTok logo

  7. Image of alleged members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), wearing military outfits of different patterns with a car in the background

  8. King Misuzulu KaZwelithini and wife Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela look at each other whilst attending a banquet in Johannesburg in 2023. Both are wearing smart black evening dress.

  9. A close-up of a young person waving a Namibian flag.

  10. Healthcare workers in blue PPE holding a tray of medicine at Goma's Mugunga health centre

  11. This photograph shows a flooded road in Saint-Paul de La Reunion, on the French overseas Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.

  12. A young boy in a blue T-shirt with his back to the camera is test by HIV by a nurse a clinic that received Pepfar funding in South Africa - archive shot.

  13. Swimming to flee ‘forced M23 conscription’

  14. Musician John Legend sings into a microphone

  15. Campbell Scott looking straight at the camera. He is wearing a blue shirt and is standing against a blurred background.

  16. People fleeing explosion in Bukavu

  17. Dualla Abdi walks through the entrance of a building wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, white trainers, a black jacket and his grey hood pulled over his head. The Louis Vuitton bag is black and is worn across his body as a shoulder bag.

  18. Corneille Nangaa

  19. Temba Bavuma, wearing a dark blue South Africa cap and training shirt, looks to his right

  20. Six Kenya women's players wearing a red strip celebrate a goal during a football match against Tunisia

  21. A boy offers his sheep for sale at a market in Morocco. Archive photo.

  22. Komla Dumor, wearing a suit and glasses, smiles into the camera. BBC graphics can be seen on a large screen behind him.

  23. Four men in white hardhats, one in a navy T-shirt and the others in orange overalls hold ropes aboard the Léon Thévenin - the blue sea can be seen behind them

  24. Police mugshot of Abu Agila Masud Al-Marimi - he has a white beard.