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  1. A woman votes during Malawi's general election. She is at an outside polling station and is wearing a colourful patterned dress as she places her ballot paper in ballot box.

  2. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia's president, wearing sunglasses and dressed in buttoned jacket, holds a microphone.

  3. A photo of Agnes Wanjiru wearing a pink fleece top against a blue background.

  4. igerian chef Hilda Baci, dressed in a white shirt, red apron and black gloves, shouts and gestures as she holds a yellow carton together with a male colleague dressed in a red shirt, red cap and facemask

  5. A man in bright blue boubou sits in a desk chair in front of a microphone.

  6. Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema is seen in a suit in this archive photo

  7. Old chromolithograph map of commercial chart of the World on Mercator's projection

  8. Charles Mwesigwa has short hair and greying stubble, and is wearing a navy and white striped top

  9. King Misizulu wearing traditional leopard-skin clothing and holding a stick. He is wearing dark glasses and is touching his head

  10. The team trying to stir a giant pan of rice

  11. A man who is bald standing in a crowd who are all attending a festival in an outdoor venue in Birmingham. He is wearing a beige hoodie and has a short black beard and moustache.

  12. A man on a stationary motorbike waiting in a fuel queue looks behind him at the camera. He is wearing a white T-shirt.

  13. Simone Gbagbo stands behind a lectern and speaks into a microphone

  14. A man in a large crowd holds up a portrait of of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko on the 20th anniversary of his death when a statue of the anti-apartheid hero was unveiled in East London, South Africa 12 September 1997.

  15. A plane emblazoned with the words "Air Peace" is pictured on the ground.

  16. Thabo Bester appears in court

  17. The blue and white logo of the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya, ADAK, is displayed on a wall with the full text of the organisation's name to the right of the logo

  18. Emmanuel Eseme, seen from chest up wearing a red vest with the letter CMR and a Cameroon crest on it, holds a Cameroon flag draped over his back and covers his mouth with interlocking fingers to mimic the goal celebration of Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres

  19. South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar addresses a news conference, as the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in the country, in Juba, South Sudan - 5 April 2020.

  20. Capt Ibrahim Traoré wearing military fatigue and red beret and in earphone translator

  21. Genette is sitting in a kitchen holding a purple award plaque that reads 'BBC Radio Jersey Make a Difference Awards 2025 WINNER.' She is wearing a blue floral shirt, and the kitchen features white cabinets and various utensils.

  22. Thabo Bester, in a yellow top, is see seated at the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court in South Africa on 14 April 2023

  23. Babalwa Latsha, wearing a green South Africa rugby shirt in front of a grey background, looks directly at the camera as she balances a rugby ball on her left index finger

  24. A crowd, including a woman in a traditional white shawl who plays a huge painted drum, sing New Year songs at Entoto St Raguel Church in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia - Thursday 11 September 2025.