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  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. A triptych showing Letsile Tebogo, Prudence Sekgodiso and Beatrice Chebet at athletics events. Tebogo sprints towards the camera with his left arm raised, Sekgodiso smiles while holding up a South African flag behind her back and Chebet smiles while raising her hands to applaud

  4. A close-up of a groom putting a wedding ring on a bride's finger - blue sky with a few clouds can be seen behind them.

  5. A pipe leading to a dry river. The rocks are covered in a white sediment

  6. Emilio Nsue, wearing a red Equatorial Guinea shirt with a number 10 on the chest, holds his right hand aloft during a football game. The player has a bushy black beard and a neutral expression on his face

  7. Chiamaka Nnadozie in goalkeeping kit with a football in shot

  8. Ghana President John Dramani Mahama

  9. Sa'adatu Dahiru leans on what appears to be the remains of a destroyed building whilst wearing a purple jilbab.

  10. An armed soldier wearing military fatigue looks at the graves in open area

  11. Six of seven people sentenced for human trafficking sit in a courtroom, some of them in masks

  12. Omar Marmoush embraces Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan after being substituted

  13. Mathew Kyalo Mbobu in a dark suit, white shirt and tie

  14. Children dig into healthy food on brightly coloured plates

  15. A bright white light which looks like an explosion is seen in a video purporting to show a boat being hit by a flaming object

  16. Zimbabwe's Richard Ngarava bowls during a Twenty20 international in 2024

  17. Cape Verde celebrate

  18. Mohamed Salah in action for Egypt

  19. A crowd of Ethiopian workers wearing orange hi-viz work clothes wave Ethiopian flags.

  20. Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo, smiling, makes a hand wave gesture

  21. IS video of militants in the aftermath of an attack on a village in Ituri province, DR Congo

  22. Joseph Kony is seen in a camouflage uniform, and is wearing a cap in this archive photo

  23. Mohamed Kudus

  24. Tunisia players celebrate a goal