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  1. A South Africa player holds his arms out as he tries to stop a Nicaraguan player from coming up from behind him.

  2. Netsanet Sori, an Ethiopian woman with black hair who is holding her child. She is also holding a colourful bag off coffee beans. Behind her is a poster of the Ethiopian alphabet.

  3. A displaced woman wears a mask as she sits outside her shelter in Bunia, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: 28 May 2026

  4. Two young women looking over a bridge on to a newly built roads near a monument in Addis Ababa - May 2026

  5. A white football with black panels on grass, with a goal net in the background

  6. A white football with black panels on grass, with a goal net in the background

  7. Zimbabwe fans

  8. Brigadier Rachel Matjeng, wearing glasses and in a cream blazer, testifies at Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on 6 February 2026.

  9. Ghanaian Member of Parliament and sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, addresses the press on the day lawmakers vote on the bill, in Accra, Ghana.

  10. A close-up of a medical staff holding a thermometer

  11. An elevated view gives a full picture of players competing in an outdoor Abula match on a mint green oblong court surrounded by a terracotta border, using the sport’s distinctive rectangular bats across a central net. A referee stands elevated at the centre to oversee proceedings across the net, while other officials and linesmen holding flags take their positions around the court. Spectators, both seated and standing on the far side of the court, watch intently from the sidelines, creating a lively atmosphere against the backdrop of trees, vehicles, and open space, while a man in a blue cap stands on a raised podium and films the game from the near side

  12. A distressed woman in an orange top and black jacket looks to the side holding a handkerchief to her face.

  13. Two women, one in a white headscarf and the other in a beanie hat embracing

  14. A boy in a blue top and a girl in a pink top, both with dark hair, smile at the camera - the boy is holding up a toy figurine

  15. A health worker in blue scrubs and protective gear carries out temperature screening for travellers at the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint near Goma - 25 May 2026