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  1. A man - with his back to the camera - stands on some rocks to the left of the picture. Holding a gun across his shoulders, he is looking out to sea where a tanker is in the far distance.

  2. A composition image featuring former British athletes Leon Baptiste, William Sharman, and Lamin Deen

  3. Spanish armed police with riot shields on Trampolin beach, Ceuta, as anti-migrant protesters set fire to a migrant camp there. Their faces are blurred. Smoke can be seen rising in the air.

  4. A coach is parked on the right-hand side of the picture. A group of people are standing close by gathering luggage. In the foreground, an open-backed tuktuk is parked.

  5. A smiling family sitting together in the back seat of a car. To the left is the mum, wearing a blue polka dot jacket. In the middle is a young girl in a green and yellow school uniform. On the right is an older girl in a white shirt and grey blazer.

  6. A close up of the Nigeria Football Federation's circular crest sitting on a green shirt. The crest depicts a white eagle perched on a black and white football on a green circular background which is surrounded by the wording Nigeria Football Federation 1945 written in white text on a black background which goes around the outside of the design

  7. A woman with a baby on her back faces away from the camera. She is looking at a wall with names etched into it.

  8. King Oyo pictured at 18 during his coronation wearing a gold embroidered jacket and hat.

  9. Zambian opposition leader and National Reconciliation Party for Unity Brian Mundubile in a black coat and stripped blue-white shirt

  10. Silhouettes of onlookers watching wildfire burn at night

  11. Salif Keita wearing a black and re shirt and ochre bowler hat holds his right hand in the air as he looks upwards. A guitar is resting on his knee and smoke can be seen behind him.

  12. Renowned female Cameroonian football player Ajara Nchout Njoya of FC Internazionale

  13. Yaya Toure

  14. Energy Minister Deogratius Ndejembi (L) in greenish brown shirt speaks to Vice-President Emmanuel Nchimbi (R)

  15. A woman wearing a white hijab, her eyes red from crying

  16. Civil protection personnel work to extinguish fires in the town of Bordj Okhriss, in the Bouira mountains of Algeria. According to the civil protection report, the fires are under control.

  17. Three chicks and one partial chick at the top of the image. They are without feathers

  18. Guinea's President Mamady Doumbouya in a brown and white embroidered outfit in May 2026

  19. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (in navy blue suit white shirt and blue tie) and Eswatini's King Mswati III (in traditional royal regalia) talking

  20. Former presidential guard chief Tom Byabagamba (centre an in military uniform), and retired brigadier-general Frank Rusagara (R)

  21. Tanzania's Vice-President Emmanuel Nchimbi in black suit and white shirt attends the inauguration a hydropower project in Rufiji

  22. Rear view of a male model in a hoodie in front of a computer in South Africa

  23. People sit on the grass in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. The faces are blurred.

  24. The Africa Cup of Nations trophy is held aloft by a man's right hand in front of a background which is out of focus