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  1. Female PDCI supporters protest against a court judgement to remove their leader Tidjane Thiam from the electoral list in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. One holds up a campaign poster of Thiam waving - 24 April 2025

  2. A person's hands are seen handcuffed behind their back.

  3. Julius Malema, dressed in black, speaks at an event in Johannesburg on 3 March 2025

  4. Ants contained in syringes

  5. Third placed Akani Simbine of South Africa celebrates with a flag draped around his shoulders after winning bronze in the men's 60m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China

  6. A large plume of smoke rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan

  7. Senait Mebrehtu gesturing on the shores of Lake Turkana with boats seen behind her

  8. Gary Ballance

  9. Smoke rises after explosions at South Port of the city of Port Sudan.

  10. Youssouf Ndayishimiye, wearing a cream-coloured Nice shirt with gold sponsor and trim, shouts towards the camera as he celebrates a goal

  11. Cardinal John Njue in white clergy robes and mitre

  12. Serwaa Akoto, a protester wearing red and black clothing, speaks to the BBC.

  13. A bearded Eddie Mutwe wearing a red beret.

  14. People in the desert riding on horse-drawn carts.

  15. A photo of Samantha Pendo belonging to her parents

  16. Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe talking.

  17. Kagiso Rabada

  18. A head and shoulders shot of President William Ruto wearing a blue shirt and red tie.

  19. Cardinal Peter Turkson in red biretta and soutane

  20. A displaced Sudanese woman walks next her tent at "Abdallah Nagi" shelter camp, which houses people mostly displaced from the capital Khartoum, in Port Sudan.

  21. Four people smiling, one black man with a red beaded necklace, black hat and a yellow measuring tape around his neck. A white, blonde woman with glasses is to his right. Next to her is another white woman,who has plaited red hair. One the right there is an Asian woman with long, dark, wavy hair.

  22. Fire burns following an aerial bombardment that resulted in casualties at the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières run facility destroying the last remaining hospital and pharmacy in the northern town of Old Fangak in Fangak county, South Sudan May 3, 2025.

  23. Several brides, dressed in white wedding gowns, veils and tiaras - one holding a bouquet - wait for the mass wedding to get under way

  24. Faure Gnassingbé speaks to journalists after a meeting with the French president in Paris in 2013. He is wearing a blue suit, and a shirt and tie.