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  1. Three men standing at a sentencing hearing in a court in Abuja - 23 July 2026. They are in traditional dress - the one of the left in a grey robe, the middle man with arms folded and looking down in a brown one and the person on the right in pale yellow, holding his hands and looking down to the side.

  2. Tolu Arokodare

  3. Joseph Opoku in action for Ghana at the 2026 World Cup

  4. Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene sports short, dyed-blonde hair while wearing a white and green Nigeria football shirt and white shorts with the number 13 visible on both. Her left arm is extended to her side for balance as she looks down intently during a football match. Blurred in the background are fences positioned in front of a stand with seats in it

  5. Mamadou Djouma Bah smiling, wearing a striped white and blue T-shirt

  6. An arc of lit memorial candles are on the ground in front of portraits of women who have been murdered. Hands sprinkling petals can be seen.

  7. A woman, allegedly an undocumented migrant, is confronted as protesters search for foreign nationals during an anti-migrant march in Alexandra on 9 July 2026.

  8. A close up picture of one of the geckos. It shows the tiny size of the baby geckos which around about twice the size of the thumb nail of the hand in the picture.

  9. This image shows a friendly-looking lion mascot with a soft, golden-brown face, large expressive eyes, and a wide, cheerful smile. It wears a distinctive, oversized conical hat (a traditional Saloum hat) featuring yellow and orange patterns with a red brim. The mascot is dressed in a white t-shirt that prominently displays the text "DAKAR 2026" above the official Youth Olympic Games logo and holds the national flag of Senegal (red, yellow, and green) in a celebration parade.

  10. An armed Liberian police officer stands guard beside a truck carrying bags and packages

  11. A camel walking through a sandy desert with blue skies and dried vegitation in the background, loaded with goods and being led by a man who is looking at the ground.

  12. Four handcuffed men standing in front of a row of confiscated laptops. Lev Lakshtanov, Igor Ratchin, Amor Carlos Tomé and Francisco Oliveira (left to right)

  13. A triptych showing colourful football fans, from left to right, from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. All three are visible so that only their upper bodies can be seen

  14. A group of players and officials celebrate as Nigeria lift the Women's Africa Cup of Nations trophy. Captain Rasheedat Ajibade lifts the trophy aloft flanked by goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and forward Asisat Oshoala while Ashleigh Plumptre stands in the background draped in a Nigerian flag. Nnadozie wears an all-yellow kit while the outfield players are in green and white striped shirts. Medals hang around their necks on purple ribbons while a purple background can be seen behind them with gold text and design for the tournament

  15. Two officials in Nigeria stand next a white foam substance on Abuja-Kaduna highway

  16. Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza hits out in a T20 World Cup game against India earlier in 2026

  17. Close up photo of Right Reverend Stephen Pedley. He's wearing a brown flat cap, glasses a brown jacket and red jumper with a clerical dog collar around his neck.

  18. A close up of a young woman from Somalia with hennaed hands holding a mobile

  19. Mohammed Tahir aka "Wordi" in a navy T-shirt stands against a measuring chart in a police photo - putting his height at around 178cm.

  20. Bernard Antwi Boasiako smiles at the camera in a close up shot.

  21. A close-up of a badge saying "Nigeria Police" on the sleeve of a camouflage police uniform. The police's emblem of an elephant with a red eagle above is also on the badge.

  22. Makagbeh has dark hair and green eyeshadow. Smiling for the camera, she wears a green dress and a black mortar board cap and gown.

  23. Nigerian woman Aisha Mohammed who lost three daughters in a boat disaster wearing a pink T-shirt and a hat, looking sad

  24. Power plant workers in action at a site in Nigeria.