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  1. A group of people scramble from the sea up the rocks; several are still in the water with flotation devices. At the top of the rock is a wire fence.

  2. Oprah Winfrey, wearing a a pale green top, smiles as she put her arms around girls in green blazers at her school near Johannesburg in 2012

  3. A family of elephants walking together in Amboseli National Park - 2018

  4. Kizza Besigye and a salmon pink and purple stripped shirt and a navy jacket seen behind bars

  5. RSF fighters ride on an armoured truck in the city of Nyala. One of the fighters is carrying an assault rifle. All are dressed in military fatigues.

  6. Ousmane Diomande celebrates

  7. Three children study by the light of a bright lamp in a dark room, with one child pointing at a page while the others lean over their books

  8. Black buckets filled with dark mud-like substance

  9. A family of elephants walking together with a giraffe to the right crossing in background in Amboseli National Park - 2025

  10. RSF fighters ride on an armoured truck in the city of Nyala. One of the fighters is carrying an assault rifle. All are dressed in military fatigues.

  11. Anti drug officers inspect a site allegedly used as a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory - Ogun state, Nigeria - 22 July 2026.

  12. A smiling Sulemana Abdul Samed, also known as Awuche, stands in front a a building, towering over its roof. He wears a colourful shirt.

  13. (Left to right) A dark-haired woman smiling and wearing a cream coat with large blue spots; a dark-haired girl smiling and wearing a yellow shirt and green open cardigan, and an older girl wearing a white shirt and grey blazer. They are sitting in a car.

  14. Idi Amin and Aziz Abdul

  15. A woman in a blue and pink floral headscarf smiles into a microphone.

  16. Cape Verde's women's footballers pose for a team photo before a game on a sunny day. Their goalkeeper, positioned far left of the back row, wears a golden jersey while the 10 outfield players are wearing an all-blue strip. The six players in the back row stand with arms around either other's waists, with the captain on the far right holding a national team pennant. The five players in the front row are standing but leaning forward with both hands on their knees

  17. A narrow pavement runs alongside a dual carriageway under a cloudy sky. Dense green trees and shrubs line the left side of the path, while dry yellow grass borders the road on the right. Several vehicles, including a lorry and cars, travel along the carriageway, which is separated by a central barrier. Tall streetlights are spaced along the roadside, and the scene stretches into the distance beneath dark grey clouds.

  18. 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

  19. The legs of Nigerian soldiers in camouflage uniform and desert boots some holding weapons

  20. A South African police-branded vehicle is seen next to officers

  21. He is wearing his American football uniform, but the image is cut just below his shoulders. He is wearing a white helmet with a blue stripe down the middle and a white tshirt with blue detailing

  22. Zimbabwe batter Ryan Burl (centre) speaks with India players after India win the third Twenty20 international in Harare

  23. A topless Empereur stands in the centre of a group of young men, who are painted in red.

  24. Tryagin Morning Ndevelo