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  1. President Felix Tshisekedi in a grey suit and glasses

  2. A drone view of cruise ship MV Hondius sailing from Cape Verde.

  3. Split screen of captain speaking into a microphone and a cruise ship

  4. Aerial picture of a general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde.

  5. Split image with MV Hondius on one side and captain of the ship on other

  6. Passenger being evacuated from cruise ship onto a smaller boat.

  7. A baby hippo lies beside a man, the hippo covered with a red blanket and man wrapped in an orange blanket with green and purple patterns.

  8. Jake Rosmarin wears a red puffer jacket on a boat

  9. People at an airport terminal in Khartoum

  10. People in hazmat suits lean over the edge of a ship

  11. A grainy screen grab showing a rope with a crocodile on the end with a man holding on higher up

  12. A man with a hat, grey jumper and black shorts, and with a rucksack on his back, takes a selfie while on a bridge over a brown-coloured river. He has placed his right foot on top of a football.

  13. people in hazmat suits on a small boat seen from above

  14. Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius is anchored off the coast of the city of Praia on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, 04 May 2026

  15. Split screen of a woman wearing a black shirt sitting on a red couch and cruise ship in the ocean

  16. Gen Assimi Goïta is pictured wearing a white cap at top. He also wears an earpiece.

  17. A composite photo of Peter Obi on the left. He is looking up through his glasses. On the right is Rabiu Kwankwaso, who has a slight moustache and is wearing a traditional red and white cap.

  18. A man wearing a white T-shirt with the slogan: March and March until we win over a South African flag, and holding a stick, on an anti-migrant march

  19. A head shot of a sandy-coloured dog looking at the camera. A chequered blue blanket is covering some of his body.

  20. BBC journalist Ottilie Mitchell in a split screen with a cruise ship.

  21. a paved road cutting through a brown desert landscape

  22. A grainy screen grab showing a rope with a crocodile on the end with a man holding on higher up

  23. A man seen from behind walking down a street in Nairobi, holding several rocks in their hands, with a blurred crowd visible in the distance

  24. Sunset over the Gulf of Aden, in 2004.