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

  2. 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.

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

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

  5. People at an airport terminal in Khartoum

  6. 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

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

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

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

  10. 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.

  11. 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

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

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

  14. a paved road cutting through a brown desert landscape

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

  16. 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

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

  18. Aaron Agbanu speaks in front of microphone on a lectern. He wears a black graduation hat and robe with a blue caped strap across his tie. He is inside the grand interior of Chester Cathedral.

  19. People by a walled tree planted in the 13th Century.

  20. A white Adidas running shoe is held up so that its side is central to the image. It has the three black stripes on it for the Adidas logo and the text 1:59:30 WR sub 2 is written along the base of the sole. The two hands of marathon world record holder Sabastian Sawe can be seen grasping the shoe lightly between fingers, with Sawe's blurred face, covered by the shoe, is partially seen in the background

  21. A head and shoulders image of Joseph Kabila. He is wearing a blue jacket and open-necked blue chequered shirt.

  22. Young women takes a selfie amongst clothing racks at a Shein pop-up store in South Africa

  23. Christopher Okello Onyum stares into the distance, his face is expressionless.

  24. A motorcyclist rides past a monument in support of the Malian Army in Bamako on April 26, 2026.