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  1. A colour map of the world on Mercator's projection. Archive photo

  2. A group of people in traditional African dress, mostly made of white sheets of cloth wrapped around them. There are men, women and children among them. They are posing in front of a wooden hut. The black and white photo is old and faded. In the corner it is marked with the words 'Interior of Somali Village, Bradford Exhibition'

  3. Sarah Khalifa wearing a white long-shirted with her folded left arm, the hand touching her long hair, sits by the side of a road inside a red-roped cordoned area, beyong which people walk on a road the other side of which has rows of sunbathed buildings

  4. A man in a blue boubou drapes a Russian flag over his head. A group of people in army uniforms can be seen to the right of the picture.

  5. Side-by-side maps of Africa comparing two map projections. The Mercator projection on the left makes Africa appear smaller in comparison with Europe to its north. The Equal Earth projection on the right shows a longer, more proportionally accurate shape of the continent.

  6. People standing at the edge of a waterway, their backs to the camera, looking on anxiously as boats (not visible) retrieve victims

  7. Family members and mourners attend a ceremony to receive the coffin with the body of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV at Entebbe airport. The casket is draped in the Tooro kingdom flag and the Ugandan flag. A portrait of the monarch has been place at the front of the coffin and woman in a black shawl is kneeling before it.

  8. Tata Chemical plant, Kenya

  9. A close-up of someone's hand holding a large stove-top kettle and pouring a brown milky liquid into a yellow cup being held by someone else.

  10. Kayode is wearing a white t-shirt and is gesticulating as he speaks to his lawyer - who is dressed in a blue suit - as he leaves court

  11. Letsile Tebogo, wearing a predominantly light blue running vest, holds a bouquet of flowers and gives a thumbs up gesture to the camera

  12. The Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, addresses a plenary session of the Congress of Deputies on 3 September 2026 in Madrid

  13. Abraham Mofokeng in a brown patterned cardigan and beanie hat stands by a white monolith. Out of focus, in the background, are other white monoliths - they are part of a memorial.

  14. Carlos Queiroz is seen wearing a black Ghana training shirt, a necklace and a baseball cap with the word 'boss' on it

  15. William Ruto in a yellow shirt and cap gestures with his hand as he makes a speech holding a microphone in his other hand.

  16. Migrants disembark vessel in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, Spain, on 3 September

  17. Man with short curly hair leans towards the camera with his hands together at his chest.

  18. A medium shot of an adult man with short hair seated outdoors against a beige plastered wall looking directly into the camera with a serious facial expression. He is wearing a long-sleeved, collared button-down shirt featuring vertical blue, white, and thin pink stripes.

  19. Ivory Coast defender Ghislain Konan passes the ball during his side's World Cup Round of 32 meeting with Norway at the Dallas Stadium, Arlington, Texas (30 June 2026)

  20. A fish-eye view from the stands of a rugby stadium looking up at the sky as two planes fly in close formation above.

  21. An Uber driver looking at his phone as he waits for his customer

  22. The mangled wreckage of bus where the top section is gone and blue padded seats can be seen against a clear blue sky. The bus appears to be on a dusty unpaved area

  23. Richard Ravalomanana wearing glasses and a white cowboy-style hat smiles at the camera. He is dressed in a black ceremonial uniform decorated with medals and a red, white and green sash

  24. Gen Horta N'Tam in a white traditional outfit holds up his ink-stained finger after voting at an outdoor polling station in Bissau, as election officials sit beside ballot materials