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  1. Caf president Patrice Motsepe, centre and dressed in a long black coat and white shirt and blue tie, carries the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in his right hand as he walks flanked by Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

  2. A sandy-coloured dog looks at the camera. A chequered blue blanket is covering some of his body.

  3. He is wearing a white tshirt with short black sleeves. The front has the repeated pattern of a roaring lion. He is wearing tinted sunglasses and is indoors. He is holding a mic.

  4. Yassin Mohamud is standing and smiling. He is wearing a blue suit, white shirt and a yellow and claret tie. He is inside a council chamber and the former Lord Mayor is in the background, he is also smiling.

  5. A woman punches the air, while holding a placard reading "South Africa is for South Africans" during an anti-migrant march.

  6. Two young men stand in front of a grassy hilly area and smile at the camera. One wears a white T-shirt and has black dreadlocks. The other has curly blonde hair, is shirtless, has glasses on and raises his thumb.

  7. Yebrgual Melese, wearing an orange running vest and blue shorts, smiles as she breaks a pink finish tape during a marathon. A white bib with the number 2009 is attached to her vest and Melese wears a necklace featuring a large cross around her neck. She is running on a clay-coloured athletics track while white, blue and red advertising hoardings can be seen out of focus in the background

  8. A silhouetted figure in a hat stands in line near the entrance of a government refugee centre in Johannesburg, South Africa - archive shot

  9. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, in a white shirt and a white hat, salutes his supporters from an open-top black vehicle after his swearing-in ceremony - 12 May 2026

  10. Macron and Ruto are facing each other, smiling and clasping hands. They are outdoors and there are four men behind them

  11. Emmanuel Macron on stage with a mic at Africa Forward summit. He's wearing a dark grey suit and has his hand raised.

  12. Shabnim Ismail, wearing a green South Africa kit, celebrates a wicket

  13. Yassin Mohamud wearing black glasses and a black puffer jacket, looking directly at the camera. The background is blurred, but there are buildings and greenery behind him.

  14. A middle-aged man in a light grey and white striped shirt sits in front of a bookcase looking directly into the camera

  15. A shot of President Cyril Ramaphosa, wearing a pin striped black suit with a white shirt and red patterned tie, from the shoulders up. He is looking off to the left and the background is blurred.

  16. A lone fisherman steers his boat on Lake Chad

  17. Macron on stage with a mic at the Africa Forward summit

  18. A group of men and women in football T-shirts stood around a table with Sky Blues merchandise, a cake and drinks

  19. A humpback whale is seen breaching in Cape Town's Atlantic Ocean

  20. close-up of a soldier's face, looking serious and wearing a camo uniform, with an American flag int he background

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

  22. Emertha Uwanyingira is a middle aged Black woman of Rwandan heritage. She has long brown hair and is wearing a black top with a loose black and white print jacket over it. One earring is visible in her right ear. She is wearing red lipstick and smiling at the camera. She is standing in front of a red counter with silver shutters pulled down over it. It looks like a canteen.

  23. A woman dressed in bread

  24. A head-and-shoulders shot of Cyril Ramaphosa. He is wearing a dark jacket and red tie.