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  1. People, including several in military-style uniforms, use shovels to dig in a sandy desert area, with dust rising around them

  2. Medical staff wearing protective equipment at a hospital in Bunia, Ituri Provice in the Democractic Republic of Congo

  3. Ivory Coast celebrate beating France in Nantes

  4. A person in PPE and full head covering is having their goggles adjusted by someone, with blue protective gloves, out-of-focus in the foreground. The green scrubs and hair covering of that person can be seen on the right of the picture.

  5. Cape Verde squad posing for a picture in front of their own fans in the stadium

  6. Tunisia players celebrate

  7. Morocco players celebrate winning a penalty shoot-out in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final

  8. Ramy Rabia of Egypt celebrates with Mohamed Salah

  9. Papa Wemba sings on stage wearing a black suit and large encrusted jewellery. In one hand he holds a microphone and with the other he reaches out.

  10. A white football with black panels on grass, with a goal net in the background

  11. Tom Atcheson celebrates

  12. Jordi Cruyff, Timothy Weah, Lewis Koumas and Eidur Gudjohnsen

  13. Smoke rises over buildings in a residential area in Mogadishu

  14. Roberto Lopes and his supporters

  15. Close up of two of the men sentenced to death sitting on red and black chairs in court.

  16. A triptych shows Antoine Semenyo, Brahim Diaz and Ronwen Williams wearing their national team shirts. Semenyo wears a predominantly white Ghana kit with a black number 11, black star and elaborate spiderweb design in red, green and yellow on the chest. Diaz wears a red Morocco shirt with a 10 and federation crest on the chest and Williams wears a purple South Africa goalkeeper's shirt with a white number one on the chest. All three are visible from waist up in action during football matches

  17. A protester holds a small Kenyan flag along a road with a fire burning and groups of protesters gathered in the background

  18. Mohamed Salah sits on a throne

  19. A man sits on a boat holding a fishing line in the waters of the Niger Delta. Behind him can be seen dead mangroves and some blurry buildings.

  20. Craig Bellamy, Jason Koumas and Lewis Koumas