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  1. Embrace between Little Jake and Little Joey, two juvenile male chimpanzees in a forested sanctuary

  2. A close up of a young woman from Somalia with hennaed hands holding a mobile

  3. Mohammed Tahir aka "Wordi" in a navy T-shirt stands against a measuring chart in a police photo - putting his height at around 178cm.

  4. Bernard Antwi Boasiako smiles at the camera in a close up shot.

  5. A close-up of a badge saying "Nigeria Police" on the sleeve of a camouflage police uniform. The police's emblem of an elephant with a red eagle above is also on the badge.

  6. A group of players and officials celebrate as Nigeria lift the Women's Africa Cup of Nations trophy. Captain Rasheedat Ajibade lifts the trophy aloft flanked by goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and forward Asisat Oshoala while Ashleigh Plumptre stands in the background draped in a Nigerian flag. Nnadozie wears an all-yellow kit while the outfield players are in green and white striped shirts. Medals hang around their necks on purple ribbons while a purple background can be seen behind them with gold text and design for the tournament

  7. Makagbeh has dark hair and green eyeshadow. Smiling for the camera, she wears a green dress and a black mortar board cap and gown.

  8. Nigerian woman Aisha Mohammed who lost three daughters in a boat disaster wearing a pink T-shirt and a hat, looking sad

  9. Power plant workers in action at a site in Nigeria.

  10. A close up of someone holding a small wooden crucifix with the shadow of the cross on the person's cream T-shirt.

  11. Jordan Pickford

  12. Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Brazil

  13. Cape Verdean children sit down and play guitars. Three are sat in a line.

  14. Jo Trevor at a green area of Congo. She is wearing a dark blue dress with white flowers on. Two other people can be seen walking down the path behind her. It is overcast.

  15. Head and shoulders of Nelson Mandela sitting in a gold fabric chair with his right hand touching his cheek as he smiles. He has white hair and is wearing a cream and gold shirt with a bold swirl pattern

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    The Beckhams watching England v Norway

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

  18. Police stand guard at a black gates of an orphanage in Algiers as a crowd of men and women gesticulate outside

  19. People stand near the wreckage of a bus which is on its side on the edge of a road.

  20. James Lewis is pictured holding a football. He is standing by the coast with a beach and buildings opposite. He has a moustache and beard and wearing a white England top.

  21. A close of Camilla Alhassan with short natural hair

  22. A triptych shows, from left to right, Sidny Lopes Cabral celebrating a goal while wearing a blue Cape Verde shirt with a white number 13 on the chest, one Senegal player leaning his head down onto the chest of a taller team-mate while being consoled and Mohamed Salah opening his mouth midway through a joyous celebration while wearing a red Egypt shirt with a white number 10 on the chest

  23. A woman in a green tabard uses a thermometer gun to check the temperature of a school pupil who has their back to the camera.

  24. 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.