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  1. This image shows a friendly-looking lion mascot with a soft, golden-brown face, large expressive eyes, and a wide, cheerful smile. It wears a distinctive, oversized conical hat (a traditional Saloum hat) featuring yellow and orange patterns with a red brim. The mascot is dressed in a white t-shirt that prominently displays the text "DAKAR 2026" above the official Youth Olympic Games logo and holds the national flag of Senegal (red, yellow, and green) in a celebration parade.

  2. An armed Liberian police officer stands guard beside a truck carrying bags and packages

  3. A close-up of a camel on the left with what looks like pursed lips as it arrives at at watering point during a drought near the Kenya-Ethiopia border. To the right out of focus is another camel.

  4. Tolu Arokodare

  5. Four handcuffed men standing in front of a row of confiscated laptops. Lev Lakshtanov, Igor Ratchin, Amor Carlos Tomé and Francisco Oliveira (left to right)

  6. A triptych showing colourful football fans, from left to right, from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. All three are visible so that only their upper bodies can be seen

  7. 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

  8. Two officials in Nigeria stand next a white foam substance on Abuja-Kaduna highway

  9. Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza hits out in a T20 World Cup game against India earlier in 2026

  10. Close up photo of Right Reverend Stephen Pedley. He's wearing a brown flat cap, glasses a brown jacket and red jumper with a clerical dog collar around his neck.

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

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

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

  14. 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.

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

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

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

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

  19. Jordan Pickford

  20. Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Brazil

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

  22. 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.

  23. 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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