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  1. A woman is wearing a yellow jacket and a multicoloured headscarf. She is wearing sunglasses and standing in front of the ocean.

  2. People sitting on grass in summer, tents and crowds in background

  3. Men are seen with chains around their feet after they were found at a suspected rehab facility in South Africa

  4. Messages to the crowd during Spain v Egypt

  5. A fan sits alone in the stand on the fourth day of the South Africa versus Australia Test in Durban

  6. Nigerian gospel singer Toluwanisings holding a microphone during a perfomance

  7. View of the promenade at Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis with a waving Mauritian flag in the foreground

  8. Sebastian Coe, visible from shoulders up wearing a white open-necked shirt and a navy blue suit jacket, holds a microphone up to his mouth as he speaks at a news conference. A wall and a window can be seen out of focus behind him

  9. A tiny brown froglet sits on an orange leaf next to the sharpened tip of a pencil, which is roughly the same size

  10. A medical worker in Kenya dons Ebola protective gear: a yellow suit, blue gloves, white hood, an eye mask and face mask.

  11. A sign with the wording Formula 1 African Grand Prix presented by Visit Rwanda in white on a black background

  12. A composite image showing Sinesipho Dambile (left) and Usain Bolt (right), both from chest up, designed to make it look as if the two sprinters are looking across at each other. Dambile wears a green South Africa running vest with the country's name in small white text across the chest and is curling the tip of his tongue out of his mouth and up onto his upper lip as he glances to his left. Bolt wears a yellow Jamaica running vest with the country's name in big black text as he raises both hands to chest height with them a short distance apart mid-clap as he looks to his right

  13. Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza

  14. Rwanda's President Paul Kagame during the announcement of the Formula 1 African Grand Prix at BK Arena in Kigali

  15. Design of Rwanda's new Formula 1 circuit

  16. Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila in a dark suit and blue shirt and a Congolese flag in the background

  17. A render of the new Bugesera track to be built in Rwanda

  18. File photo of the wrecked nose section of the Pan-Am Boeing 747 in a Scottish field at Lockerbie.

  19. A close-up shot of Shadrack Sibiya gesturing with his left hand. He has a shaved head and is wearing a dark suit

  20. Omar Marmoush in action on a football pitch. He is waving both hands in the air wearing the white Tottenham home kit. He has black curly hair, a short beard and a moustache.

  21. A young archer stands on an outdoor archery range holding a bow, with grass, targets and trees visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

  22. A composite photo of Evans Kiche, wearing a blue and red checked shirt, Vincent Ogutu with a grey sweatshirt and Jidah Burka with a blue football shirt, white cap and a beard

  23. Sudanese men wearing traditional clothing search for gold with metal detectors in the desert.

  24. The sea shore in Guhere, north of the port town of Obock, Djibouti