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  1. 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)

  2. 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

  3. Tolu Arokodare

  4. 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

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

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

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

  8. 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.

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

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

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

  12. 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.

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

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

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

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

  17. Jordan Pickford

  18. Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Brazil

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

  20. 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.

  21. 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

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

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