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  1. A migrant from Morocco gestures as he arrives at the Spanish border, in Ceuta, Spain, July 31, 2026, as migrants cross into Ceuta by sea and land.

  2. South African singer Tyla is seen performing in New York city

  3. Sarah Burrows, captain of Penrith Pumas wheelchair rugby team. She has light brown hair tied back and blue eyes. She is inside a sports hall and is wearing a red, yellow and green vest and protective sport equipment including gloves and elbow pads.

  4. A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mislabelled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro

  5. Migrants crossing rocky shoreline into Ceuta as Spanish officers watch

  6. A group of people scramble from the sea up the rocks; several are still in the water with flotation devices. At the top of the rock is a wire fence.

  7. A composite image shows Natalie and Nala smiling during an outdoor wedding

  8. Oprah Winfrey stands with girls from her school at their graduation.

  9. People in the water swimming, group of people climbing rocks

  10. Oprah Winfrey, wearing a a pale green top, smiles as she put her arms around girls in green blazers at her school near Johannesburg in 2012

  11. A family of elephants walking together in Amboseli National Park - 2018

  12. Kizza Besigye and a salmon pink and purple stripped shirt and a navy jacket seen behind bars

  13. RSF fighters ride on an armoured truck in the city of Nyala. One of the fighters is carrying an assault rifle. All are dressed in military fatigues.

  14. Ousmane Diomande celebrates

  15. Three children study by the light of a bright lamp in a dark room, with one child pointing at a page while the others lean over their books

  16. Black buckets filled with dark mud-like substance

  17. A family of elephants walking together with a giraffe to the right crossing in background in Amboseli National Park - 2025

  18. RSF fighters ride on an armoured truck in the city of Nyala. One of the fighters is carrying an assault rifle. All are dressed in military fatigues.

  19. Anti drug officers inspect a site allegedly used as a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory - Ogun state, Nigeria - 22 July 2026.

  20. A smiling Sulemana Abdul Samed, also known as Awuche, stands in front a a building, towering over its roof. He wears a colourful shirt.

  21. (Left to right) A dark-haired woman smiling and wearing a cream coat with large blue spots; a dark-haired girl smiling and wearing a yellow shirt and green open cardigan, and an older girl wearing a white shirt and grey blazer. They are sitting in a car.

  22. Idi Amin and Aziz Abdul

  23. A woman in a blue and pink floral headscarf smiles into a microphone.

  24. Cape Verde's women's footballers pose for a team photo before a game on a sunny day. Their goalkeeper, positioned far left of the back row, wears a golden jersey while the 10 outfield players are wearing an all-blue strip. The six players in the back row stand with arms around either other's waists, with the captain on the far right holding a national team pennant. The five players in the front row are standing but leaning forward with both hands on their knees