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  1. Several life-size steel figures stand in a row in a white room. They include a woman in a long dress and wide-brimmed hat holding a cane, a woman in a headscarf, and a man in a suit jacket and tie.

  2. Bangladesh's Litton Das and Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi after a Test match in 2023

  3. A woman stands in front of list of names of people killed during the 1994 Rwanda genocide

  4. Bola Tinubu in a traditional maroon hat with white embroidery and a green top. He is wearing sunglasses

  5. Vladimir Putin and leaders from African nations stand for a photo opportunity.

  6. A woman wearing a red wrap skirt and a black shoulder bag walks away from a pick-up truck carrying M23 rebels in camouflage uniforms. She balances a grey basket of mangoes on her head.

  7. Abiy Ahmed, in a black suit and red tie standing on tarmac in front of a fighter jet

  8. Neema Munuo attending a grave with a simple cross and the words 'Died 29 10 2025' written on it. There are flowers and ribbons on the cross in a densely vegetated area

  9. Arno Yafunga Botay, visible from chest up wearing a light grey hoodie underneath a blue judo jacket, stands side on to the camera in front of a white wall and looks over his right shoulder into the lens with a determined expression

  10. Energy Minister Juma Homera in yellow hard hat and yellow vest holds a microphone by a big poster as he announces to a small group and a photographer the discovery of 223 billion feet of natural gas.

  11. A young woman with dark skin smiling softly in a photo. Behind her is a large blue piece of wall

  12. Marry Mubaiwa in an image from 2018

  13. Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah sits on a black leather chair. She has a red scarf around her neck, a grey top, cropped black hair, stud earrings and and a silver metal studd in her right nostril, a broad smile on her lips.

  14. Ash Dykes holds up a rowing oar sat in a red kayak in the Congo basin.

  15. Ash Dykes in his kayak using paddle while making his way down a body of water. He is wearing a black cap and a green/blue long sleeve shirt. His kayak is orange.

  16. A health worker, wearing full protective clothing and gloves, puts on a face mask

  17. Family members sit outside the General Hospital to reclaim the bodies of their relatives in Minna, Niger State, 18 September

  18. Photo shows Jamal and Kamal Abubakari in a screenshot from their TikTok account

  19. Nigerian Islamic cleric Yahaya Masussuka, wearing northern Nigeria’s babbar riga dress, a hat and glasses, smiles as he looks out of a car

  20. A man holding a machete in the forest, in the other hand he holds his phone. He has a shouting expression.

  21. A man in a white robe, white knitted hat and grey coat holds a bowl as he waits for aid alongside a young boy in a red T-shirt, who is also holding a bowl.

  22. Ballon d’Or hosts Kate Scott and Thierry Henry, both dressed in black, stand in front of a screen showing a smiling picture of Christophe Gleizes. The number of days he has spent in prison is displayed on the screen in white and red.

  23. A herd of cattle with long horns and in the background a silhouette of a man herding the animals

  24. A military helicopter painted in beige camouflage with white patches flies above an Algerian flag, which has green and white halves and a red crescent and star in the centre.