From happenings at the UN to the repatriation of fallen anti-apartheid fighters in Zimbabwe, here’s our weekly photo dump.
1. Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – Kenyan president William Ruto visits Haiti to evaluate the success of the Kenyan police force deployed to help fight gangs in the country.
2. Guet Ndar, Senegal – Amid a spike in migration to Europe, 30 bodies are discovered on a capsized boat off the coast of Dakar.
3. New York, United States – DRC’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, calls for sanctions against Rwanda for “destabilising his country.”
4. New York, United States – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greets South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
5. Harare, Zimbabwe – A former combatant with the Azania People’s Liberation Army carries a box with the remains of one of 16 former South African freedom fighters who were buried in Zimbabwe during the struggle against the apartheid regime. The bodies of the fallen heroes will now be repatriated back to South Africa.
6. Gedaref, Sudan – Displaced Sudanese queue for food aid at a camp as the country still suffers from the largest humanitarian crises in the world.
7. New York, United States – people protest for the release of 42 Democracy Hub members who were arrested and detained in Ghana during Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo’s UN address.
