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Intra-African trade: Zambia’s border posts – in pictures
As African governments seek to build a free trade area from Cape Town to Cairo, efforts are afoot to make it easier to trade across borders, particularly for small businesses.
Pictured: 1)Small traders await clearance. Despite simpler procedures, these traders still complain about the length of time it takes to get through the border post, 2)The old bridge at the Chirundu border crossing on the Zambezi, between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Only one lane, it is now used by small traders and passenger traffic.Photograph: Mark Tran/Guardian
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Seoul, South Korea: Shaven-headed trainee monks wearing 3-D glasses watch a movie at SK Telecom T.um museum
Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
24 Hours in Pictures 24 May 2012
(Source: Guardian)
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In pictures: Ghana’s flying women
Images of the school where Ghana’s women learn to fly.
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An elderly woman from South Kordofan is photographed shortly after arriving at a refugee registration centre in the Yida refugee camp in Unity State, South Sudan. In recent weeks, aid agencies have reported a steep influx of new arrivals, at times exceeding 700 per day. More than 30,000 refugees currently reside in Yida having fled the war between the Republic of Sudan and rebel forces in South Kordofan.
Photograph: Pete Muller/AP
(Source: Guardian)
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Gisenyi, Rwanda: A Congolese refugee boy inside his tent provided by the UN at the Nkamira transit camp. Over 7,000 Congolese refugees fleeing the fighting have crossed the border and arrived at the camp.
Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA
(Source: Guardian)
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A Fatah militant stands with his weapon behind the Palestinian national flag during a demonstration on Nakba (Catastrophe) Day in the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp near Sidon, Lebanon. Palestinians commemorate May 15 as the day when thousands of people fled or were expelled from their lands during a war that followed Israel’s declaration of independence.By Mahmoud Zayat, AFP/Getty Images
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Drought crisis in Mauritania – in pictures
Aid agencies say they are facing a major funding shortage to deal with a food crisis in the Sahel, where up to 6 million people are estimated to be in need of emergency assistance. In Mauritania, Oxfam wants to reach at least 70,000 people with food and clean water. However, with a funding gap of more than $1.3m, the NGO will only be able to reach half this number
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In pictures: The many images of Africa's daily life
Africa is one of the most diverse places on earth however perceptions of daily life on the continent are often skewed around issues such as famine, poverty and conflict. These photographs have been chosen by Kenyan artist Jepchumba, who runs the website African Digital Artist, to coincide with the BBC Africa Debate on the continent’s global image. She also wrote the text.
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Easter week around the world – in pictures
From Jerusalem to Damascus and from Spain to Haiti, Christian communities around the world have been celebrating Easter week
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24 hours In Pictures 12 March 2012
Begrawiya, Sudan: A boy plays near the site of 44 Nubian pyramids in the ruins of the ancient city of Meroe
Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
(Source: Guardian)
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Women protesting around the world – in pictures
A longer view: from Senegal to Syria, women have put themselves at the front of different protest movements all over the world during the past week
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24 hours in Pictures, 19 February 2012
Barranquilla, Colombia: A fire-breather performs during carnival celebrations
Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP
(Source: Guardian)
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24 Hours in Pictures, 17 February 2012
San Juan Atitán, Guatemala: a man speaks with a girl who will be weighed and measured at a health centre. Guatemala’s president, Otto Pérez Molina, has launched a nationwide campaign against malnutrition, called Zero Hunger
Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
(Source: Guardian)
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Republic Day of India: colour, parades and celebration - in pictures
India celebrated its 63rd Republic Day with military parades and cultural events across the country, marking the adoption of the constitution of India and the transition from a British dominion into a republic.
