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The funeral for the Burkina Faso military officers killed in an attack on a supply convoy headed for the northern town to Djibo on September 26 is held in the coutnry's capital, Ougadougou. The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, with an official death toll of 37 people, 27 of them soldiers, has become emblematic of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region. IMAGES
The caskets of Irma Linda Garcia, who was killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary on May 24, and of her husband Joe Garcia, who died days later of a medical emergency, are brought inside the church ahead of the funeral Mass in Uvalde, Texas. IMAGES
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke of losing his son, Beau, while consoling relatives of three police officers killed in Baton Rouge. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The public is invited to a service for slain officer Michael Smith who was killed at the hands of the Dallas gunman, and another funeral is held for Philando Castile who was killed by police in Minnesota last week -- two incidents that have reignited fierce debate on race and policing tactics. Gavino Garay reports.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush says the country is "grief-stricken and heartbroken" over the deaths of five police officers gunned down in the Dallas sniper attack. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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