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Protests erupt in Pakistan's Karachi after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted last year. IMAGES
US National Guardsmen help clean up the streets of Buffalo, New York, after it was snowed in by a monster storm that killed dozens in the United States over the Christmas weekend. IMAGES
In the streets of Ouagadougou, the army in blocking key streets, carrying arms as well as other military weaponry. This comes after gunfire was heard in the capital overnight. IMAGES
Soldiers patrol the area around the seat of government in Guinea Bissau after sustained gunfire, as regional bloc ECOWAS condemns what it calls 'an attempted coup'. People flee the area, while military vehicles laden with troops drive through the streets. Heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting. The West African nation has seen four military putsches since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974, most recently in 2012. IMAGES
Demonstrators gathered at the entrance to Guillaume Ouédraogo military base near the Place de la Nation in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou celebrate Monday's coup. IMAGES