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Parachutes containing humanitarian aid fall from the sky after an airdrop in Rafah. On Saturday, the United States carried out its first operation to drop humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, which the UN says is under threat of famine as the war between Israel and Hamas continues. IMAGES
The United Nations begins withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo by handing over a first UN base to the national police. During an official ceremony at the Kamanyola base, close to the Rwandan and Burundian borders, the flags of the United Nations and Pakistan, the countries of origin of the peacekeepers in charge, were replaced by those of the DRC. IMAGES
Civilians, among them British nationals and Afghan civilians eligible under the UK's Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) are evacuated by the British Army in Kabul. IMAGES
About 70 Italian diplomats and Afghans reach Rome after being evacuated from Kabul following the fall of the capital to the Taliban. The KC-767 military transport plane touched down at Rome's Fiumicino international airport at about 1230 GMT carrying some 50 diplomats and 20 Afghans who had worked with Italian forces in Afghanistan, says the foreign ministry. IMAGES
UK troops arrive in Kabul to aid British nationals and diplomats still in the country as the Taliban closes in on the Afghan capital. Taliban officials have said that their militants have entered multiple districts in Kabul, while others have taken over the presidential palace. IMAGES
Afghan soldiers stand guard beside burnt-out cars and damaged buildings in the aftermath of Tuesday's gun and bomb attack in the capital Kabul. At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded in the attack that targeted the country's defence minister and some lawmakers, according to security officials. IMAGES
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