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Mourners in Dakar pay hommage to ex-Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who who died in Senegal, where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. IMAGES
Former US President Donald Trump leaves the Trump Tower as his sexual assault defamation trial in New York is expected to resume. Writer Jean Carroll, 80, is seeking more than $10 million alleging that Trump defamed her when he mocked her sexual assault accusations by saying she "is not my type." The jury will decide only how much Trump should be forced to pay her. IMAGES
Brazilian Indigenous people from different tribes rally in the capital, Brasilia, as Brazil's Supreme Court weighs the legality of the so-called "time-frame argument," which holds that native peoples should not have the right to lands where they were not present in 1988. IMAGES
Trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) resumes, a crucial appointment for the far-right ex-president, threatened with eight years of ineligibility just six months after leaving office. IMAGES
The trial resumes in Mali of the 46 Ivorian troops whose detention has sparked a diplomatic row between both countries. They arrive for their trial in the capital Bamako ahead of a January 1 deadline set by West African leaders for Mali to release the soldiers or face sanctions. Originally 49 had been held after they arrived at Bamako airport on July 10. Three, all women, were later freed. Those remaining, were branded by Mali's junta as "mercenaries", and charged with seeking to undermine state security. IMAGES
Images of the Los Angeles courthouse where Harvey Weinstein stands trial on charges of sexual battery by restraint, forcible rape and forcible oral copulation against women in Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2010. Earlier this year Weinstein was moved to Los Angeles from New York, where he's been serving a 23-year prison sentence having been convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York City in February 2020. IMAGES