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Slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba's only surviving remains, a single tooth, arrives in Kinshasa where it is due to be laid to rest later this week. IMAGES
The coffin of slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba returns to his home region for an emotionally charged tour and burial, more than six decades after his assassination. Lumumba earned his place in history as an anti-colonial icon when the DRC proclaimed independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960, delivering a fiery speech against settler racism. He was overthrown that September before separatists from the southern region of Katanga and Belgian mercenaries executed him and two close supporters, Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito, on January 17, 1961. IMAGES
Remains of the wrecked Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard crashed in the sea arrive to Punta Arenas. EXCLUSIVE AFPTV IMAGES
Family members and descendants of Francisco Franco leave the 'Valley of the Fallen' as Spain exhumes the embalmed body of the dictator from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation it to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made moving Franco's remains a priority since coming to power in June 2018, saying Spain should not "continue to glorify" a man who ruled with an iron fist after the bloody 1936-39 civil war won by his Nationalist forces. IMAGES
The remains of a British student, who apparently jumped from a plane in Madagascar after opening the aircraft door in mid-air, are transferred to a hospital of the capital Antananarivo. IMAGES
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