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Images from the Sri Lankan town of Rambukkana on Wednesday, a day after clashes between police and demonstrators resulted in the death of a protester after being shot. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the area. The South Asian country is in the grip of its most painful economic downturn since independence in 1948, with regular blackouts and severe shortages of fuel and other goods causing widespread misery. Huge protests have called for the resignation of the government, which is preparing to negotiate an urgently needed bailout with the International Monetary Fund. IMAGES
Images of the fire that swept through the centre of the capital Conakry, after an explosion at Guinea's main fuel depot in the early hours, which killed at least eight people, and injured dozens others. IMAGES
At least 24 people have been killed and 35 injured, when a bus careened off the edge of a rural mountain road in southeastern Peru. The accident occurred before dawn, when a bus traveling between two Andean towns overturned and fell into a 200-meter-deep ravine in the region of Huancavelica. IMAGES OF OVERTURNED BUS
Images of smoke rises near Khartoum International Airport, as fighting in Sudan between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating. IMAGES
Images of smoke rises over Khartoum as fighting between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking the end of Ramadan. IMAGES
Thick black smoke covers the sky above the capital Khartoum as fighting between Sudan's regular army and paramilitaries rages on for the fifth day, resulting in the death of at least 270 civilians. IMAGES