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Crowd of faithful is gathered to attend Pope Francis' ecumenical prayer in Juba, South Sudan, where the Pope is making an official visit, accompanied by the heads of the Churches of England and Scotland, representatives of the country's two other Christian denominations. From 2013 to 2018, South Sudan, which has a population of 12 million, 60% of whom are Christians, was in the grip of a bloody civil war that left 380,000 people dead. IMAGES
South Sudan's government and rebel groups have signed a landmark peace deal aimed at ending decades of war in which hundreds of thousands have died. Cheers rang out as one by one, representatives from the transitional government and rebel groups signed the deal, a year after the peace talks began, at a ceremony in the South Sudanese capital Juba. IMAGES
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G7 foreign ministers attend their first meeting in Tokyo that is expected to be dominated by the Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
Leaders of the BRICS countries arrive for the opening plenary session of the summit. IMAGES
Smoke billows over south Khartoum on the last day of a frequently breached ceasefire, as calls for civilians to arm themselves stoked fears the six-week war will intensify. IMAGES