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The streets of Aleppo were filled with its colourful youths, as 'I Love Aleppo' festival kicked off with a marathon organised by the city and volunteers.
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
Dozens of military and police inspect vehicles on an avenue leading to the center of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, after the government and drug mafias declared war on each other. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels who use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Israeli military vehicles are deployed near the Gaza border. IMAGES
Vehicles lie destroyed in Kyiv as security and emergency forces work on the scene after several missile strikes were heard in the Ukrainian capital. IMAGES