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Images of soldiers patrolling the streets of Ecuador's capital, Quito, on armored vehicles after President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels that use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Soldiers dismantle the camp set up by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia, a day after they invaded the Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. Hardline Bolsonaro supporters have been protesting outside army bases calling for a military intervention to stop Lula from taking power since his election win. IMAGES
Ivorian soldiers land in Abidjan a day after being pardoned by Mali's junta leader. The forty-six Ivorian soldiers, who were held in Mali for six months, were greeted by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. IMAGES
Soldiers patrol the area around the seat of government in Guinea Bissau after sustained gunfire, as regional bloc ECOWAS condemns what it calls 'an attempted coup'. People flee the area, while military vehicles laden with troops drive through the streets. Heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting. The West African nation has seen four military putsches since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974, most recently in 2012. IMAGES
Smoke billows from the property of the fuel tanker owner after angry Lebanese storm the site and set fire to the building following an explosion that killed at least 20 people and wounded nearly 80 others when a fuel tanker exploded in Lebanon's northern region of Akkar. IMAGES
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