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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
Smoke billows over south Khartoum after more than a month of deadly fighting between forces loyal to two rival generals. Since April 15, hundreds have died and more than one million have been displaced amid the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. IMAGES
Smoke billows from buildings in southern Khartoum as fighting continues. More than 750 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since fighting erupted on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces IMAGES
A plane carrying 28 South Korean nationals fleeing the fighting in Sudan, including diplomats and their families, arrives in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Monday, according to a Saudi official involved in organising the operation. IMAGES
Pope Francis boards the papal plane as he wraps up his visit to South Sudan, with peace and reconciliation the theme of his three-day trip to the world's newest nation. Francis is on the first papal visit to the largely Christian country since it achieved independence from mainly Muslim Sudan in 2011 and plunged into a civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people. IMAGES