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"We believe that it is very important and deserving that the world recognises that South America has contributed and continues to contribute to world football," says CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez in an event at Montevideo's Estadio Centenario as Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile launch a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, 100 years on from the first tournament which was played in Uruguay. SOUNDBITE
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a family photo with leaders of countries attending the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, in Northern Brazil. The eight countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing to stop the world's biggest rainforest from reaching "a point of no return." IMAGES
South Americans leaders participating to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization pose for a family picture on the opening day of the summit. IMAGES
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his fellow South American leaders hold a summit at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia aimed at strengthening ties in a region where left-wing governments are newly back in style. IMAGES
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of national disaster in an attempt to tackle the severe electricity crisis that stalling daily life and the economy of the continent’s largest industrial power. IMAGES