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Wildlife veterinaries and members of the capture team from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) try to take a sedated rhino out of the water for safety during a capture and translocation operation of rhinos in Nairobi National Park on January 16, 2024. Plans to translocate 21 rhinos to Loisaba Conservancy in Northern Kenya officially started on January 16, 2024. The animals will be moved from various congested conservancies to control population and poaching, but the operation had an unsuccessful start due to technical reasons and had to be postponed. After completion, this operation will be one of the largest translocation of rhinos in Kenya's history.
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Tanzanian driver Yasin Nasser loses control of his Ford Fiesta Mk II with Ugandan co-driver Ali Katumba as their vehicle rolls during the World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya Special Stage 7 (SS7) in Naivasha, on March 29, 2024.
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Tsavora Fencing Mtaani Club members take part in a fencing bout during a fencing mtaani -meaning fencing in the streets in Swahili- training session in the Mathare informal settlement of Nairobi, on June 9, 2024. "Project Fencing Mtaani" in Nairobi, led by Tsavora Fencing, brings the sport of fencing to youth in informal settlements, even setting up street demonstrations to make fencing accessible and familiar to local communities. Founded by former gang member Mburu Wanyoike, the initiative mentors at-risk youth, encouraging discipline and resilience through fencing, and has grown to include around 45 participants who have found new purpose and support through the sport.
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Members of a community brass band parade the streets while playing music at the Bwaise informal settlement in Kampala on January 23, 2024. Using recycled instruments, Brass for Africa empowers children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and informal settlements in Uganda to positively transform their lives using community brass bands and music as tool to drive social impact and develop life skills.
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Protesters chant anti-government slogans as some of them climb a Kenya Police water cannon truck while demonstrating during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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Protesters chant slogans as they use urban furniture as a barricade to clash with Kenya Police officers during an anti-government demonstration called following nationwide deadly protests over tax hikes and a controversial now-withdrawn tax bill in downtown Nairobi, on July 2, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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A Kenya Police Officer fires a tear gas canister during a demonstration against tax hikes as Members of the Parliament vote the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairoibi, on June 20, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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A protester kicks a tear gas canister while demonstrating during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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A protester reacts as Kenya Police officers throw water to disperse people during a demonstration against tax hikes as Members of the Parliament vote the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairoibi, on June 20, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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Protesters hold a Kenyan flag outside the Kenyan Parliament after storming the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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Protesters run to take cover outside the Kenyan Parliament after storming the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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A tear gas canister explodes as protesters try to help injured people outside the Kenya Parliament during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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Protesters carry a man wounded on his leg during an anti-government demonstration called following nationwide deadly protests over tax hikes and a controversial now-withdrawn tax bill in downtown Nairobi, on July 2, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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A protester reacts as a tear gas canister explodes on him during an anti-government demonstration called following nationwide deadly protests over tax hikes and a controversial now-withdrawn tax bill in downtown Nairobi, on July 2, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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Kenya Police officers and security personnel protect the Kenyan Parliament as protesters try to storm the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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The body of a protester lies on the floor covered on Kenyan flags next to Kenya Police officers after protesters stormed the Kenyan Parliament during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. In 2024, weeks of protests in Kenya over a new finance bill that raised taxes led to at least 60 deaths, over 400 injuries and reports of abductions. Tensions peaked on June 25 when protesters stormed Parliament, demanding the bill's rejection. Violent clashes with police resulted in injuries and fires around Parliament, with opposition lawmakers joining demonstrators in calls for government accountability and police reform.
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A girl looks on next to a damaged car buried in mud in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri, near Mai Mahiu, on April 29, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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Omari Ramadan, 36, cleans a sneaker next to his submerged motorbikes inside his shop at an inundated area in Garissa, on May 9, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A man stands next to an area were houses were destroyed by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, on April 25, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A woman wades through flood waters at an inundated residential area in Garissa, on May 9, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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This photograph taken on May 8, 2024 shows an aerial view of the damages of a main road and houses submerged in water following heavy floods in Garissa, on May 8, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A girl and a boy carry a piece of furniture after visiting their house that was destroyed by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, on April 25, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A woman who has been displaced from her home due to heavy floods stands next to an inundated area next to a camp for displaced people in Garissa, on May 8, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A man carries some belongings while walking on muddy waters in an area heavily affected by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, on April 25, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A boy walks between destroyed trees and damaged land in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in Mai Mahiu, on April 29, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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Women who have been displaced from their homes due to heavy floods gather at a camp for displaced people in Garissa, on May 8, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A girls looks on while standing on an area where houses were destroyed by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, on April 25, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A truck is seen submerged in flood waters following the destruction of a main road due to heavy flash floods at an inundated area in Garissa, on May 8, 2024. Intense floods in East Africa in 2024 displaced thousands, destroyed infrastructure, and left communities struggling to access essential resources. Kenya faced one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall linked to a changing climate. More than 300 people were killed and more than 55,000 households displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroyed roads and inundated dams.
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A Sudanese woman who has fled from the war in Sudan gets off a truck loaded with Sudanese families arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 14, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Sudanese refugees and ethnic South Sudanese families who have fled from the war in Sudan gather after crossing the border while waiting to be registered by the authorities at the Joda Border Crossing Point, near Renk, on February 14, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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A Sudanese girl who have fled from the war in Sudan with her family stands after crossing the border while waiting to be registered by the authorities at the Joda Border Crossing Point, near Renk, on February 14, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Children who have fled from the war in Sudan watch the interior of a tent used as a nutrition clinic at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 15, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Sudanese men who have fled from the war in Sudan line up during a cash assistance programme at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 15, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan line up during a cash assistance programme at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 15, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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A Sudanese girl who has fled from the war in Sudan with her family reacts while getting off a truck loaded with Sudanese families arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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A health worker measures the circumference of a Sudanese child's arm with signs of malnutrition at the clinic of a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Sudanese girls who have fled from the war in Sudan gather under a shade at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 15, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees who have fled from the war in Sudan carry their belongings while arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 14, 2024. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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A South Sudanese girl stands on a boat loaded with belongings from families who have fled the war in Sudan at the shores of the White Nile River in the Port of Renk on February 14, 2024. The boats take hundreds of Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees daily to the city of Malakal in a journey that takes days. More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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