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![Young women sit on a flower-decorated swing at Lido Beach in Mogadishu, enjoying time. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0148-1779886572.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Young women relax on a flower-decorated swing at Lido Beach in Mogadishu, enjoying the Eid holiday atmosphere. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![The Ali Jimale Mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia – the country’s largest mosque – stands empty before worshippers arrive. Opened in 2022, the Turkish-inspired landmark was funded by businessman Ahmed-Nur Ali Jimale. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9271-1779886594.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
The Ali Jimale Mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia – the country’s largest mosque – opened in 2022 and is a Turkish-inspired landmark funded by businessman Ahmed-Nur Ali Jimale. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Abdirahman and Bilal travelled across the city with their parents to attend Eid prayers. The ghutra and thobe — garments associated with the Gulf and wider Middle East — are a popular part of Eid sartorial tradition for men in Somalia. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9297-1779886600.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Abdirahman and Bilal travel across the city with their parents to attend Eid prayers. The ghutra and thobe — garments associated with the Gulf and wider Middle East — are a popular part of Eid sartorial tradition for men in Somalia. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Turkish-style mosque architecture has become increasingly popular in Somalia, reflected in grand modern designs like the Ali Jimale Mosque in Mogadishu. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9401-1779886612.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Turkish-style mosque architecture has become increasingly popular in Somalia, reflected in grand modern designs like the Ali Jimale Mosque in Mogadishu. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Fahad and Shahul moved to Somalia from southern India and have lived in Mogadishu for more than a year. Ali Jimale Mosque is one of their favourite places of worship in the city, known for its scale and distinctive architecture. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9339-1779886606.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Fahad and Shahul, who moved to Somalia from southern India, have lived in Mogadishu for more than a year. Ali Jimale Mosque is one of their favourite places of worship in the city, known for its scale and distinctive architecture. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Worshippers perform rukuu (bow) during Eid salah at Ali Jimale Mosque in Mogadishu. The communal prayer is the spiritual centrepiece of Eid celebrations, bringing together the congregants in a shared act of worship. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9437-1779886619.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Worshippers perform rukuu (bowing) during the Eid salah at Ali Jimale Mosque in Mogadishu. The communal prayer is the spiritual centrepiece of Eid celebrations, bringing congregants together in a shared act of worship. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Maka Al Mukarama Road forms Mogadishu’s central business district, with the KM4 roundabout, the main junction in the city, hosts a statue of 16th-century Somali commander Ahmed Gurey. The area is a busy hub where families shop, socialise, and move between the capital’s key districts. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9655-1779887093.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Maka Al Mukarama Road forms Mogadishu’s central business district, with the KM4 roundabout – the city’s main junction – hosting a statue of 16th-century Somali commander Ahmed Gurey. The area is a busy hub where families shop, socialise and move between the capital’s key districts. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Escape Skate in central Mogadishu has become a popular gathering place for young people, reflecting the city’s growing recreational scene and the rise of new leisure spaces in the capital. It has become a key venue for youth leisure and social life in Mogadishu. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0001-1779886560.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Escape Skate in central Mogadishu has become a popular gathering place for young people, reflecting the city’s growing recreational scene and the rise of new leisure spaces in the capital. It is now a key venue for youth leisure and social life in Mogadishu. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![A large crowd gathers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Daljirka Dahsoon) in Mogadishu, a memorial honouring Somalis who have died in service of the country. The people participate in traditional Somali dances together. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0175-1779886588.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
A large crowd gathers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Daljirka Dahsoon) in Mogadishu, a memorial honouring Somalis who have died in service of the country, where people join together in traditional Somali dances. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Lido Beach is Mogadishu’s most popular seaside destination and a long-standing centre of the city’s social life. Generations have gathered here in the evenings and on weekends to swim, eat at cafés along the shoreline, and take boat trips out into the ocean. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0159-1779886581.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Lido Beach is Mogadishu’s most popular seaside destination and a longtime hub of the city’s social life, where generations have gathered in the evenings and at weekends to swim, eat at cafes along the shoreline and take boat trips into the ocean. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
![Young men play in the sea at Lido Beach in Mogadishu. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0109-1779886565.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Young men play in the sea at Lido Beach in Mogadishu as they celebrate Eid al-Adha. [Faisal Ali/Al Jazeera]
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Muslim worshippers gather for Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City [Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]
Muslim pilgrims leave after casting pebbles at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual Hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Muslim worshippers pray during Eid al-Adha at the war-damaged Al-Sayyid Abdul Rahman al-Mahdi mosque in Khartoum, Sudan. [Marwan Ali/AP Photo]
Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers outside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Moscow, Russia. [Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo]
Muslims attend Eid al-Adha prayers in an open field in Minna, Nigeria. [Sunday Alamba/AP Photo]
Palestinians offer Eid al-Adha prayers beside the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
A woman has her hands painted with traditional henna as she attends Eid al-Adha prayers at the historic Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. [KM Chaudary/AP Photo]
Muslim women perform morning prayers marking the Eid al-Adha holiday on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia. [Dita Alangkara/AP Photo]
A girl holds a balloon as she celebrates Eid al-Adha with her family after prayers outside the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon. [Hassan Ammar/AP Photo]
A boy watches over goats at Kiamaiko Market before Eid al-Adha in Nairobi, Kenya. [Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo]
Iraqi Shia Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq. [Anmar Khalil/AP Photo]
A Yemeni boy dressed in traditional clothes stands near a crowd of women waiting to perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Freedom Square in Taiz, Yemen. [Abdulnasser Alseddik/AP Photo]
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Muslim pilgrims pray on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy, during the pinnacle of the Hajj pilgrimage [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
Nearly two million Muslims gather on the vast plain of Arafat, standing in prayer under the blazing sun during the high point of the Hajj. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
Shoulder to shoulder, worshippers from more than 150 countries raise their hands in supplication, seeking God’s mercy on the most important day of Hajj. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
A Muslim pilgrim reads a copy of Islam's holy book Quran atop of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Pilgrims in simple white garments pack the slopes of the 70-metre (230-foot) hill at Arafat, retracing the steps of the Prophet Muhammad more than 1,400 years on. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
A Muslim pilgrim sits while covering the head with a book and praying on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
Men wrapped in two unstitched pieces of cloth and women in loose-fitting dresses stand in silence at Arafat, symbolising unity beyond race, wealth or nationality. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
Arafat, often described as a preview of the Day of Judgment, becomes a sea of white as pilgrims chant, weep and repent beneath the desert sky. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
After a night of reflection in the tent city of Mina, pilgrims arrive early at Arafat to spend the afternoon in wuquf — standing in prayer from midday until sunset. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
At sunset, the vast congregation begins its slow departure from Arafat, heading back towards Mina to continue the Hajj with the stoning of the devil ritual. [Zain Jaafar/AFP]
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Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Muslim pilgrims say afternoon prayers on a street outside the Grand Mosque. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Muslim pilgrims arrive at the Grand Mosque. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
A Muslim pilgrim reacts as a volunteer sprays water to help her cool off. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Muslim pilgrims prostrate as they offer evening prayers around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the holy city of Mecca. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
A Muslim pilgrim prays in front of the Kaaba. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
A group of Muslim pilgrims discuss the rituals of circumambulating the Kaaba. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Muslim pilgrims touch the walls of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
A volunteer distributes water and snacks to Muslim pilgrims. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
A military helicopter patrols during the annual Hajj pilgrimage at the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Muslim pilgrims stand in prayer at Mount of Mercy, ask for forgiveness and remember loved ones back home. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]
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Security personnel inspect damaged derailed carriages after an explosion targeted a train in Quetta, Pakistan. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
Army officials examine a crater at the site of the bombing in Quetta. [Arshad Butt/AP Photo]
The attack damaged nearby buildings and vehicles. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
A crane lifts a damaged train carriage to clear the wreckage after the explosion. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
Security personnel and residents rescue injured passengers from the derailed carriages. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
People help an injured man at a hospital in Quetta. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
Volunteers transport the body of a victim at a hospital in Quetta. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
A man comforts a relative of a victim at a hospital in Quetta. [Banaras Khan/AFP]
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A man wearing traditional dress marches with a Serbian flag as antigovernment protesters throw flares at riot police in Belgrade. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
An antigovernment protester taunts riot police in Belgrade during a rally led by students who are pushing for political change in Serbia. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Riot police advance to disperse antigovernment protesters. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
Clashes were first reported near a camp of Vucic loyalists in a park outside the Serbian presidency building. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Plainclothes police detain an antigovernment protester in Belgrade. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
The Serbian president has come under international scrutiny for his hardline tactics against demonstrators over the past year. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
Large crowds of demonstrators pour into central Belgrade. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
The rally in Belgrade was the latest in more than a year of antigovernment demonstrations that began after the collapse of a railway station canopy killed 16 people in Novi Sad on November 1, 2024. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
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Flames and smoke rise from an Ebola treatment centre in Rwampara, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP Photo]
DRC health authorities report 148 suspected deaths and nearly 600 suspected Ebola cases, with one death in neighbouring Uganda, according to the United Nations. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
A Congolese police officer guards the Ebola treatment centre after the facility was burned down in Rwampara. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
The head of the WHO says the current Ebola outbreak is almost certainly much larger than reported and is spreading rapidly. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Medical staff prepare to disinfect an Ebola treatment centre after a fire at the facility in Rwampara. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Police fire warning shots and tear gas as protesters dispute the burial of a suspected Ebola victim, a local footballer, and set fire to tents used for Ebola patients. [Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP Photo]
The incident highlights the struggle Congolese authorities face in enforcing safe burials for people with confirmed and suspected cases, a measure seen as crucial to containing the outbreak. [Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP Photo]
The tents were completely destroyed in the fire, along with a body that was due to be buried that day. Six patients who had been receiving treatment there have been transferred to the hospital, where they are now being cared for. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Mistrust and disinformation hampered the response to previous Ebola outbreaks in DRC. During the 2018–2020 outbreak in North Kivu province – the second-deadliest on record, with nearly 2,300 deaths – hundreds of health centres were attacked by armed groups and angry civilians. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
The latest outbreak in the DRC is the 17th to hit the vast central African country of more than 100 million people. [Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP Photo]
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Kenyan security forces arrest a person during a protest against the increase in fuel prices in Nairobi [Lucas Mukasa/Anadolu]
A riot police officer fires at protesters during a strike by public transport operators driven by rising fuel costs, in Githurai area of Nairobi. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
The strike was launched on Monday by transport operators in response to the latest sharp fuel price hike. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
Kenyan police use tear gas to disperse protesters during the second day of protests in Githurai, Nairobi. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Kenyan police detain protesters in Githurai. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Rights groups condemned the use of lethal force by security forces. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Police said on Tuesday that more than 700 people had been arrested in connection with the violent protests. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A motorcycle taxi rides through coloured tear gas as riot police disperse protesters. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
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Artisanal miners in La Paz, Bolivia march during a protest demanding access to expanded mining areas [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
An antigovernment protester holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Resignation of the president" in La Paz, Bolivia. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Bicycles belonging to Aymara Indigenous people block a highway to protest government policies and demand the resignation of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz in El Alto, Bolivia. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Artisanal miners clash with police in La Paz, demanding access to expanded mining areas. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Police officers detain a demonstrator during an antigovernment protest in La Paz. [Freddy Barragan/AP Photo]
People ride around barricades set up by protesters on the highway connecting La Paz with Oruro near El Alto. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Antigovernment protesters standing in a field are silhouetted against clouds of tear gas launched by police, near El Alto. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
A miner launches a firecracker at police during an antigovernment protest in La Paz. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
A protester faces the police during an antigovernment protest in La Paz, Bolivia. [Freddy Barragan/AP Photo]
Demonstrators run across a street during an antigovernment protest in La Paz. [Freddy Barragan/AP Photo]
A car sits burned after an antigovernment protest in La Paz. [Freddy Barragan/AP Photo]
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Somaliland military officers parade during 'Independence Day' celebrations in Hargeisa on May 18, 2026. [Reuters]
VIPs at Somaliland's 35th self-declared independence celebrations in the capital Hargeisa. They included Britain's former defence minister, Gavin Williamson, Emirati representative Abdullah al-Naqb, Taiwan's ambassador Allen Lou, Kenyan representative Abdiweli Muhammed Hussein and Ethiopian representative Teshome Shunde Hamito. [Kang-Chun Cheng/AFP]
Somaliland's 35th self-declared independence celebrations in Hargeisa mark its 1991 breakaway from Somalia, amid renewed focus on its push for global recognition after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the territory as an independent and sovereign state in East Africa. [Reuters]
Somaliland armoured vehicles joined a parade during self-declared Independence Day celebrations in Hargeisa. [Reuters]
Chairman of the Waddani Party Xirsi Hersi Ali Hassan, Chairman of the KAAH Party Mohamoud Hashi Abdi, and Chairman of Somaliland's House of Representatives Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir attend Somaliland's 35th self-declared independence celebrations near the presidential palace. [Kang-Chun Cheng/AFP]
Armoured vehicles roll through the streets of Hargeisa during national day celebrations. [Reuters]
Somaliland police officers parade through Hargeisa. [Reuters]
Somalilanders gather near the presidential palace. [Kang-Chun Cheng/AFP]
A Somaliland military armoured vehicle rolls through Hargeisa. [Reuters]
Somaliland marine forces march in formation. [Reuters]
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