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BACKING: A supporter of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf, headed by cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, gets the party name painted on his head during a protest rally in Islamabad. (B K Bangash, AP)

BACKING: A supporter of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf, headed by cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, gets the party name painted on his head during a protest rally in Islamabad. (B K Bangash, AP)
MOURNING: Furaha Kishukumu mourns the death of her son, who was killed by a bomb, shattering her house during fighting in Karisimbi, south of Goma, DRC. (Junior D Kannah, AFP)
LIFT OFF: Thousands of Filipino youth release paper lanterns to celebrate "World Peace Through Meditation" in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record in Iloilo city in central Philippines. (Wanlop Kiettijanon, AP)
SALVAGED: A woman holds a picture of her mother she found in the rubble of her tornado-devastated home in Moore, Oklahoma. (Jewel Samad, AFP)
SHHH: Afghan police take cover during a gun battle following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Ahmad Jamshid, AP)
PEEKABOO: Young Indian Buddhist monks walk in a procession on the eve of Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India. (Bikas Das, AP)
REMEMBERING: Vuyo Mbuli gives his trademark "Sharp Sharp" thumbs up on the cover of his funeral programme. (@njanjichauke, via Twitter)
MOURNING: Vuyo Mbuli’s son, Sithenkosi, and his wife, Savati, are seen at his funeral at the West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg. (Njanji Chauke, via Twitter). See all the pictures here.
NO TO TOLLS: A group of protesters gather outside Cosatu headquarters in Johannesburg to protest against e-tolls. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)
PROTEST: An opposition protester adds a tire to a burning road block, as demonstrators engaged in running street battles with security forces, in Lome, Togo. (Erick Kaglan, AP)
EMERGENCY LANDING: A British Airways Airbus is seen at Heathrow Airport in London after making an emergency landing when one of its engines reportedly caught fire. (David Gallagher, Twitter)
DEVOUT: Sri Lankan Buddhists pray at the Kelaniya Temple during the Wesak Festival in the Colombo suburb of Kelaniya. (Ishara S Kodikara, AFP)

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