Supporters stand on a roof with placards and banners as they attend a campaign rally of the Nigerian opposition leader Atiku Abubakar on Thursday in Jimeta, eastern Nigeria. Luis Tato /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Health staff prepare a cholera treatment tent in September 2018. The country's health system lacks the capacity to contain diseases like cholera. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A rare black leopard, caught on camera in Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Will Burrard-Lucas/Burrard-Lucas Photography hide caption
A police truck drives past a thick cloud of smoke as protesters burn tires in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, during a tense, three-day nationwide protest against a fuel price hike in January. Tendai Marima hide caption
A special airlift brought these flamingo chicks from a dried out dam near Kimberley to a center in Pretoria, Thursday. Themba Hadebe/AP hide caption
A Senegalese woman wears clothing and gold jewelry inspired by the fashions of the country's powerful signares -- women who lived in the 18th and 19th century. The photo is featured in the exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. Fabrice Monteiro/Mariane Ibrahim Gallery hide caption
A pastor leads people in prayer Friday at the site of a walkway collapse at the Driehoek high school in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. AP hide caption
Esther Ngumbi, who now lives in Chicago, gets a taste of the big chill. She grew up in Kenya, where 60 degrees was about as cold as it got. Alex Mutiso hide caption
Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi during an interview conducted in Jan. 2018. A portrait of his son — Sam Mtukudzi, who died in a 2010 car crash — can be seen over his shoulder. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Felix Tshisekedi holds the constitution after being sworn in Thursday as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
Access to water is increasingly entangled with conflict situations. (Above) A young girl fills a bottle at a pump station at a camp for internally displaced people in Ain Issa, Syria. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
The group Handicap International (now known as Humanity & Inclusion) has provided aid in Burundi for 26 years. (Above) Thierry, age 9, was born without his left leg and received a prosthesis from the group, which is now pulling out of the country. Evrard Niyomwungere/Humanity & Inclusion hide caption
A family member of Kelvin Tinashe Choto reacts, during his funeral in Chitungwiza, about 30 kilometres south east of the capital, Harare, Zimbabwe on Saturday. The 22-year-old was shot in the head, one of at least a dozen people killed in a violent crackdown by security after protests over high fuel prices. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP hide caption
A group of 47 migrants is transferred from a rescued inflatable boat onto a Sea Watch 3 RHIB during a rescue operation by the Dutch-flagged vessel Sea Watch 3 off Libya's coasts on Saturday. FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Members of Flambeaux â the evangelical Protestant scouting group â walk along a street in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic. Will Baxter hide caption
On Wednesday in Harare, Zimbabwe, a police officer stands guard over people who were arrested during protests against increased gas prices. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP hide caption
An undated photo provided by I-DEV International shows Jason Spindler in Nairobi, Kenya. He died in Tuesday's terrorist attack on a Nairobi hotel. AP hide caption
Kenyan security forces evacuate people after an explosion at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday. Kabir Dhanji/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday, where judges dropped the charges against him. Peter Dejong/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Opposition presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi casting his ballot in Kinshasa. Tshisekedi won the election amid concerns of vote-rigging. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
A still image taken from a video posted Monday shows a military officer who identified himself as Lt. Kelly Ondo Obiang giving a statement from a radio station in Libreville, Gabon. In it, he urged citizens to take control of the streets to support a coup. Reuters hide caption
People protest in the Sudanese city of Kordofan on Dec. 23, days after demonstrations first broke out in the country. Protesters have continued to gather for more than two weeks, calling for the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir. Sudanese Activist/AP hide caption
A Credit Suisse bank branch seen in Geneva. Three former bankers have been arrested in connection with accusations of fraud in Mozambique. Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Migrants disembark in a port in southern Spain, after being rescued by a Spanish nongovernmental organization's rescue vessel in December. Spain saw an influx of migrants last year, as total migration across the Mediterranean fell. Olmo Calvo/AP hide caption