Africa

A worker educates a resident ahead of the spraying exercise to help prevent the spread of malaria in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

This Sept. 27, 2026, photo obtained by The Associated Press shows Daniela Fuentes, a transgender woman from Cuba who was deported from the United States. (AP Photo)

A banner is seen during an announcement by Formula 1 in Kigali, Rwanda Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo)

Brian Gatonye, 2, a Kenyan prisoner, plays chess at Maranjau Prison in Murang'a, Kenya, on Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

A chief dances at the Akuapem State's 200th anniversary celebration of the Odwira Festival in Akropong, Ghana, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo)

A view of the village of Lohobohobo, in South Sudan, Friday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Joseph Falzetta)

Young men and boys who fled drought in South Sudan sit alongside a chief in Torit, the capital of Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Juma Peter)

In this photo taken with a smartphone, Mara Siena ranger Joshua Kijape stands beside his electric motorcycle, which he uses while patrolling the Maasai Mara, Kenya, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Allan Olingo)

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

The son of Mary Olouch, who died at 25 after a botched abortion procedure, holds a photo of her in her home in Karabok, Kenya, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)

A skier descends carving through the snow at Afriski Mountain Resort in Maluti, Lesotho, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Kayleen Morgan)

Aliyu Saheed and his wife pose for a photograph with his children that were released after being kidnapped with others from a school by al-Qaida-linked fighters in Esinele, Southwestern, Nigeria, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Pelumi Salako)