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Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is greeted by UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he arrives at COP28 in Dubai. IMAGES
The UAE's COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber arrives at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, followed by Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gustavo Manrique. The closely watched summit adopted what host country Brazil called a "new and ambitious shared agenda" to save the rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change that experts warn is being pushed to the brink of collapse. IMAGES
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives at COP27 venue in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Athens for his three-day visit where he will meet Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis before heading to a BRICS summit in Brazil. Xi's visit comes on the heels of a four-day trip to Shanghai by new conservative PM Mitsotakis. IMAGES
Russian president Vladimir Putin arrives to meet with other leaders from France, Germany and Turkey for a summit to try to find a lasting political solution to the Syrian civil war and salvage a fragile ceasefire in a rebel-held northern province. IMAGES of Putin's arrival in Istanbul
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.