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Images of the Bedford hospital where UK lockdown hero 'Captain Tom' died from Covid-19. IMAGES
The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore, his daughter Hannah, grandson Benji, granddaughter Georgia and son in law Colin Ingram participate in a doorstep clap in memory of the WWII veteran. He had raised nearly £33 million for NHS charities ahead of his 100th birthday last year by walking laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson gives Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British war veteran who became a national hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic, a round of applause in recognition of his record-breaking achievements. Moore raised nearly £33 million ($45 million, 37 million euros) for UK health service charities by completing 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday last April. Moore died in hospital in Bedford, southern England, after receiving treatment for pneumonia and testing positive for coronavirus. IMAGES
The funeral for the Burkina Faso military officers killed in an attack on a supply convoy headed for the northern town to Djibo on September 26 is held in the coutnry's capital, Ougadougou. The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, with an official death toll of 37 people, 27 of them soldiers, has become emblematic of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region. IMAGES
Tribute was paid to Captain Sir Tom Moore at Picadilly Circus following the death of the 100-year-old British military veteran who won hearts with his fundraising during the pandemic. IMAGES