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Long lines of civilians fleeing the fighting between government forces and Islamic State around Mosul, Iraq, huddle in tent camps, dependent upon aid for food and shelter. Diane Hodges reports.
Hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire which has spread across a mountain near Cape Town and is now threatening South Africa's biggest naval base, as well as nearby homes. IMAGES
Palestinians fleeing the north through the Salaheddine road on the southern outskirts of Gaza City, walk past Israeli army tanks, as a four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early in the morning. IMAGES
As unprecedented temperatures hit the UK, a huge grass fire breaks out in Wennington in the outskirts of London, causing people to flee their homes. IMAGES
Villagers flee their homes with their belongings a day after gunmen killed 16 people in their village of Tiortyui, some 30 kilometres away from Makurdi, in Nigeria's central Benue state. Eight people were killed in another attack in a village nearby, bringing the toll to 24, as violence caused by heavily armed criminal gangs intensifies across the region. IMAGES