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Catherine, Princess of Wales, rides in a carriage alongside her three children at the annual celebration for King Charles III's official birthday, her first public appearance since December. Kate, 42, who revealed in March she was receiving chemotherapy treatment, makes a tentative return to public life for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer, attending the Trooping the Colour military parade in London. IMAGES
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets newly-appointed Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan. Morgan, who was voted in on August 6 and is the first woman to lead Wales, replaced her short-lived predecessor Vaughan Gething who survived less than five months in office and resigned following rows over political donations and sacked ministers. Both Starmer and Morgan are members of Britain's centre-left Labour Party. IMAGES
Britain's Labour finance minister Rachel Reeves says that the country's public finances face an additional hole of £22 billion ($28 billion) inherited from the previous Conservative government. "We have inherited a projected overspend of £22 billion of spending this year that was covered up by the party opposite," says Reeves, appointed after the centre-left Labour party's landslide election victory on July 4. SOUNDBITE
The new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at Downing Street in London after Britain's head of state, King Charles III, officially appointed the Labour leader during an audience at Buckingham Palace. IMAGES
Rishi Sunak arrives at Buckingham Palace to formally offer his resignation as Britain's prime minister to King Charles III. The constitutional tradition comes after a general election that saw a landslide victory for the Labour Party, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. IMAGES
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.