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The two Frenchmen freed by French special forces in Burkina Faso, Patrick Picque and Laurent Lassimouillas, were kidnapped on May 1 during a tourist trip to Benin. PHOTO of the two freed French hostages
French president Emmanuel Macron arrives at the presidential palace in Brasilia where he is received by his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Macron's three-day state visit to Brazil ends on a more political note, with the focus on his disagreement with his counterpart Lula over Ukraine. IMAGES
The Supreme Electoral Court gives credentials to Nayib Bukele as El Salvador's re-elected president. Bukele, 42, polls as Latin America's most popular leader, possibly the world, on the back of a war on gangs that has slashed homicide rates in the violence-weary country. IMAGES
Dozens of Israelis wave Israeli flags and cheer as they await the passage of the convoy transporting six released hostages from Gaza, near Ofakim, in southern Israel. IMAGES
A Red Cross convoy with Israeli hostages onboard leaves the Gaza Strip for Egypt via the Rafah border crossing as more hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting. The armed wing of Hamas said six Israelis had been handed over to the Red Cross in the latest release, after two women were released earlier, which the militant group said "completed" the seventh handover of hostages under the truce deal. 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.