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Screengrab of a video filmed in the southern part of Luanda on June 1.

Video shows Angolan policeman executing a man in the street

The Taliban in Afghanistan have published a short video showing five people they had arrested for allegedly being adulterers.

Why the Taliban is letting 'adulterers' go free

Photos and screengrabs of a video, taken between May 27 and 31, in Parácuaro, in Mexico's Michoacán state.

Mexican drug cartels: 'We were trapped for five days in their crossfire'

A member of one of the so-called vigilance committees in Gambaru, Nigeria, poses next to a Cameroonian soldier from the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR). (All photos in this article were provided by our Observer. Photos were blurred by FRANCE 24.)

Nigeria: Boko Haram targets and kills members of citizen patrol

Screengrab of the parody website Eleguns, which pretends to let customers choose a shooter to fire celebratory gunshots on their wedding day.

Lebanon NGO's mock campaign to end 'gunshot' weddings

These screengrabs were taken from a video showing children being mistreated in a centre for autistic children in Ariana, a town north of Tunis. (Video posted on February 18, 2018 by the Tunisian website Essada.)

Video showing abuse of autistic children horrifies Tunisia

Screengrabs of the video (below), which was filmed on December 18, in Buenos Aires, the Argentinian capital.

Video: Police on motorbike run over protester in Buenos Aires

Images of Cadereyta Jiménez during the riots of October 9 and 10.

'Cartels vie with each other for control’ in Mexican prison

Screen grab from a video filmed by Anahi Aguilar on October 8 in Miraflores, a district of Lima.

Video of woman’s attack stirs femicide debate in Peru

Montage showing photos posted on “The Turkish Renaissance” Facebook page.

Fake images complicate work of NGOs trying to help Rohingya

The photos that the government distributed, showing actors pretending to be Rohingya and burning a house.

Burmese govt fake images to frame Rohingya for violence

Bolewa Sabourin shows off his moves during a dance workshop put on by the Panzi Foundation.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The dance programme helping Congolese survivors of sexual violence

On Monday, July 10, a protest got out of hand in the Moria Camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos and, soon, some of the tents were ablaze. Photo: United Rescue Aid.

Tension mounts in Lesbos as asylum seekers decry inhumane treatment

This Facebook post on the left is one of a series of social media posts spreading fake information after riots in West Bengal in early July.

Fake images spark flare-up of violence in West Bengal

One of the letters written to a FARC member. Across the top, it reads, "You are not alone!"

The letters of reconciliation sent to ex-FARC fighters

Two Brazilians punish a boy by tattooing his forehead

On the left, a photo of Maxwell Adam Mahama in his military uniform. On the right, a screengrab from the video of the lynching.

Outrage after army officer lynched in Ghana

Screen capture of a video taken by Edgar Flores Marca in Macha, in the Potosí region, in early May 2017.

Bolivian fight club honours Mother Earth, under police guard

A screengrab from the video circulating on Twitter.

Man used as "human shield" by Indian army in Kashmir

The burnt bodies of Soraya and her cousin. Photo posted to Facebook by local activists. (Photo blurred by France 24).

The place in Afghanistan where it’s “easy to kill women”

Protest by African students in Greater Noida to protest against the arrest of five students accused of murder. Photo: Association of African Students in India.

Africans in India targeted in racist attacks

These gory, violent videos don't show xenophobic attacks in South Africa

The screengrab was taken from footage filmed in Kananga, in Kasaï-Central province in the DR Congo on January 27. France 24 blurred the image.

Footage shows teenage girl after brutal attack by DR Congo soldiers

A photo of a burning house, allegedly a brothel, in Rosettenville, South Africa. Photo taken by @MichaelSun168.

Residents of South Africa’s suburbs burn down brothels, loot foreign-owned homes

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