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RC2LVEA6FDPC U.S. Army Chief of Staff Europe and Africa, Levon Cumpton, speaks after the U.S.-led "LIVEX Immediate Response 2025" military exercise, with the participation of forces from Greece, France, Bulgaria, Spain, Croatia, Slovakia, North Macedonia and Albania, near Xanthi, Greece, June 4, 2025. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

RC2DUDA8ZUDT In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris' Champs Elysee. He hasn't seen any of them since being deported from France in July. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France as a young child to treat a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. "I don't feel at home," Sacko said in Bamako, the capital of Mali, which is in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. Military coups in 2020 and 2021 led to sanctions, tanking the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TEMPLATE OUT

RC24JBA23KV3 Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, drives his motorbike on a street in Bamako, Mali, December 5, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC25JBAC9905 People work out at an outdoor fitness area at Point G in Bamako, Mali, December 5, 2024. Bamako is the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. Military coups in 2020 and 2021 led to sanctions, tanking the economy. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC24JBAM60ED Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, crosses a street in Bamako, Mali, December 5, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2L7BAL9T3Z Migrants stand behind barriers in the courtyard of a detention centre, where migrants are sent to await deportation, in Mesnil-Amelot near Paris, France, November 18, 2024. French rights group La Cimade said it tracked 341 deportation orders issued last year as a result of new legislation. The group said it supported 191 individuals last year at the Mesnil-Amelot detention centre, near Charles-de-Gaulle airport, who would have previously been protected. Of those, 35 were deported, and 24 released due to courts overturning deportation orders, it said. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2L7BAZ8HE5 Razor wire is seen in the courtyard of a detention centre, where migrants are sent to await deportation, in Mesnil-Amelot near Paris, France, November 18, 2024. French rights group La Cimade said it tracked 341 deportation orders issued last year as a result of new legislation. The group said it supported 191 individuals last year at the Mesnil-Amelot detention centre, near Charles-de-Gaulle airport, who would have previously been protected. Of those, 35 were deported, and 24 released due to courts overturning deportation orders, it said. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC28IBAFZ092 A man rows a canoe on the Niger river in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Bamako is the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. Military coups in 2020 and 2021 led to sanctions, tanking the economy. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2L7BANFTDN A police officer speaks with migrants in the corridor of a detention centre, where migrants are sent to await deportation, in Mesnil-Amelot near Paris, France, November 18, 2024. French rights group La Cimade said it tracked 341 deportation orders issued last year as a result of new legislation. The group said it supported 191 individuals last year at the Mesnil-Amelot detention centre, near Charles-de-Gaulle airport, who would have previously been protected. Of those, 35 were deported, and 24 released due to courts overturning deportation orders, it said. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2IIBAW8Q62 Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, cuts a cake as he celebrates his birthday with his extended family, months after his deportation from France, in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2AIBAPB8ZP Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, uses his phone, in Bamako, Mali December 4, 2024. Sacko's eye condition, nystagmus, causes rapid pupil movements. He saved enough with crowdfunded donations from French friends to buy a motorbike and a small kiosk to sell basic household goods. Sacko said riding the bike lifts his spirits. He has no funds yet to stock the kiosk, he said. "It is very complicated to make a living," he said, his eyes jittery. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2RHBAPAD1E Moussa Sacko, 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, stands at a window of an old fast food store that he bought to turn into a household goods store, in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Sacko's eye condition, nystagmus, causes rapid pupil movements. He saved enough with crowdfunded donations from French friends to buy a motorbike and a small kiosk to sell basic household goods. Sacko said riding the bike lifts his spirits. He has no funds yet to stock the kiosk, he said. "It is very complicated to make a living," he said, his eyes jittery. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC29IBAY3LN3 Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, stands on a street while a woman walks by in Bamako, Mali December 4, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2L7BANR8ME A migrant stands in the courtyard of a detention centre, where migrants are sent to await deportation, in Mesnil-Amelot near Paris, France, November 18, 2024. French rights group La Cimade said it tracked 341 deportation orders issued last year as a result of new legislation. The group said it supported 191 individuals last year at the Mesnil-Amelot detention centre, near Charles-de-Gaulle airport, who would have previously been protected. Of those, 35 were deported, and 24 released due to courts overturning deportation orders, it said. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2SHBA33PJJ Moussa Sacko (C), 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, stands with his cousin Sory Bombote, 25, during a walk on a street in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. "I don't feel at home," Sacko said in Bamako, the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. He says he often feels lonely: "I am on the outside, in a bubble between Europe and Africa." REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2MJBA6F4DM Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, holds his phone to look at a photo of his friends in France, in Bamako, Mali, December 6, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2MTDADWCC7 In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris' Champs Elysee. He hasn't seen any of them since being deported from France in July. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France as a young child to treat a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. "I don't feel at home," Sacko said in Bamako, the capital of Mali, which is in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. Military coups in 2020 and 2021 led to sanctions, tanking the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TEMPLATE OUT

RC29IBA4X21O Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, lays on a bed in a small room which he shares with one of his cousins, at his extended family's home in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC2THBAUUAIG Moussa Sacko, 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, looks through a window during a car ride in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2YIBATYVFX Moussa Sacko (R), 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, sits alongside other deportees during an event at the headquarters of the Malian Association of Deportees (AME) in Bamako, Mali, December 5, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2AIBABUSUE Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, sits in the yard of his extended family in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. "I don't feel at home," Sacko said in Bamako, the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. He says he often feels lonely: "I am on the outside, in a bubble between Europe and Africa." REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2RHBAES5S8 Moussa Sacko (C), 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, talks with his cousin Sory Bombote (L), 25, and a friend in his extended family's yard in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2HIBA7GTHW Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, exits a pastry shop with a cake he bought for his birthday, months after his deportation from France, in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC23JBAH9J7S Moussa Sacko (2nd-R), 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, sits with his new friends and relatives as they listen to music and drink tea in Bamako, Mali, December 5, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2THBAJHOLL Moussa Sacko, 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, walks on a street in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2SHBAX2UC1 A girl prepares to pour water from a well, in a courtyard at the home of Moussa Sacko’s relatives in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Bamako is the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. Military coups in 2020 and 2021 led to sanctions, tanking the economy. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2SHBAGGQKH Moussa Sacko (C), 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, talks while visiting relatives with his cousin Sory Bombote (2nd-R), 25, in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. "I don't feel at home," Sacko said in Bamako, the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. He says he often feels lonely: "I am on the outside, in a bubble between Europe and Africa." REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2RHBAVIZC5 Moussa Sacko, 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, leaves his extended family's yard for a walk in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC29IBAGHTZJ Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC2XIBAA51AV Ousmane Diarra (L), 60, who was deported from Angola in 1996 and is now president of the Malian Association of Deportees (AME), meets Moussa Sacko, 25, who came for a talk between deportees at the AME headquarters in Bamako, Mali, December 5, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2SHBAA0SAI Moussa Sacko (R), 24, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, walks with his cousin Sory Bombote, 25, and Sory's nephew, as he arrives to visit relatives in Bamako, Mali, December 3, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2HIBAQ6H2B Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, looks at a cake he bought for his birthday, months after his deportation from France, in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC24JBATTINA Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, drives his motorbike on a street in Bamako, Mali, December 5, 2024. Compared to Montreuil, Bamako feels like a different planet, said Sacko. The air is hot and sandy. Chickens strut outside. There are no pedestrian crossings and no drizzly mornings, he said. Sacko said days feel long, with no job to go to. He fears he won't see his ailing grandmother again. His relationship has ended. His eye condition has been untreated for months, and he has no replacement glasses, giving him migraines and blurred vision. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC29IBAPKIQQ Daoule Bombote, 58, Moussa Sacko's great aunt who raised him in Mali until the age of three before his departure to France, reacts while talking about Moussa's new life conditions in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC29IBAYPV3P Moussa Sacko, 25, a Malian deported from France, where he had lived since he was a young child, talks with his great aunt, Daoule Bombote, 58, who raised him in Mali until the age of three before his departure to France, while they sit in the yard of his extended family in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France when he was a young child to get treatment for a chronic eye condition. He spent most of his life in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. "I don't feel at home," Sacko said in Bamako, the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. He says he often feels lonely: "I am on the outside, in a bubble between Europe and Africa." REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2LJBA8CJNM Men work near the Niger River, with a Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) building in the background, in Bamako, Mali, December 6, 2024. Bamako is the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. Military coups in 2020 and 2021 led to sanctions, tanking the economy. REUTERS/Luc Gnago SEARCH "GNAGO FRANCE DEPORTATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

LYNXMPEL1C098 FILE PHOTO: A man looks out from a sea viewing commenorative building that is known locally as 'The Tunnel' that is sited near the 'Point of No Return' where slaves were shipped from the slave port at Badagry, Nigeria June 21, 2019. The 400-year anniversary of the first slave boat to arrive in America from Africa has caused a rush of interest in heritage tourism in West Africa, as descendants of slaves from America, the Caribbean and Europe visit ancient sites to delve into a dark and often hidden past. Picture taken June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

RC2ITCAZ70MN FILE PHOTO: A man looks out from a sea viewing commenorative building that is known locally as 'The Tunnel' that is sited near the 'Point of No Return' where slaves were shipped from the slave port at Badagry, Nigeria June 21, 2019. The 400-year anniversary of the first slave boat to arrive in America from Africa has caused a rush of interest in heritage tourism in West Africa, as descendants of slaves from America, the Caribbean and Europe visit ancient sites to delve into a dark and often hidden past. Picture taken June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

LYNXMPEKAJ0IP FILE PHOTO: Surgeon Rosanna Curinga walks out of Locri Hospital, in Locri, southern Italy, August 27, 2023. Abdel Karim Boutimah/ Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

LYNXMPEKAF03Q FILE PHOTO: A vendor sells a map of Africa along the streets of Bujumbura, Burundi April 24, 2015. . REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

RC2X5BAMVJ6I FILE PHOTO: A vendor sells a map of Africa along the streets of Bujumbura, Burundi April 24, 2015. . REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

RC2C4BADIIFR U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), speaks during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2C4BA8C3VG U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), speaks during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2D4BA81214 Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), flanked by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, and Polish National Security Bureau (BBN) chief Jacek Siewiera, cut the ribbon during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2D4BASS17V Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), flanked by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, and Polish National Security Bureau (BBN) chief Jacek Siewiera, cut the ribbon during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC2D4BA3YX6I Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), flanked by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, and Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, cut the ribbon during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2D4BAK0MSF Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), flanked by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, and Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, cut the ribbon during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2D4BA04FGU Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), flanked by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, and Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, cut the ribbon during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2C4BALGSUO U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), speaks during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2C4BAZRLIH U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), speaks during the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2C4BAIYWMW Polish President Andrzej Duda, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), attend the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2C4BAE30XA Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), attend the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2C4BAMSU53 Polish President Andrzej Duda, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), attend the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

RC2C4BAJ4M79 Polish President Andrzej Duda, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, and U.S. Navy Admiral Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), attend the inauguration of the American ballistic missile defence base to be integrated into the "Aegis Ashore" missile defense system, in Redzikowo, Poland, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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UP1EK9M1BGG7R Golf - European Tour - BMW PGA Championship - Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Britain - September 22, 2024 South Africa's Thriston Lawrence in action during the final round Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

UP1EK9K0STLUX Golf - European Tour - BMW PGA Championship - Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Britain - September 20, 2024 South Africa's Thriston Lawrence in action during the second round Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

UP1EK9K0SSZUW Golf - European Tour - BMW PGA Championship - Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Britain - September 20, 2024 South Africa's Thriston Lawrence in action during the second round Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

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RC2GY8AWKBAQ A Correos worker leaves a house, under the strongest hours of sun, during a heatwave in Ecija, popularly known as "La sarten de Andalucia" (The frying pan of Andalusia), due to its high temperatures in summer, Spain, July 19, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2EY8AP7XRB A general view of Ecija, popularly known as "La sarten de Andalucia" (The frying pan of Andalusia), due to its high temperatures in summer, during a heatwave, in Spain, July 19, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2GY8AT3R65 A thermometer marks 43 degrees Celsius during a heatwave in Ecija, popularly known as "La sarten de Andalucia" (The frying pan of Andalusia), due to its high temperatures in summer, Spain, July 19, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2GY8AGD9TT A woman leaves her house with her bicycle, under the strongest hours of sun, during a heatwave in Ecija, popularly known as "La sarten de Andalucia" (The frying pan of Andalusia), due to its high temperatures in summer, Spain, July 19, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2VX8A4QR3U A woman shows a plastic glass with cold gazpacho and a bag with food on a street, as Red Cross volunteers distribute food and cold drinks during a distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2WX8A2IBRN A plastic bag with food and a plastic glass with cold gazpacho are kept on a wall on a street, after Red Cross volunteers gave it to a homeless man, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2WX8A886SS Red Cross volunteer Elena Porcel, 31, talks with a homeless man, after she gave him food and cold milk on a street, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2WX8A6XTW5 Red Cross volunteer Elena Porcel, 31, talks with a group of persons on a street, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2WX8AOJZ3E People in need sit in the square as they drink cold drinks after Red Cross volunteers gave it them, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2WX8ARGBTO Red Cross volunteers Emilia Leon, 57, and her daughter Elena Porcel, 31, talk with Ruben, 32, a homeless man, after they gave him food and cold gazpacho on a street, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2VX8AX0UBY Red Cross volunteers Emilia Leon, 57, her daughter Elena Porcel, 31, and Angeles Urbano, 31, talk with a group of persons on a street, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2XX8A6Z26B A homeless man lays on a mattress on a street, after Red Cross volunteers gives him cold water and food, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2WX8AK0D3H Red Cross volunteer Elena Porcel, 31, talks with a group of persons on a street, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2VX8ANXBY8 Red Cross volunteer Emilia Leon, 57, gives cold gazpacho and a bag with food to a man on a street, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2WX8AAL772 Red Cross volunteers Emilia Leon, 57, and her daughter Elena Porcel, 31, talk with a group of persons on a street, during a food and cold drink distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather, in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2XX8APSINY Red Cross volunteers Emilia Leon, 57, and Angeles Urbano, 31, talk with a homeless man on a street, as they give him food and cold drink, during a distribution campaign for people in need and homeless, to beat the heat on a hot summer night, during hot weather in Cordoba, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2RX8ADWVWF A delivery worker and waitresses work while people enjoy on the Bil Bil beach during hot weather in Benalmadena, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2RX8AWC9D1 People walk on the Bil Bil beach during hot weather in Benalmadena, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2RX8AIPYDR A person walks on the Bil Bil beach during hot weather in Benalmadena, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2RX8ARF0IJ A woman sunbathes on the Bil Bil beach during hot weather in Benalmadena, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2RX8AU9L1Q People enjoy on the Bil Bil beach during the hot weather in Benalmadena, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from North Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC2NX8AHQFJK A worker waters the side of a house during a demolition, in hot weather, in the town of Guernica, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from north Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Vincent West

RC2NX8ANOR94 Workers fill a hole during hot weather in the town of Guernica, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from north Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Vincent West

RC2NX8ALDNC5 A worker controls traffic during the demolition of a house, amidst hot weather in the town of Guernica, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from north Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Vincent West

RC2NX8A9MSVB People walk past a house undergoing demolition, during hot weather in the town of Guernica, Spain, July 18, 2024. Spain's weather agency AEMET forecasts the beginning of a heatwave in Spain as warm air from north Africa sweeps through the country, bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula. REUTERS/Vincent West

RC27X8AEW0UB Neighbours chat outside a house to beat the heat on a hot summer night, before the start of Spain's first heat wave of the year, as warm air from North Africa sweeps across the country bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula, according to Spanish weather agency AEMET, in Ronda, Spain, July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RC27X8ANM9SI Neighbours chat outside a house to beat the heat on a hot summer night, before the start of Spain's first heat wave of the year, as warm air from North Africa sweeps across the country bringing dust and haze to parts of the Spanish peninsula, according to Spanish weather agency AEMET, in Ronda, Spain, July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

UP1EK740TCP5D Golf - DP World Tour - BMW International Open - Munich Eichenried Golf Club, Munich, Germany - July 4, 2024 South Africa's Brandon Stone in action during the first round REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

UP1EK740T5Q58 Golf - DP World Tour - BMW International Open - Munich Eichenried Golf Club, Munich, Germany - July 4, 2024 South Africa's Brandon Stone during the first round REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

UP1EK740QR841 Golf - DP World Tour - BMW International Open - Munich Eichenried Golf Club, Munich, Germany - July 4, 2024 South Africa's Casey Jarvis in action during the first round REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

RC2KD7AW77H6 Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat. "I thought I would be next, that one morning, I too would be dead and in the sea," said Birane Mbaye (pictured), one of 101 men and boys who set off from a fishing village on a wild stretch of Senegal's coastline last July hoping to reach Europe. They never made it. Back home in Fass Boye, a huddle of low-rise concrete buildings hemmed in by a patchwork of fields and the ocean, Mbaye recalled the five-week ordeal and explained why he would risk his life again for a chance to better provide for his young family. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TEMPLATE OUT

RC22P6A8NHKJ Fisherman Birane Mbaye, one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, shows an X-ray from his hospitalization after being rescued at sea, as he sits in his room in Fass Boye, Senegal, March 19, 2024. Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat. "I thought I would be next, that one morning, I too would be dead and in the sea," said Mbaye, one of 101 men and boys who set off from a fishing village on a wild stretch of Senegal's coastline last July hoping to reach Europe. They never made it. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC26P6AI8ZGP Fisherman Birane Mbaye (R), one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, shops at a grocery store in Fass Boye, Senegal, March 19, 2024. Entrenched poverty and tales of fortunes earned abroad drove Mbaye to squeeze onto the boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands, some 1,400 km (870 miles) from his village. Record numbers attempted the perilous Atlantic crossing last year after other routes to Europe across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea became more heavily policed. Over 39,900 people reached the Canary Islands from West Africa, an all-time high, according to Spain's interior ministry. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC23D7A0X44V Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat. "I thought I would be next, that one morning, I too would be dead and in the sea," said Birane Mbaye (pictured), one of 101 men and boys who set off from a fishing village on a wild stretch of Senegal's coastline last July, hoping to reach Europe. They never made it. Back home in Fass Boye, a huddle of low-rise concrete buildings hemmed in by a patchwork of fields and the ocean, Mbaye recalled the five-week ordeal and explained why he would risk his life again for a chance to better provide for his young family. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TEMPLATE OUT

RC2LP6ACR2OR Fisherman Birane Mbaye (C), one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, talks to his relatives during his daily morning walk, in Fass Boye, Senegal, March 20, 2024. Entrenched poverty and tales of fortunes earned abroad drove Mbaye to squeeze onto the boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands, some 1,400 km (870 miles) from his village. Record numbers attempted the perilous Atlantic crossing last year after other routes to Europe across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea became more heavily policed. Over 39,900 people reached the Canary Islands from West Africa, an all-time high, according to Spain's interior ministry. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC26P6A1O603 Fisherman Birane Mbaye (C), one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, watches an electoral campaign caravan of Aliou Mamadou Dia, a presidential candidate in Fass Boye, Senegal, March 19, 2024. Entrenched poverty and tales of fortunes earned abroad drove Mbaye to squeeze onto the boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands, some 1,400 km (870 miles) from his village. Record numbers attempted the perilous Atlantic crossing last year after other routes to Europe across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea became more heavily policed. Over 39,900 people reached the Canary Islands from West Africa, an all-time high, according to Spain's interior ministry. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2ST5AVGGGK Fisherman Birane Mbaye (L), one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, poses for photograph with other survivors at the beach in Fass Boye, Senegal, February 1, 2024. Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat. "I thought I would be next, that one morning, I too would be dead and in the sea," said Mbaye, one of 101 men and boys who set off from a fishing village on a wild stretch of Senegal's coastline last July hoping to reach Europe. They never made it. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2NP6AW0CB2 Fisherman Birane Mbaye, one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, sits on a pirogue at the shore of Fass Boye, Senegal, March 20, 2024. Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat. "I thought I would be next, that one morning, I too would be dead and in the sea," said Mbaye, one of 101 men and boys who set off from a fishing village on a wild stretch of Senegal's coastline last July hoping to reach Europe. They never made it. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2NP6A38XEZ Fisherman Birane Mbaye, one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, walks on a large pirogue which, he says, is being restored for a possible journey to Europe, in Fass Boye, Senegal, March 20, 2024. Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat. "I thought I would be next, that one morning, I too would be dead and in the sea," said Mbaye, one of 101 men and boys who set off from a fishing village on a wild stretch of Senegal's coastline last July hoping to reach Europe. They never made it. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC2ST5AVNT15 Fisherman Birane Mbaye (R), one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, sits on a pirogue with other survivors on the beach in Fass Boye, Senegal, February 1, 2024. Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat. "I thought I would be next, that one morning, I too would be dead and in the sea," said Mbaye, one of 101 men and boys who set off from a fishing village on a wild stretch of Senegal's coastline last July hoping to reach Europe. They never made it. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA SENEGAL FISHING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.