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Menelik II’s coronation: detail from an 1890 chromolithograph after Pio Joris (1843–1921), depicting the 1889 ceremony. Library of Congress, Ethiopian Collection. Digital reproduction date unrecorded.
Coronation of Menelik II — archival chromolithograph detail
Historical record: 1890 print depicting 1889 coronation; reproduction date unrecorded.
Converted the source JPEG to WebP with original dimensions and framing preserved. Source is a detail already cropped by the Library of Congress. Original artist died in 1921; 1890 publication. Faithful reproduction of a public-domain visual artwork.
Converted the source JPEG to WebP with original dimensions and framing preserved. Source is a detail already cropped by the Library of Congress. Original artist died in 1921; 1890 publication. Faithful reproduction of a public-domain visual artwork.
Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants, Court of Benin, ca. 1540–70. Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n guild artists; The Met, 1978.412.309. Historical object; reproduction date unrecorded.
Historical record: ca. 1540–70 (object); photograph date unrecorded.
Converted the source JPEG to WebP with original dimensions and framing preserved. No crop or content edits; museum image released through its CC0 Open Access programme.
Converted the source JPEG to WebP with original dimensions and framing preserved. No crop or content edits; museum image released through its CC0 Open Access programme.
Kate Foster addresses the UN Security Council on Sudan, New York, 16 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Participants at the first EAC Children Summit on Climate Change, Parliament, Kampala, 16 October 2026
Image date: 2026-10-16.
Full frame preserved, converted to lossless WebP. Individual photographer not supplied by the publisher. Proportionally reduced from 1817 × 1185 to 1600 × 1043 pixels; no cropping or retouching.
Full frame preserved, converted to lossless WebP. Individual photographer not supplied by the publisher. Proportionally reduced from 1817 × 1185 to 1600 × 1043 pixels; no cropping or retouching.
Musalia Mudavadi addresses the National Defence College in Karen, Nairobi, 14 October 2026. Kenya Ministry of Defence / APO Group.
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Vice-President Sebastien Pillay at State House, Seychelles, during the 14 October 2026 briefing on public-service digital reform. Photo: State House Seychelles / APO Group.
Original licence and this reproduction: CC BY-SA 2.0, linked in the rights record. Full frame proportionally resized from 4852 × 3235 to 1600 × 1067 and converted to lossless WebP. No crop, retouching or generated elements.
Original licence and this reproduction: CC BY-SA 2.0, linked in the rights record. Full frame proportionally resized from 4852 × 3235 to 1600 × 1067 and converted to lossless WebP. No crop, retouching or generated elements.
Inside the Great Mosque at Kilwa Kisiwani, photographed on 16 July 2016. Janetmpurdy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Full frame preserved at original 1086 × 724 dimensions; converted to lossless WebP. No crop, retouching or generated elements. Image redistribution retains CC BY-SA 4.0.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and British High Commissioner Christian Rogg with their teams, Ghana, 9 October 2026. Ghana MFA / APO Group.
Ghana foreign minister and UK High Commissioner, 9 October 2026
Image date: 2026-10-09.
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Fuh Calistus Gentry and EITI Board Chair Maria van der Hoeven at their meeting in Brussels, 9 October 2026. MINMIDT / APO Group.
Cameroon minister and EITI Board chair, Brussels, 9 October 2026
Image date: 2026-10-09.
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Converted to lossless WebP without cropping; the full distributed image and visible watermark are preserved. Individual photographer not supplied by the publisher.
Ibrahim Njoya in his study at Foumban, 25 May 1917. Photograph by Frédéric Gadmer. Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie, AP62T121311, via Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0.
Njoya in his study, Foumban, 25 May 1917 (AP62T121311)
Historical record: 1917-05-25.
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First page of Tunisia’s 1861 constitution. Arabic manuscript; National Archives of Tunisia, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
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Denys Denya, Senior Executive Vice President of Afreximbank, addresses the launch of the Africa Credit Rating Agency in Port Louis, Mauritius, 7 October 2026.
Resized and converted to WebP; layout crops may apply. Individual photographer not supplied. Permission covers the image distributed with this release.
Resized and converted to WebP; layout crops may apply. Individual photographer not supplied. Permission covers the image distributed with this release.
A participant speaks on the opening day of the Language Diversity Conference in Accra, Ghana, 2 October 2026.
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An early 20th-century Senegalese postcard captioned 'Griot Diola' by photographer François-Edmond Fortier. Historical image; its colonial caption is an attribution by the postcard publisher, not independent confirmation of the sitter's identity.
Historical record: Early 20th century; precise capture date not supplied.
Resized and converted to WebP; layout crops may apply. The precise original capture date and sitter’s identity are not established. The publisher’s historic caption is retained as an attribution.
Resized and converted to WebP; layout crops may apply. The precise original capture date and sitter’s identity are not established. The publisher’s historic caption is retained as an attribution.
Pages 118–119 of Hendrik Witbooi's Letter Journal No. 1, dated 20 May 1891. Historic manuscript, reproduced from the Digital Namibian Archive via Wikimedia Commons.
