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FIFA President Gianni Infantino touches down in Pyongyang for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier between North and South Korea - two countries technically still at war. IMAGES
Incumbent DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi arrives at his party's headquarters in the capital Kinshasa ahead of his expected announcement as the winner of elections that opposition leaders have dismissed as a "sham". Tshisekedi, 60, has been in power since January 2019 and is running for a second five-year term. By Saturday evening, with 17.8 million votes counted, he was leading with 72 percent. IMAGES
Pope Francis arrives at Kinshasa International Airport for a four-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the first leg of a trip that will take him to South Sudan next. IMAGES
FIFA president Gianni Infantino meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo after the country was struck by one of the worst football disasters. A stampede sparked by police firing tear gas into packed stands took place after supporters invaded the football pitch at the end of a match between home team Arema FC and rivals Persebaya Surabaya on October 1 in the city of Malang, East Java. At least 132 people, including 43 children, died with many killed in a crush as they rushed for small exits. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed to Kinshasa by President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Erdogan begins an official state visit expected to focus on security and economic issues. IMAGES