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A man rinses soot from his face, Lagos 2006

A man rinses soot from his face at the scene of a gas pipeline explosion near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos December 26, 2006. Up to 500 people were burned alive on Tuesday when fuel from a vandalised pipeline exploded in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, emergency workers said. Hundreds of residents of the Abule Egba district went to scoop fuel using plastic containers after thieves punctured the underground pipeline overnight to siphon fuel into a road tanker, locals said. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA)

Spotlight: Nigeriaa€™s floating school

Chalk is placed on a blackboard at a floating school in the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria February 29, 2016. In Makoko, a sprawling slum of Nigeria's megacity Lagos, a floating school capable of holding up to a hundred pupils has since November brought free education to the waterways known as the Venice of Lagos. It offers the chance of social mobility for youngsters who, like most of the city's 21 million inhabitants, lack a reliable electricity and water supply and whose water-based way of life is threatened by climate change as well as rapid urbanisation. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A shrine figure depicting a warrior in the full battle dress of the 19th C Yoruba

A shrine figure depicting a warrior in the full battle dress of the 19th C Yoruba wars carried on the shoulders of a retainer. These figures were found during the 1960's still in use in a cult house in Isare a town in the north east of the Yoruba area. Country of Origin: Nigeria. Culture: Yoruba. Date/Period: Early 19th C. Place of Origin: Isare town. Material Size: Wood, h=33 ins. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive / National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Lagos. Location: 11

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