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In 2024, almost 700 million people -- 8.5 percent of the global population -- lived on less than $2.15 a day, according to the World Bank. Progress on tackling poverty stalled with the coronavirus crisis in 2020.

Ukraine meanwhile recently struck a power station in the Russian border region of Belgorod, causing power outages.

Three quarters of the country's roughly 120,000 citizens live on Mahe island, where the capital Victoria is located, according to 2024 World Bank data.

Negotiations in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh have been taking place under lock and key in a conference centre.

The United Nations said on September 29 that at least 22 people had been killed in the first days of protests, a toll Rajoelina disputed on Wednesday.