Tense standoff at an anti-migrant protest in a South African town
Locals at an anti-migrant protest wielded sticks in an attempt to evict suspected undocumented residents of Alexandra.
![Protesters chant slogans during an anti immigrant march in Alexandra, on July 9, 2026. [MZINGENKOSI SIBANDA/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1783658998.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Locals at an anti-migrant protest wielded sticks in an attempt to evict suspected undocumented residents of Alexandra.
![Protesters chant slogans during an anti immigrant march in Alexandra, on July 9, 2026. [MZINGENKOSI SIBANDA/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1783658998.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![A family member holds a picture of a Mexican motorist identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo who was fatally shot by an ICE agent, during a news conference, in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 8, 2026. [Antranik Tavitian/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1783574422.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




![Frontier Corps personnel carry a dead body at the crash site of a passenger bus, in the mountainous Dana Sar area of Zhob district on July 3, 2026. An overloaded bus veered off a road and fell more than 20 metres into a ravine in western Pakistan on July 3, killing at least 40 people, officials said. [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1783100608.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

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