(FILES) Former driver and paracyclist Alex Zanardi runner takes part in the 22nd Marathon of Rome near the Coliseum on April 10, 2016. Alex Zanardi, the Italian racing car driver who became a Paralympic cycling champion after losing both legs in an accident, has died aged 59, his family announced on May 2, 2026. Zanardi, one of his country's most loved and respected sportsmen, who as credited with helping transformed the perception of disability in Italy, died on the evening of May 1. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP via Getty Images)

This UGC image verified by AFP on May 2, 2026 and posted on the X account of the Moscow-controlled Africa Corps paramilitary group and shared on social media on May 1, 2026, shows a helicopter flying over a convoy of tanker trucks heading towards Mali's capital Bamako. Mali, France's former colony, has been plunged into a major security crisis after a Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance and jihadists joined forces to carry out deadly attacks against the ruling junta and its Russian paramilitary backers. (Photo by -UGC / Africa Corps / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT « AFP PHOTO / [AFRICA CORPS] » - NO RESALE NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS [- NO ARCHIVE ] / AFPTV TEAMS IN PARIS WERE ABLE TO VERIFY THE LOCATION OF THE PHOTO USING SATELLITE IMAGES (GPS COORDINATES 12.325026843256873, -7.929652905737346). THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON NATIONAL ROAD 7 LEADING TO BAMAKO IN MALI. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR OF THE PHOTO.

FILE PHOTO: Ex F1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi Dies Aged 59 Portrait of Alex Zanardi of Italy, driver of the #1 Target Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda during testing for the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) 1998 FedEx Championship Series on 2 March 1998 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida, United States. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

FILE PHOTO: Ex F1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi Dies Aged 59 KLETTWIZ, BRANDENBURG - SEPTEMBER 15: Members of the Simple Green Safety team assist the injured Alessandro Zanardi in the #66 Mo Nunn Racing Honda Reynard after Alexandre Tagliani driving the #33 Team Players Ford Reynard collided with Zanardi during the closing laps of the American Memorial Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) FedEx Championship Series at the EuroSpeedway, on September 15, 2001 in Klettwitz, Germany. Originally, the event was named the German 500, but the name was changed to honor for the victims of the September 11th terrorist attack upon the United States. (Photo by: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

FILE PHOTO: Ex F1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi Dies Aged 59 Alex Zanardi of Italy driving the #1 Target Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda HRK makes a pitstop for refueling and tyres during the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) 1998 FedEx Championship Series Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race on 5th April 1998 on the streets of the Long Beach race circuit in Long Beach, California, United States. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Allsport/Getty Images)

This photograph shows dragon's teeth, pyramidal anti-tank obstacles of reinforced concrete, and a barbed wire defence line at an undisclosed location in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows a destroyed house in the village of Sulyhivka, ruined during the battles for the village in 2022, in the Kharkiv region on May 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows dragon's teeth, pyramidal anti-tank obstacles of reinforced concrete, and a barbed wire defence line at an undisclosed location in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP via Getty Images)