A burnt-down branch of a bank is pictured in southern Khartoum on May 24, 2023. Sporadic artillery fire still echoed in Sudan's capital on May 24 but residents said fighting had calmed following a US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire, raising faint hopes in the embattled city. In the sixth week of war, witnesses reported a relative calm had taken hold, both in greater Khartoum and in the Darfur region's cities of Nyala and El Geneina, which have been among the other main battlegrounds. (Photo by AFP)