Cape Verde's Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva arrives to address the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

Cape Verde's Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

Cape Verde's Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

Prime Minister of Cape Verde Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva speaks during the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates with teammates after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates after winning the match as fans cheer in the stands REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates with Japan's Yuki Kawamura after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 A general view of players in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe hugs Japan's Keisei Tominaga after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe reacts after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan fans cheer in the stands REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates after winning the match as fans cheer in the stands REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates with teammates after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates after winning the match as fans cheer in the stands REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan coach Thomas Wayne Hovasse reacts REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares in action with Japan's Joshua Hawkinson REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Cape Verde's Ivan Almeida in action with Japan's Joshua Hawkinson REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares in action with Japan's Makoto Hiejima REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Keisei Tominaga reacts after scoring a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe reacts REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Keisei Tominaga reacts REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Keisei Tominaga and Japan's Yuta Watanabe react REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Cape Verde's Ivan Almeida in action with Japan's Yuki Kawamura REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Keisei Tominaga scores a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuki Kawamura in action as Japan players cheer on the sidelines REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Keisei Tominaga in action with Cape Verde's Patrick Lima REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuki Togashi in action with Cape Verde's Will Tavares REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuki Kawamura in action with Cape Verde's Will Tavares REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Cape Verde's Will Tavares in action with Japan's Yuki Kawamura REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan's Yuta Watanabe in action with Cape Verde's Edy Tavares REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Japan v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - September 2, 2023 Japan players line up during the national anthems before the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares, Finland's Mikael Jantunen and Finland's Lauri Markkanen in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Cape Verde's Ivan Almeida and Finland's Lauri Markkanen embrace after the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Cape Verde's Betinho Gomes and Finland's Lauri Markkanen in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Cape Verde's Ivan Almeida, Finland's Elias Valtonen and Finland's Miro Little in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Cape Verde's Will Tavares, Finland's Elias Valtonen and Finland's Alexander Madsen in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Finland's Alexander Madsen scoring a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares, Finland's Elias Valtonen and Finland's Jacob Grandison in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Finland's Lauri Markkanen and Cape Verde's Patrick Lima in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - Classification Round 17-32 - Group O - Cape Verde v Finland - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 31, 2023 Finland's Lauri Markkanen scoring a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares and the team look dejected after the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic and team celebrate after the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Mike Tobey scoring a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic scoring a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic celebrates after scoring a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic scoring a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic reacts REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Klemen Prepelic and Cape Verde's Patrick Lima in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic and Cape Verde's Edy Tavares in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic and Cape Verde's Patrick Lima in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Slovenia v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 30, 2023 Slovenia's Luka Doncic and Cape Verde's Ivan Almeida in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Venezuela v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 28, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares celebrates with his teammates after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Venezuela v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 28, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares scores a basket REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Venezuela v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 28, 2023 Cape Verde's Edy Tavares celebrates with his teammates after winning the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Venezuela v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 28, 2023 Cape Verde fans cheer in the stands during the match REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Venezuela v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 28, 2023 Cape Verde's Will Tavares in action REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Basketball - FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group F - Venezuela v Cape Verde - Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan - August 28, 2023 Cape Verde's Kenneti Mendes in action with Venezuela's Miguel Ruiz REUTERS/Issei Kato