epa10632421 Organisers set up the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Naismith trophy before a photo call at the National Institute for Youth and Sport (INJS) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 16, 2023. Ivory Coast is the first qualified African country to host the traditional ?Trophy Tour? initiated by FIBA. After Cote d'Ivoire, the trophy will be displayed in Cape Verde, Egypt, Angola and South Sudan, all representatives of the African continent at the 19th edition of the Basketball World Cup which will kick off in August 2023. EPA/LEGNAN KOULA
