In Pictures: Harry digs deep for Botswana tree planting

In Pictures: Harry digs deep for Botswana tree planting

The Duke of Sussex joined efforts to plant trees in a new forest being created in Botswana.

The planting on the banks of the Chobe River comes in the face of decades of deforestation from locals gathering firewood.

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Harry, alongside Elephants Without Borders founder Dr Mike Chase, was welcomed to the special planting event by local children (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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Harry took part in a group exercise event prior to the tree planting ceremony (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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It was planted in the Chobe Tree Reserve, with much smaller tree saplings also dug into the ground (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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While in Botswana, Harry also joined an anti-poaching patrol on the Chobe river (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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Harry was shown a map of where the patrol focuses its anti-poaching efforts (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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Harry then joined a confidence-building exercise with young people, run by his Sentebale charity (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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