Madagascar receives colonial-era skulls that were held in a French

A Madagascar soldier and a gendarme carry three colonial-era skulls, presumed to belong to King Toera and two others from the Sakalava ethnic group, that were held in a Paris museum that France handed over last week to Madagascar 128 years after they were taken to France, during a reception ceremony led by President Andry Rajoelina at the Mausoleum of National Heroes in Antananarivo, Madagascar September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Zo Andrianjafy