24 hours in pictures, 10 March 2021

A selection of some of the best photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Police fire rubber bullets at students during a protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on March 10, 2021. Picture: Michele Spatari / AFP

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: Police fire rubber bullets at students during a protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on March 10, 2021. Picture: Michele Spatari / AFP

: A student confront members of the Saps in Braamfontein on 10 March 2021, after a man was shot dead when police fired rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse protesting Wits University students. Picture: Sibongumenzi Sibiya

: Wits University students sing at a demonstration in Braamfontein, 10 March 2021, after a man was shot and killed by rubber bullets. Picture: Sibongumenzi Sibiya

: A man shows where he was shot by rubber bullets in Braamfontein, 10 March 2021, after police attempted to disperse protesting Wits University students. Picture: Sibongumenzi Sibiya

: The body of a man lies on the pavement in Braamfontein, 10 March 2021, after he was shot by rubber bullets fired by the police in an attempt to disperse protesting Wits University students. Picture: Sibongumenzi Sibiya

: A view of a life-size bronze statue of the late Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona created by Italian artist Domenico Sepe in Naples, Italy, 09 March 2021. Maradona died on 25 November 2020 at the age of 60. Picture: EPA-EFE/CESARE ABBATE

: EFF leader Julius Malema and MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi during a previous court appearance. Picture: Nigel Sibanda

: EFF Secretary General Marshall Dlamini (L) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema (L) at Randburg magistrates court in Johannesburg, 10 March 2021, EFF leader Julius Malema and party’s MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi appeared for assaulting police officer Jacobus Venter at the Fourways Memorial Cemetery in 2018 at struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s funeral. Picture; Nigel Sibanda

: A Tibetan living-in-exile in India attends a protest to mark the Tibetan National Uprising Day at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, 10 March 2021. Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activists protested at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day. Tibetans offered tributes to the Tibetan Martyrs who sacrificed their lives. Picture: EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA

: A Tibetan living-in-exile in India attends a protest to mark the Tibetan National Uprising Day at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, 10 March 2021. Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activists protested at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day. Tibetans offered tributes to the Tibetan Martyrs who sacrificed their lives. Picture: EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA

: Hostesses wearing protective face masks hold drinks prior to the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, 10 March 2021. China holds two major annual political meetings, The National People?s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) which run alongside and together known as ‘Lianghui’ or ‘Two Sessions’. Picture: EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY

: Delegates applaud as Chinese leaders arrive for the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2021. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

: Vegetable dealers wait on their boats at a floating vegetable market on the interior of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, India, 10 March 2021. Kashmiri boatmen work to earn their livelihood mostly by selling vegetables produced in the lake, ferrying tourists, and cleaning the lake of weeds while women are often seen selling the fish caught by their men. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN

: Motorised police arrive to tend to their injuried colleague during a demonstration against police violence in an Athens suburb on March 9, 2021. – Greek police said an officer was seriously injured in the head as clashes broke out March 9 evening at a protest of some 5,000 people in Athens against police violence. The demonstration follows an uproar over viral video footage showing an officer beating a man with a baton during a patrol to check that people were following Covid-19 restrictions on March 7. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)

: A couple enjoy their time next to a teddy bear at a cafe in Istanbul, Turkey, 09 March 2021. Turkish restaurants and cafes have reopened after three months of closure and many children returned to schools on 09 March after the government announced steps to ease COVID-19 curbs even as cases grow higher, raising concerns in the top medical associations. Picture: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

: General view of the recovered powerhouse of Hidroituango Hydroelectric Project seen as construction of the dam continues, near the municipality of Ituango, Antioquia Department, Colombia, on March 9, 2021. – The project suffered an emergency forced-flooding on May 2018 to prevent a major disaster in the nearby communities along the Cauca river, and the area was drained and cleared by April 2019. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP)

: Pilot Jerome Thoule “Schuss” poses after performing a training flight in a Rafale Solo Display (RSD) aircraft during its official presentation at Saint-Dizier air base 113 on March 9, 2021. – Dassault Aviation’s Rafale, which is a multirole combat aircraft, began its training flights on February 1, 2021. (Photo by FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI / AFP)

: Hindu devotees take a holy dip in the waters of the River Ganges on the eve of Shahi Snan (grand bath) on Maha Shivratri festival during the ongoing religious Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar on March 10, 2021. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP)

: Team Cofidis rider France’s Anthony Perez (2R) rides in a breakaway during the 4th stage of the 79th Paris – Nice cycling race, 187.5 km between Chalon-sur-Saone and Chiroubles, on March 10, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

: Residents and civil society activists hold lamps as they stand near the site where the Salsal Buddha statue once stood during a 20th anniversary commemoration ceremony since the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan statues by the Taliban in March 2001, in Bamiyan province on March 9, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

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