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The aerial view shows terraced hills at Helin village in Anqing, in eastern China’s Anhui province on January 12, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Intellectual Property Trust Mamphela Ramphele (R) and Chief Executive of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Janet Jobson (L), put a Palestinian scarf with the African colours produced in Gaza, on a life-size statue of the Archbishop, unveiling the installation which will stand in protest during office hours on the balcony of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy foundation in Cape Town on January 12, 2024. A statue of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu wearing a Palestinian scarf is to symbolise his decades-long work championing justice for Palestinians, his foundation said. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)Florida Police Station’s Disruptive Operation at Jerusalem Informal settlement in Johannesburg, 12 January 2023, in an attempt to crack down on illegal mining in Roodepoort. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenWearing a sumo wrestler costume, Fletcher (C), an 8-year-old tourist from Australia, practices with former sumo wrestler Jokoryu (R) on a sumo ring before tourists from abroad during a lunch sumo show at the restaurant Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan, 10 January 2024 (issued 12 January 2024). The Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, a restaurant in Tokyo managed by retired sumo wrestlers is becoming a popular spot for tourists because of its performances in English, that allows the foreign public to expand its knowledge about the iconic Japanese sport while giving a new work life to retired professionals. Picture: EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHONFire brigade members work in a burned down morning market following a powerful earthquake that hit the region, in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, 12 January 2024. According to data by the Ishikawa Prefecture Government, at least 215 people were killed, and 38 are missing following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on 01 January. About 26,000 residents in Ishikawa Prefecture have evacuated to 390 makeshift evacuation centers. Picture: EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS(L-R) John Dugard, professor of International Law, lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and lawyer Adila Hassim, sit ahead of the hearing of the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 January 2024. According to the South Africans, Israel is currently committing genocidal acts against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the allegations which has been denied by Israel. Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli strikes on the Palestinian enclave which followed it. Picture: EPA-EFE/REMKO DE WAALAn elephant with his face painted is pictured at Amer Fort in the outskirts of Jaipur on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Himanshu SHARMA / AFP)This photograph taken on January 11, 2024, shows the Stravinsky Fountain sculptures created by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle, covered with ice during a cold day in Paris. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)People visit installations by French artist Daniel Buren displayed as part of the exhibition entitled “Aux Beaux Carres” at the department store Le Bon Marche in Paris on January 11, 2024. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)Girls promote Australia Open as they walk onto the court during practice sessions in Melbourne on January 12, 2024 ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship starting on January 14. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
