24 hours in pictures, 12 March 2024

Fire Ops SA, security officials and paramedics respond to a fire at 33 Loots Road in Randburg, 12 March 2024. The fire started in the backyard in a pile of tyres. The firefighting team managed to save the house from any maojor damage. Residents indicated that the house is a hijacked property with anything between 20 to 80 people living on the property. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen Cycle rickshaw drivers wait for customers in Hanoi on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) Swaggy arrives at the iHeart Podcast Awards at the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, Texas, USA, 11 March 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/ADAM DAVIS A picture taken with a drone shows morning fog covering the Hanza Tower skyscraper in Szczecin, northwestern Poland, 12 March 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/Marcin Bielecki Blairgowrie residents collect water from a water tanker, 12 March 2024, across the road from the Blairgowrie Plaza, as large parts of Johannesburg struggle with no water for a number of days. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen This picture shows murals painted on residential buildings in New Taipei City on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) A model displays a creation from apparel brand "FAF” by Japanese designer Kazuho Arai for the autumn/winter collection during the Tokyo Fashion Week in Tokyo on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) A photo taken with slow speed shutter shows muslims performing an evening prayer called 'Tarawih' on the first eve of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, 11 March 2024. Muslims worldwide are expected to start observing Ramadan fasting and rites related to it on 11 March. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. Picture: EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM An aerial view taken with a drone shows fishing boats moored at a traditional harbor on the first day of Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 12 March 2024. Acehnesee fishermen take time to break off from fishing for three days to honor the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as one of the local cultural traditions and customs. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. Picture: EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party hold empty plastic pots during a protest demanding clean drinking water in Bangalore, India, 12 March 2024. Bangalore is facing a steep water crisis due to a severe drought. Borewells in many areas of the city dried up leaving residents dependent on water tankers. The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), the government body responsible for supplying drinking water to the city, said the situation was manageable in central areas but more serious on the city's outskirts. Picture: EPA-EFE/JAGADEESH NV Balinese people cover their bodies with mud during the mud bathing tradition locally known as 'Mebuug Buugan', in Badung, Bali, Indonesia, 12 March 2024. Mebuug Buugan is a form of gratitude for the fertility of the earth and is also believed to neutralize spiritual negativity. This tradition is practiced by all members of the Kedonganan village community, both men and women, adults and children. Picture: EPA-EFE/MADE NAGI MORE: 24 hours in pictures, 11 March 2024

24 hours in pictures, 12 March 2024

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