24 hours in pictures, 17 June 2020

News in pictures

Surfers carry their boards as they brave the cold waters at sunrise in Muizenberg, Cape Town, on June 16, 2020. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

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

: Surfers carry their boards as they brave the cold waters at sunrise in Muizenberg, Cape Town, on June 16, 2020. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

: In light of renewed Covid-19 restrictions, including an increase in the curfew hours and a ban on large gatherings, more South Africans might be opting to stay at home this Christmas. (Picture: Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

: Picture for illustration. Residents of an informal settlement along the Hennops River in Centurion known as the Bagarezi can be seen keeping warm by a fire during the cold front that hit Gauteng, 17 June 2020, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles

: A retired fighter waits her turn to receive food donated by different organizations to help these athletes due to the crisis of the coronavirus in Mexico City, Mexico, 16 June 2020. The Ghost made this food delivery possible by contacting various agencies that wanted to help these active and retired athletes. With the arenas and gyms closed and without other economic entrances from which to help themselves, Mexican fighters, like thousands of workers in this country, have been hit hard by the health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19. Picture: EPA-EFE/Jorge Nunez

: City Power dismantles illegal connections at Rabie Ridge and Kanana informal settlements in Johannesburg, 17 June 2020. City Power Revenue Protection Unit was assisted by SANDF, SAPS and JMPD to cut off illegal connections in the area. Picture: Nigel Sibanda

: Visitors look at panda at the Zoo in Moscow, Russia, 16 June 2020. The Moscow Zoo re-opened after quarantine and more than two months of closure due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Picture: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV

: Picture for illustrative purposes. Undertakers carry a coffin during the funeral proceedings for a Covid-19 victim at a mosque in Cape Town, on June 16, 2020. Picture: MARCO LONGARI / AFP

: South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun rides a tricycle electric car, dubbed Echo-ev, during a visit to an e-mobility research center at Daema EV Industrial Complex in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, 17 June 2020. The model is for export to the Philippines. Picture: EPA-EFE/YONHAP

: A man walks close to a mural of a human skull in Woodstock on June 12, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Western Cape accounts for more than 66% of the nation’s COVID-19 cases and more than 76% of associated deaths. (Photo by Gallo Images/Nardus Engelbrecht)

: Aerial view of commuters lining up to cross to the United States at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on June 16, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Officials from both countries confirmed today that travel restrictions to non essential crossings at the US-Mexico border will be extended an additional month. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)

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