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South African Police Service (SAPS) officers detain a protester linked to Extinction Rebellion during an occupation protest, 21 September 2023, in Rosebank, as they call for the end of fossil fuel financing by the bank. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
South African Police Service (SAPS) officers detain a protester linked to Extinction Rebellion during an occupation protest, 21 September 2023, in Rosebank, as they call for the end of fossil fuel financing by the bank. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenUkrainian rescuers work at the site where debris from a missile fell on a residential area in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 21 September 2023, amid the Russian invasion. Ukraine recorded 43 rocket attacks overnight, 36 of which were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said. As a result of falling debris, damage was reported in the capital Kyiv’s districts of Darnytskyi, Solomyanskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs wrote on telegram, adding that fires broke out in the Darnytskyi district injuring seven people, including a child. Picture: EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKOUncollected rubbish at Sunnyside Park at the corner of Dwars and Jorrissen Streets in Pretoria, 21 September 2023. The Local Government Bargaining Council (LGBC) ordered the city to immediately honour the collective agreement to grant workers a 5.4% wage increase, which was agreed upon in 2021. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenTwo US-made Apache attack helicopters, from Taiwan’s Army Airborne Special Forces, demonstrate their combat skills during a military open house event in Hsinchu on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)Repsol Honda’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez (R) and India’s former cricket player Suresh Raina ride on a motorbike ahead of the Indian MotoGP Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)A model walks the runway of the Roberto Cavalli fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 on September 20, 2023 in Milan. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys gather around a water pool containing fish as older men stand by praying in the predominantly-Orthodox Jewish central Israeli city of Bnei Brak on September 21, 2023, as they perform the “Tashlich” ritual during which “sins are cast into the water to the fish”, ahead of the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish religious calendar. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)Broken ships are seen on Natuna waters during the ASEAN Solidarity Exercise Natuna 2023 involving 6 countries Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos on Natuna waters, Riau Islands province on September 21, 2023, which is a medical and humanitarian exercise held in the Natuna waters following China’s claims over the South China Sea. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)Seasonal firefighters take part in a protest marking a general strike against government’s planned labour reforms, in Athens, Greece, 21 September 2023. Federations, labour unions, and other organizations are holding a 24-hour strike against planned labour law changes by the conservative government. Picture: EPA-EFE/GEORGE VITSARASepaselect epa10875139 A supporter of France before the beginning of the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Namibia, in Marseille, France, 21 September 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/Sebastien NogierBritain’s Queen Camilla plays table tennis, next to Britain’s King Charles III and French President’s wife Brigitte Macron, during a visit to the Saint-Denis, northern suburb of Paris, home of the Rugby World Cup village, national stadium and venue for next year’s Olympic Games, on September 21, 2023. – Britain’s King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla are on a three-day state visit starting on September 20, 2023, to Paris and Bordeaux, six months after rioting and strikes forced the last-minute postponement of his first state visit as king. (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP)
