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Compiled by Neil McCartney

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24 hours in pictures, 23 November 2023

Our Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and worldwide to give you a visual snapshot of the day's events.


Passengers ride on a sightseeing boat in Osaka's Dotonbori district, one of the city's busiest tourist spots, on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Passengers ride on a sightseeing boat in Osaka’s Dotonbori district, one of the city’s busiest tourist spots, on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
This photograph taken in Decines-Charpieu near Lyon on November 23, 2023 shows the new stadium "LDLC Arena" of the ASVEL basket-ball club on the day of its opening. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
This photograph taken in Decines-Charpieu near Lyon on November 23, 2023 shows the new stadium “LDLC Arena” of the ASVEL basket-ball club on the day of its opening. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing after an Israeli strike on northern Gaza on November 23, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing after an Israeli strike on northern Gaza on November 23, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
Australia's Marcus Stoinis plays a shot during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between India and Australia at the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on November 23, 2023. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
Australia’s Marcus Stoinis plays a shot during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between India and Australia at the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on November 23, 2023. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
A cook carries boxes of meals prior to the first trip of the Food Train from Kyiv to Kharkiv, in Kyiv on November 23, 2023. - The Food Train is an autonomous kitchen-train, which will be used to prepare large quantities of meals to be distributed to the inhabitants of frontline areas. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A cook carries boxes of meals prior to the first trip of the Food Train from Kyiv to Kharkiv, in Kyiv on November 23, 2023. – The Food Train is an autonomous kitchen-train, which will be used to prepare large quantities of meals to be distributed to the inhabitants of frontline areas. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Handout picture released by Chile's Presidency showing Chilean President Gabriel Boric (3-R) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (2-L) being welcomed upon landing at Chile's base in Antarctica on November 23, 2023. Guterres said Wednesday in Santiago that he would visit Antarctica alongside Boric, to witness firsthand "the deadly impact of the climate crisis." The two men will arrive in Antarctica on Thursday, and will visit three Chilean scientific bases, the Collins glacier and Kopaitic Island, before returning to Chile on Saturday. (Photo by Chilean Presidency / AFP)
Handout picture released by Chile’s Presidency showing Chilean President Gabriel Boric (3-R) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (2-L) being welcomed upon landing at Chile’s base in Antarctica on November 23, 2023. Guterres said Wednesday in Santiago that he would visit Antarctica alongside Boric, to witness firsthand “the deadly impact of the climate crisis.” The two men will arrive in Antarctica on Thursday, and will visit three Chilean scientific bases, the Collins glacier and Kopaitic Island, before returning to Chile on Saturday. (Photo by Chilean Presidency / AFP)
A visitor looks at the Isleworth Mona Lisa during the exhibition ìLeonardo Da Vinci ñ La Prima Monna Lisaî (The First Mona Lisa) at the Palazzo della Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Turin on November 23, 2023. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
A visitor looks at the Isleworth Mona Lisa during the exhibition ìLeonardo Da Vinci ñ La Prima Monna Lisaî (The First Mona Lisa) at the Palazzo della Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Turin on November 23, 2023. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
Soldiers from the Brigade of Gurkhas march off the Parade Ground following Passing Out ceremony at Catterick Garrison near Richmond, northern England on November 23, 2023. (Photo by PHIL NOBLE / POOL / AFP)
Soldiers from the Brigade of Gurkhas march off the Parade Ground following Passing Out ceremony at Catterick Garrison near Richmond, northern England on November 23, 2023. (Photo by PHIL NOBLE / POOL / AFP)
Sabiha, one of the women welcomed by the Olympe de Gouges association, prepares lunch at the association's restaurant "La Maison d'‡ cÙtÈ" in Toulouse, south-western France, on November 22, 2023. - The Olympe de Gouges association is committed to the social and professional reintegration of women offers 15 emergency reception places for two weeks, renewable, and around thirty others for longer periods in different accommodation shared by women with or without children. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP)
Sabiha, one of the women welcomed by the Olympe de Gouges association, prepares lunch at the association’s restaurant “La Maison d’‡ cÙtÈ” in Toulouse, south-western France, on November 22, 2023. – The Olympe de Gouges association is committed to the social and professional reintegration of women offers 15 emergency reception places for two weeks, renewable, and around thirty others for longer periods in different accommodation shared by women with or without children. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP)
Workers put the finishing touches to the HMV store on Oxford Street in central London on November 23, 2023. - Music retailer HMV is set to re-open its doors at it's flagship Oxford Street site on November 24. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
Workers put the finishing touches to the HMV store on Oxford Street in central London on November 23, 2023. – Music retailer HMV is set to re-open its doors at it’s flagship Oxford Street site on November 24. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
Lawyers attend the ceremony at the court to get admitted to the Bar at the Supreme Court of Kenya, in Nairobi on November 23, 2023. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
Lawyers attend the ceremony at the court to get admitted to the Bar at the Supreme Court of Kenya, in Nairobi on November 23, 2023. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
A rohingya refugee child stands in front of his makeshift house at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)
A rohingya refugee child stands in front of his makeshift house at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)
Flowers are seen left in front of a portrait of Boris Maksudov, a military correspondent for the Rossiya 24 TV channel who has died from injuries sustained in a drone attack in Ukraine, at the entrance to the headquarters of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) in Moscow on November 23, 2023. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP)
Flowers are seen left in front of a portrait of Boris Maksudov, a military correspondent for the Rossiya 24 TV channel who has died from injuries sustained in a drone attack in Ukraine, at the entrance to the headquarters of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) in Moscow on November 23, 2023. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP)
An Israeli soldier gestures from a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on November 23, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
An Israeli soldier gestures from a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on November 23, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
French President of 'Le Parapluie de Cherbourg' Charles Yvon poses with an umbrella at Le Parapluie de Cherbourg factory and shop, in Cherbourg, northwestern France, on November 23, 2023. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP)
French President of ‘Le Parapluie de Cherbourg’ Charles Yvon poses with an umbrella at Le Parapluie de Cherbourg factory and shop, in Cherbourg, northwestern France, on November 23, 2023. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP)
Workers hoist the national flag at the National Assembly before the inauguration of Ecuador's President-elect Daniel Noboa, in Quito on November 23, 2023. - Noboa will be sworn in as president for a 17-month term on November 25, finishing the term of outgoing President Guillermo Lasso, who called a snap election to avoid a possible impeachment over alleged embezzlement. (Photo by Galo Paguay / AFP)
Workers hoist the national flag at the National Assembly before the inauguration of Ecuador’s President-elect Daniel Noboa, in Quito on November 23, 2023. – Noboa will be sworn in as president for a 17-month term on November 25, finishing the term of outgoing President Guillermo Lasso, who called a snap election to avoid a possible impeachment over alleged embezzlement. (Photo by Galo Paguay / AFP)
Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales (R), in his role as Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment, wears Army fatigues during a visit to the regiment, near Salisbury, south west of England on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Matthews / POOL / AFP)
Britain’s Prince William, Prince of Wales (R), in his role as Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment, wears Army fatigues during a visit to the regiment, near Salisbury, south west of England on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Matthews / POOL / AFP)
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik shows Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greeting Russia's President Vladimir Putin prior to a meeting of leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russia-led security alliance comprising six post-Soviet states, in the Belarusian capital Minsk on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Valery SHARIFULIN / POOL / AFP)
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik shows Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greeting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin prior to a meeting of leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russia-led security alliance comprising six post-Soviet states, in the Belarusian capital Minsk on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Valery SHARIFULIN / POOL / AFP)
Devotees light oil lamps and perform evening prayers at Baluwa Ghat on the banks of river Yamuna during the Hindu festival of Devotthan Ekadashi in Prayagraj on November 23, 2023. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)
Devotees light oil lamps and perform evening prayers at Baluwa Ghat on the banks of river Yamuna during the Hindu festival of Devotthan Ekadashi in Prayagraj on November 23, 2023. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)

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