24 hours in pictures, 25 September 2019
News in pictures
Women dressed in Zulu traditional regalia joins thousands of people to commemorate King Shaka’s Day Celebration near the grave of the great Zulu King Shaka at Kwadukuza, some 98 kilometres north of Durban, on September 24, 2019. The celebration was also to commemorate national Heritage day. AFP / RAJESH JANTILAL
A selection of some of the best news photographs from around the world.
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- Sim Choo Kheng (C) Chief Executive Officer of Sim Leisure Group slide down on a floater on the world’s longest water slide at Escape theme park in Teluk Bahang, Malaysia on September 25, 2019. One of the world’s longest water slides was unveiled in Malaysia on September 25, a kilometre-long chute that starts from a hilltop before twisting and turning through dense jungle and splashing into a pool. AFP / SADIQ ASYRAF
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- Surfers ride a wave in Unstad, Lofoten Islands, beyond the Arctic Circle on September 24, 2019, prior the Lofoten Masters, the most northern Surfing contest in the World. AFP / Olivier MORIN
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- Environmentalists hold a banner reading “How dare you”, quoting Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, and wear masks of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz as they protest outside the German Chancellery where is taking place the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin on September 25, 2019. AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
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- This picture taken on September 24, 2019, shows ingredients for a turtle soup from China at the Disgusting Food Museum exhibition displaying 80 of the world’s most disgusting foods in Nantes. The exhibition will be held from September 25, to November 3. AFP / LOIC VENANCE
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- French cattle breeder and tobacco producer Patrick Maury, providing tobacco leaves to France Tabac plant, checks his production in Mazeyrolles, southwestern France on September 20, 2019. Since 1985, the France Tabac plant, which is about to close in the next few days, has been processing the first transformation of tobacco leaves from all over France, especially Perigord. AFP / Mehdi FEDOUACH
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- A man poses as a woman takes a photo using a mobile phone in an exhibition space at a museum in Seoul on September 25, 2019. AFP / Ed JONES
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- The Houses of Parliament are reflected in a puddle of rainwater in central London on September 24, 2019 after the judgement of the court on the legality of Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen to suspend parliament for more than a month, as the clock ticks down to Britain’s October 31 EU exit date. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said he disagreed with but would respect the Supreme Court ruling which found his decision to suspend parliament unlawful. “I have to say that I strongly disagree with what the justices have found. I don’t think that it’s right but we will go ahead and of course parliament will come back,” he told British broadcasters during a visit to New York. AFP / Tolga AKMEN
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- A group of elderly women play traditional drums during a performance as part of a cultural expo in central Seoul on September 25, 2019. AFP / Ed JONES
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- Women dressed in Zulu traditional regalia joins thousands of people to commemorate King Shaka’s Day Celebration near the grave of the great Zulu King Shaka at Kwadukuza, some 98 kilometres north of Durban, on September 24, 2019. The celebration was also to commemorate national Heritage day. AFP / RAJESH JANTILAL
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- Models present creations by Etam during the Etam Live Show on the first day of the Paris Fashion Week, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on September 24, 2019. AFP / BERTRAND GUAY
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- D.I.Y. Divas, by Kerry Funnell of New Zealand, is modelled in the Open Section during the World of WearableArt Preview 2019 at TSB Bank Arena on September 25, 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images for World of WearableArt
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- Britain’s Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding her son Archie, meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Thandekaat the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa 25 September 2019. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on an official visit to South Africa. Founded in Cape Town in 2013, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation contributes to the development of youth and leadership, facilitates discussions about social justice and common human purposes and makes the lessons of Archbishop Tutu accessible to new generations. It is located in one of Cape Town’s oldest buildings and a national landmark, The Old Granary Building. EPA-EFE/TOBY MELVILLE
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