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A view of cars covered with water and mud during heavy flooding as a result of a storm in Sir Lowry’s Village, close Somerset West on September 25, 2023. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
A cosplayer poses for a portrait at Comic Con Africa in Johannesburg on September 23, 2023. The largest pop culture, fantasy and gaming festival on the African continent, Comic Con Africa, opened for its fourth edition in Johannesburg on September 22, 2023, with a focus on homegrown comics reflecting African heritage and society. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)Tit birds clench to the palm of a girl, who is offering them some food in her open hand, in the Ala-Archa natural park, some 35 kilometers from the capital Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 25 September 2023. The temperatures in Kyrgyzstan rose up to 21 degrees Celsius on a sunny autumn day. Picture: EPA-EFE/IGOR KOVALENKOThe US Capitol six days ahead of a possible government shutdown in Washington, DC, 25 September 2023. Speaking to reporters as he arrived to the Capitol, Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy reiterated his hope that the House will pass a continuing resolution later this week to keep the government open. Picture: EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZOA person stands in front of a damaged private factory after overnight shelling in Odesa, southern Ukraine, 25 September 2023, amid the Russian invasion. Port infrastructure in Odesa was hit by drone and missile attacks overnight resulting in the ‘destruction of grain facilities and significant damage to the seaport’, Ukraine’s First Vice Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko wrote on her social media accounts. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. Picture: EPA-EFE/IGOR TKACHENKOPeople rebuild at the scene of a fire that destroyed many shacks in the informal settlement near the Wonderpark Mall in Moreleta Park, Pretoria, 25 September 2023. Picture: Neil McCartney / The CitizenA building in Hillbrow is seen 25 September 2023 that caught fire over the weekend. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenHeritage Day celebrations at Princess Magogo Stadium, in KwaMashu in Durban, 24 September 2023. Picture: GCISSpectators watch Izelle Nair, aka ‘Izzy the Yogi Mermaid’ (bottom), and another un-named Mermaid swimming in the fish tank at the Cresta Shopping Mall while carrying a South African flag in support of the national rugby team – the ‘Springboks’ – who are playing in the 2023 Rugby World Cup, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 September 2023. Izelle runs a mermaid school where she teaches both children and adults how to swim and behave like a mermaid. Picture: EPA-EFE/Kim LudbrookA cosplayer poses for a portrait at Comic Con Africa in Johannesburg on September 23, 2023. The largest pop culture, fantasy and gaming festival on the African continent, Comic Con Africa, opened for its fourth edition in Johannesburg on September 22, 2023, with a focus on homegrown comics reflecting African heritage and society. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)An aerial picture taken with a drone shows sunbathers on a hot day ahead of the spring season at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24 September 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/Antonio LacerdaPeople attend the ‘Taschenlampenkonzert’ (Flashlight concert) of the band Rumpelstil at the Waldbuehne arena in Berlin, Germany, 23 September 2023. The lights of 20,000 flashlights can be seen in the background. Picture: EPA-EFE/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE
