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A mural depicting a resting cat by Russian street artist Vladi is photographed by a man outside a hotel in Hong Kong on November 27, 2023. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
Mimmy Gondwe, DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises and DA Leader John Steenhuisen at a media briefing at Virginia Airport on November 27, 2023 in Durban, South Africa. The briefing unpacked the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) action to hold the President, the Department of Public Enterprises, and Transnet accountable for decades of failure to maintain and enhance South Africa?s maritime ports to sustain the needs of our trade and logistics economy. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)Sikh devotees gather around a bus carrying the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy book) during a religious procession on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib on November 27, 2023. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)Russel King’s 1976 1600S Beatle during the annual Life Of Lights at WildBuggers Beach Buggy Club on November 25, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. The event aims to raise funds for charity, and this year the organisers focused on animal welfare. (Photo by Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais)A Cambodian rower prepares his boat during the annual Water Festival in the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 27 November 2023. The three-day festival will see teams from across Cambodia compete in boat races between the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers. The festival runs from 26 November to 28 November 2023, after a three year hiatus. Picture: EPA-EFE/KITH SEREYThis picture taken on November 26, 2023 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on November 27, 2023 shows people lining up to vote during a local election for the provincial and county people’s assembly, at an unconfirmed location. North Koreans were urged to vote on November 26 as the country prepares to hold its first nationwide local polls featuring more than one candidate, state media reported. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)Portraits of people abducted by Hamas militants displayed on a installation held by the ‘Bring Them Home Now’ organisation to support the families of hostages and call for their release, outside the Tel Aviv museum in Tel Aviv, Israel, 27 November 2023. More than 14,000 Palestinians and at least 1,200 Israelis have been killed, according to the Gaza Government media office and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. Picture: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSONStudents march during the declaration ceremony for peaceful elections outside the elections commission building in Jakarta, Indonesia, 27 November 2023. The presidential candidates signed the declaration for the upcoming presidential election scheduled for 14 February 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAMA man looks at an installation featuring a prison cell with the co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla (R) set up by activists of the “Center for Political Beauty” (“Zentrum fuer politische Schoenheit”) in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on November 27, 2023. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)A drone hovers while spreading buckwheat seeds at a farm in Hualien county, Taiwan, 27 November 2023. Buckwheat farming in Taiwan, particularly in Hualien and Taitung, is thriving due to its suitability to local conditions. The industry leverages advanced technology such as drone seeding, precision farming, controlled environment agriculture, and data analytics to optimize crop management, yield, and quality. These technologies aid in enhancing food security, agricultural diversity, and the overall sustainability of buckwheat farming in Taiwan. Picture: EPA-EFE/RITCHIE B. TONGOIvan Oskorbin (R) in the role of Siegfried and prima ballerina Ksenia Shevtsova in the role of Odette-Odile, from the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg perform in the ballet ‘Swan Lake’ on stage of the Kyrgyz Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 25 November 2023 (issued 26 November 2023). The troupe of Russian artists tours in Bishkek from 24 to 26 November. Picture: EPA-EFE/IGOR KOVALENKO
