24 hours in pictures, 28 October 2019
News in pictures
Ladies gold medalist Alexandra Trusova of Russia performs during the exhibition gala at the 2019 Skate Canada International ISU Grand Prix event in Kelowna, BC on October 27, 2019. Picture: Geoff Robins / AFP
A selection of some of the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
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- A general view during the 25th Cape Town International Kite Festival at Zandvlei Nature Reserve on October 26, 2019 in Cape Town. Picture: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images
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- Ladies gold medalist Alexandra Trusova of Russia performs during the exhibition gala at the 2019 Skate Canada International ISU Grand Prix event in Kelowna, BC on October 27, 2019. Picture: Geoff Robins / AFP
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- A woman injured in a grenade blast arrives at a hospital in Srinagar, India, 28 October 2019. According to local media reports, at least 20 people were wounded in a grenade blast inside a bus terminal in Sopore town, north of Srinagar. The attack comes just two days after another grenade blast in Jammu where six Indian paramilitary force personnel were injured. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN
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- A woman passes a mural in Manhattan on October 27, 2019 in New York City. Picture: Johannes EISELE / AFP
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- A slow shutter speed photograph shows an international flight taking off over Kathmandu during the Diwali festival, the ‘festival of lights’, also known as Tihar celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal, 27 October 2019. The Tihar festival is the second major festival for Nepalese Hindus and it celebrates the victory of light over darkness. Picture: EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA
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- Traditional dancers perform during the official ceremony to celebrate the closure of the climb at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory, Australia, 27 October 2019. On 26 October 2019, an Uluru climbing ban came into effect. The ban was initially announced on 01 November 2017 and was made by the traditional owners of the land. Picture: EPA-EFE/LUKAS COCH
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- An Indian villager decorates a buffalo during Govardhan Puja celebrations in Bhopal, India, 28 October 2019. According to Hindu mythology, Govardhan Puja, observed on the second day of the the four to five day-long Diwali festival, marks the day Lord Krishna lifted the Govardhan Hill to provide shelter from torrential rains to the people of Vrindavan. Picture: EPA-EFE/SANJEEV GUPTA
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- A small rowing boat stands on dry land after the water level of the Prespa lake dropped and the shore retracted hundreds of meter, near Resen, Northern Macedonia, 24 October 2019. The water level of the Prespa Lake has reportedly decreased over the last 20 years but the biggest decrease is happening these days with the water line being around 2,5 meters below the normal level. Officials of the regional Department of Environment stated that since May 2016 the level dropped by more than a meter each year. In the meantime the water level is even too low for an ecological research ship to operate in the waters to check the lake’s water quality. The general change in climate and the draining of waters from the Prespa lake – at an altitude of 853 meters – into the Ohrid lake at 695 meters altitude is believed to have caused the decrease of the waters level and the reduction of the lakes size. In length the lake has retracted around 300 meters and what used to be its beaches is today covered by a dense vegetation. According to the official information Prespa lake is 28.6 km long and 16.9 km wide. The total volume is 4.8 million cubic meters of water. Its biggest depth is 54m, while the average depth is 18.8 meters. The length of its shore line is said to be 100,1 kilometers. Picture: EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI
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- Protesters pass by a wall with graffiti during ongoing anti-government in Beirut, Lebanon, 28 October 2019. Thousands continued to protest on the second week of demonstrations against proposals of tax hikes and state corruption, and calling for the resignation of the government. Picture: EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH
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- A Kashmiri bride sits inside a houseboat during her wedding ceremony in Srinagar, India, 27 October 2019. The wedding season in Kashmir usually begins in September after the harvest season is over. Celebrations last for a minimum of two days, during which guests are served a traditional feast called ‘wazwan’, a multi-course meal considered a point of pride throughout the region. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN
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- Sikh men of the armed Sikh order Nihang show their riding skills as they try to maintain balance on four running horses during the Mohalla religious procession on ‘Fateh Divas’ or ‘Victory Day’ in Amritsar, India, 28 October 2019. The procession is carried out a day after the Diwali festival to mark the Bandi Chorh Diwas, the day when Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru or the Master of the Sikhs, reached Amritsar after his release from Gwalior fort, along with 52 other kings with him during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir. Each year members of various major Nihang groups display their martial arts and horse-riding skills during the Mohalla procession. Picture: EPA-EFE/RAMINDER PAL SINGH
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- A man walks his dog on a foot path along autumnal colored trees on the banks of the Reschensee lake (Lago di Resia), near Graun in South Tyrol, Italy, 28 October 2019. Picture: EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
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