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South Africa’s fly-half Handre Pollard takes part in a training session at the Mayol Stadium in Toulon, southern France, on September 28, 2023, during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP)
South Africa’s supporters pose with South African and Springbok flags in the stands as they attend a South Africa training session at the Mayol Stadium in Toulon, southern France, on September 28, 2023, during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP)Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity ‘Ganesha’ for immersion in a pool in New Delhi on September 28, 2023, on the occasion of the final day of the ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ festival. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)Forty-year-old chimp Thabu, centre back, enjoys some birthday “cake” in his enclosure at the Joburg Zoo, 28 September 2023, as part of an enrichment activity. Thabu is the father to five chimps in the enclosure. The “cake” is made up of monkey chow, strawberries, celery, sunflower seeds and monkey delight. The chimps were also spoilt with bananas, popcorn, peanuts and rooibos tea. It is possible for a chimp to live up to 67-years-old. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenArtist Jeremy Hutchison, wearing his artwork entitled ‘Dead White Man’, created from secondhand clothes, poses for a photograph inside the Cotton Exchange, during the British Textile Biennial 2023, in Blackburn, northern England on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)Afrikaans television soapie 7de Laan fans Jermaine Christians, right, and Itumeleng Moalafi demonstrate outside the SABC offices in Auckland Park, 28 September 2023, calling for their favourite TV show not to be cancelled. The pair handed over a memorandum with 38 000 signatures to a representative from the SABC. The show is scheduled to be pulled off air on 26 December. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenJournalists walk around during a media tour of the Italian patrol vessel ITS Francesco Morosini, as it’s docked at the Beirut Port on September 28, 2023. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)A vendor dusts off dirt from tea cups displayed for sale along a street in Amritsar on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)Unstoppable Movement members march against illegal abortion in Randburg, Johannesburg, 28 September 2023. The Unstoppable Movement is shaped by the diverse sexual and reproductive health community around the world, dedicated to protecting and promoting access to abortion care that is safe, affordable, timely and dignified. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenA group of Team US fans dressed as Elvis watch play during practice ahead the 44th Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)Taiwan’s first locally built submarine “Narwhal” is seen during unveiling ceremony at the CSBC Corporation shipbuilding company in Kaohsiung on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)A monkey sticks out of a car’s window as ethnic Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh region drive on the road from the region’s border to the town of Vayk, Armenia, 28 September 2023. Azerbaijan on 19 September 2023 launched a brief military offensive on the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway enclave that is home to some 120,000 ethnic Armenians. The Armenian government announced the evacuation of more than 68,000 local residents from Nagorno-Karabakh, following a ceasefire agreed on 20 September with Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist as a self-proclaimed state from 01 January 2024, the region’s separatist leader, Samvel Shakhramanyan, announced on 28 September, after signing a decree to dissolve all its institutions. Picture: EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV
