Police at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on 29 December 2020. Following the most recent update by President Cyril Ramaphosa to South African lockdown regulations, the police asked citizens to leave the beach. However, no arrests were made. Picture: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach
A selection of some of the best photographs from South Africa and around the world.
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Police at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town, South Africa on 29 December 2020. Following the most recent update by President Cyril Ramaphosa to South African lockdown regulations, the police asked citizens to leave the beach. However, no arrests were made. Picture: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach
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Farmers walk in front of their tents on a blocked highway during a protest against the central government’s recent agricultural reforms in Ghaziabad, along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, on December 29, 2020. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP)
A man walks past a closed Tops liquor store in Centurion after the reinstatement of level 3 lockdown regulations, 29 December 2020, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
A closed Shoprite liquor store in Centurion after the reinstatement of level 3 lockdown regulations, 29 December 2020, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
A child wearing a protective facemask runs on a sidewalk marked for social distancing in front of a Buddhist shrine in central Bangkok on December 29, 2020, after a recent outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
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People watch as rockets are fired during a military drill by Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and other Palestinian armed factions in Gaza City on December 29, 2020. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
Notes pinned on to the ‘Wishing Wall” are seen during the 14th annual Good Riddance Day in Times Square ahead of New year’s Eve on December 28, 2020 in New York City. This year, people from around the world were encouraged to participate virtually by sharing their Good Riddance Day memories in advance, so they can start fresh in 2021. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
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