24 hours in pictures, 4 March 2021
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A general view taken on March 04, 2021 from Giarre, north of Catania, Sicily, shows the Mount Etna volcano spewing smoke. – Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, continued belching smoke and ashes southeast from its crater, as emergency authorities monitored the situation closely in the three villages at the foot of the volcano, Linguaglossa, Fornazzo and Milo, considering the eruptions not worrying so far. (Photo by Giovanni ISOLINO / AFP)
A selection of some of the best photographs from South Africa and around the world.
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- Medical personnel at the Nairobi National Vaccine Depot where the country’s first batch of COVID-19 vaccines are preserved in cold storage, checks on vaccines in a cold-room in Nairobi on March 4, 2021. – Kenya received 1.02 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine from the global Covax scheme on March 3, 2021 part of the 24 million doses the country is expected to import in the next couple of months and has started dispersing the vaccines to stations around the country where healthcare workers, teachers and those with compromised immunity shall start receiving vaccinations. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP)
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- Supporters (C) comfort each other while being surrounded by members of the media outside the West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong on March 4, 2021, at the end of a marathon bail hearing of 47 democracy activists charged for “conspiracy to commit subversion” in the broadest use yet of a sweeping national security law that Beijing imposed on the city last year. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
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- Indian Air Force’s jet aircrafts perform during the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Sri Lankan Air Force, in Colombo on March 4, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
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- A Hazara man rides a horse on a land in Bamiyan on March 4, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
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- A Hazara man walks along a road in Bamiyan on March 4, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
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- Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz plays a shot against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas on the fourth day of the ABN AMRO ATP World Tennis Tournament match in Rotterdam on March 4, 2021. (Photo by Koen Suyk / ANP / AFP)
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- A general view of a Chinese-funded project for the Port City is pictured in Colombo on March 4, 2021. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
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- Women use an umbrella as they walk in the rain at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province, on February 4, 2021. – Two Frenchwomen linked to the Islamic State group held by Kurdish forces in Syria are seriously sick and need urgent repatriation, the Kurdish Red Crescent said. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
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- A skier slides down a rope at Palandoken ski resort in Erzurum, eastern Turkey on March 4, 2021. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
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- Police cars are parked at a main square in the city of Vetlanda on March 4, 2021, one day after a stabbing attack. – Three people are in life-threatening condition after a stabbing attack on March 3, 2021 that injured eight in the southern Swedish city of Vetlanda. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
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- A paraglider flies over the snow-covered mountain at Palandoken ski resort in Erzurum, eastern Turkey on March 4, 2021. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
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- Medical personnel of Hospital del Mar take COVID-19 patient, Marta Pascual, 72, back to the hospital after getting some fresh air by the sea, at the Barceloneta beach esplanade in Barcelona on March 4, 2021. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
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- A general view taken on March 04, 2021 from Giarre, north of Catania, Sicily, shows the Mount Etna volcano spewing smoke. – Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, continued belching smoke and ashes southeast from its crater, as emergency authorities monitored the situation closely in the three villages at the foot of the volcano, Linguaglossa, Fornazzo and Milo, considering the eruptions not worrying so far. (Photo by Giovanni ISOLINO / AFP)
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- MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MARCH 3: Jarred Vanderbilt #8 of the Minnesota Timberwolves reaches for the ball during the game against the Charlotte Hornets on March 3, 2021 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2021 NBAE David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP (Photo by David Sherman / NBAE / Getty Images / Getty Images via AFP)
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- ORLANDO, FLORIDA – MARCH 04: Brian Gay of the United States plays a shot from a bunker on the first hole during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 04, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Mike Ehrmann / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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- Andries Sambo from Tshwane district department argues with parents of learners that have not yet been placed in schools after a failed meeting, 4 March 2021, Akasia, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- Protestors hold a sign reading “I want to die on stage” during a demonstration protesting against the closing of cultural businesses as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19, in Paris on March 4, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
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- A civil guard stands next to nearly 1,400 weapons, mostly seized from separatist group ETA, spread on the pavement to be destroyed under a steamroller during a symbolic function presided by Spanish prime minister at the Duque de Ahumada College for Young Guards in Valdemoro, on March 4, 2021. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
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- Homeless people sleeping outside a shop in the Pretoria CBD early in the morning, 4 March 2021. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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