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Pieter-Steph Du Toit and Kwagga Smith of South Africa celebrate victory at full-time following the Rugby World Cup France 2023 Quarter Final match between France and South Africa at Stade de France on October 15, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
People attend the South African Zionist Federation’s gathering in solidarity with Israel, 15 October 2023, in Glenhazel, Johannesburg. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenPeople wave Palestinian flags as they attend a peaceful march in support of the Palestinian people, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 15 October 2023. Protesters took to the streets of Johannesburg, condemning Israel for the bombings in Gaza as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated. Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have died after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOKUkrainian servicemen of the Donbas battalion take part in their military training close to the frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine, 15 October 2023 amid the Russian invasion. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. Picture: EPA-EFE/YAKIV LIASHENKOMembers of South Korea’s ‘Black Eagle’ aerobatics team perform a display at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) in Seongnam, south of Seoul on October 16, 2023. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)A family rides a bike amid rain in Lahore on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)Theatre goers attend a two-hour mesmerising , vibrant tapestry of styles and genres of dance “Chhal Nach” (Let’s Dance) at the Playhouse Opera Theatre in Durban this week-end. Tw0-hundred-and-fifty dancers from Entertainment Spectacular, Rudra Dance Theatre, ParamAthman Dance Theatre, Kumari Shiksha Dance Institute, Vande Mataram, Nehaal Productions entertained a packed audience with two shows. Picture: Rajesh JantilalMembers and supporters of the Percha LGBT+ collective protest inside the Cintermex facilities at the Monterrey International Book Fair, in Monterrey, Mexico 15 October 2023. Shouting ‘No to censorship’, members of the Percha LGBT+ collective held a demonstration at the Monterrey 2023 International Book Fair (FIL) after their participation in the literary festival was canceled. Picture: EPA-EFE/Miguel SierraView of the bus that plunged into the Higuito river, in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Copan, department of Copan, 250 kms northwest of Tegucigalpa, on October 15, 2023. – Four Venezuelan migrants died and twenty others were injured in the accident. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)Visitors watch maritime animals in one of the aquariums at the ‘Nausicaa Centre National de la Mer’, the National Maritime Center, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, 15 October. Nausicca is Europe’s biggest aquarium and one of the top five in the world with unique conservatory of oceanic biodiversity and is home to over 58,000 animals. Picture: EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLETSupporters of presidential candidate Daniel Noboa celebrate the victory of their candidate during the 2023 presidential elections in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 15 October 2023. The young businessman Daniel Noboa was proclaimed as the winner of the extraordinary presidential elections in Ecuador by winning the second round over Luisa Gonzalez, Correismo’s presidential candidate for this race. Picture: EPA-EFE/JONATHAN MIRANDAAn honor guard stands at Beijing Capital International Airport prior to the arrival of Ethiopian prime minister to attend the Third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, 16 October 2023. The conference is taking place in Beijing from 17 to 18 October 2023 and will mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Picture: EPA-EFE/Ken Ishii/POOL
