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"contents": "<h4>January 2024</h4>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514989\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667215-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> A Japan Airline (JAL) passenger plane bursts into flames on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 02 January 2024, after landing. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514987\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667213-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> A view of a fire burning near a car dealership after a missile strike in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 02 January 2024, amid the Russian invasion. EPA-EFE/OLEG PETRASYUK</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517406\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Alexei Navalny, late Russian opposition leader and critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, appears on a screen via a video link from the 'Polar Wolf' Arctic penal colony during a Supreme Court hearing, in Moscow, Russia, 11 January 2024. Navalny died aged 47 on 16 February 2024. EPA-EFE/Yuri Kochetkov</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514986\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667212-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> An Afghan student attends a class at a school that was damaged in conflict before the Taliban took over the government, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 08 January 2024. EPA-EFE/STRINGER</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514996\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667120-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> A displaced Palestinian child holds up an empty pot as she and others wait to receive food aid provided by a Palestinian youth group in a refugee camp in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 25 January 2024. EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517423\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667210-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (C) ahead of testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting children from sexual exploitation online, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, 31 January 2024. EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517425\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> A visitor lies down in Kuala Lumpur Tower's 'Sky Box', one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 05 January 2024. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517407\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Tobias Wendl (R) and Tobias Arlt of Germany in action during the men's doubles race at the Luge World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, 27 January 2024. EPA-EFE/Filip Singer</p>\r\n<h4>February 2024</h4>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514982\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667214-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> People head towards Goma as they flee fighting between the military and rebel forces, east of Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 07 February 2024. EPA-EFE/MOSES KASEREKA</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517617\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1998066989-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" /> Supporters celebrate a speech by former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, at the party office of Pakistan Muslim League (N), at Model Town in Lahore on February 09, 2024 in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan general elections were of importance not only for the country's internal stability but also for its geo-political significance. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517619\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2044630634-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1727\" /> An aerial view of mansions still standing along a cliff after a portion of the cliffside tumbled to the Pacific Ocean following days of heavy rains on February 27, 2024 in Dana Point, California. A powerful atmospheric river storm brought flooding, mudslides and heavy rainfall to the state with over seven inches of rain falling in downtown Los Angeles during the storm, half the average yearly total. Tons of cliffside rocks and dirt fell to the beach below during the landslide but authorities say there is no imminent threat to the homes. Climate change is leading to heavier rainfall in many parts of the country. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517418\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Ukrainian army servicemen of the 47th separate mechanized brigade take cover as they fire a mortar from their position in the Avdiivka direction, at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk area, Ukraine, 24 February 2024, the day of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. EPA-EFE/VITALII NOSACH</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517417\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Commuters on a bus look at the body of a woman lying on the street covered in a blanket in the aftermath of a shelling in downtown Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, 20 February 2024. EPA-EFE/VALERY MELNIKOV</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517421\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Little fish are released in the waters of the Guarino wetland of Jamundi, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 02 February 2024. EPA-EFE/Ernesto Guzman</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514992\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667128-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Ellie Smart of the USA competes during the Women's 20m High Diving preliminaries at the FINA World Aquatics Championships Doha 2024 in Doha, Qatar, 13 February 2024. EPA-EFE/ALI HAIDER</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514978\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667154-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Michael Valentina Cambel of Romania in action during the women's 49kg category at the 2024 EWF European Weightlifting Championships, in Sofia, Bulgaria, 12 February 2024. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514977\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667182-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (L) kisses US singer Taylor Swift following the Chiefs' victory in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Fransisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 11 February 2024. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517616\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2011282983-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1757\" /> San Francisco Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger marries same-sex couple Jorge Jimenez (L) and Scott Wilson during a \"Winter of Love\" ceremony at San Francisco City Hall on February 14, 2024 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco Mayor London Breed renewed the vows of two same-sex couples during the event at San Francisco City Hall to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)</p>\r\n<h4>March 2024</h4>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517389\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667156-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Funeral service workers carry the coffin of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God, during his funeral in Moscow, Russia, 01 March 2024. An outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024. EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514973\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667201-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> US aircraft drop humanitarian aid over the northern Gaza Strip, 07 March 2024. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514974\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667200-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Pilgrims stand under a waterfall as they cleanse themselves of evil spirits during a Sunday morning ritual at a waterfall on the Braamfontein Spruit river in Johannesburg, South Africa, 03 March 2024. EPA-EFE/Kim Ludbrook</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517582\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ED_494070-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1436\" /> Kelly Smith during the Joslin Smith disappearance case at Vredenburg Magistrate's Court on March 07, 2024 in Vredenburg, South Africa. The Grade 1 Diazville Primary School learner was last seen on February 19th wearing a light blue T-shirt and light blue denim shorts. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517390\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> A man cries next to a dead body outside the Carrefour Aeroport police station, which was set on fire on 04 March by gang members, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 05 March 2024. EPA-EFE/JOHNSON SABIN</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517622\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2116605999.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8667\" height=\"5768\" /> Peruvian migrant Jordan and his 1-year-old daughter Briana wait for their group of migrants in preparation to cross over into the U.S. on March 26, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. Four days ago, hundreds of migrants seeking asylum clashed with Texas national guardsmen while waiting to turn themselves in to border patrol agents for processing. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517402\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Members of the Rohingya ethnic minority stand on a capsized wooden boat as they wait to be rescued by a National Search and Rescue boat in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, 21 March 2024. EPA-EFE/ZAINAL ABIDIN</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517403\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> The Francis Scott Key Bridge is partially collapsed after a cargo ship ran into it in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 26 March 2024. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514972\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667199-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts during a session in the Chamber of Deputies, as she reports to the Lower House ahead of a European Council meeting, Rome, Italy, 20 March 2024. EPA-EFE/RICCARDO ANTIMIANI</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517621\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2068098566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8246\" height=\"5497\" /> A Pointer peeps out from his pen during day two of Crufts featuring the gundogs at the National Exhibition centre on March 08, 2024 in Birmingham, England. Over 24,000 dogs from 220 different breeds take part in Crufts 2024 with hundreds of the most agile and athletic dogs competing in different competitions including agility and flyball and, new for this year, Hoopers - a low-impact and inclusive activity for dogs and owners. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517620\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2066615659.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8167\" height=\"5445\" /> The Aurora Borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights, are seen in the sky above Kiruna on March 7, 2024 in Kiruna, Sweden. The area is widely regarded as one of the best places in the world to see the phenomenon, which occurs when energized particles from the sun hit the Earth's upper atmosphere. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517400\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Fire rises above the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, Russia, 22 March 2024. EPA-EFE/VASILY PRUDNIKOV</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517416\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> A papier-mache sculpture or 'falla' burns during the 'Nit de la Crema' (Valencian for 'Burn Night') of the Fallas Festival in Valencia, eastern Spain, 19 March 2024. EPA-EFE/Biel Alino</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517623\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2135198668-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1740\" /> A couple kiss in a nook of the Guggenheim Museum on March 29, 2024 in Bilbao, Spain. The Guggenheim was built by American architect Frank Gehry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514971\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667179-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Sjoeke Nuesken (R) of Chelsea in action against Chasity Grant of Ajax during the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final, 2nd leg match between Chelsea and Ajax in London, Britain 27 March 2024. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN</p>\r\n<h4>April 2024</h4>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514970\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667176-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Firefighters and residents try to extinguish a fire in a residential district of Las Pinas city, Metro Manila, Philippines, 01 April 2024. EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIG</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517369\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Government personnel inspect the exterior of a partially collapsed residential building following the 03 April magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, 04 April 2024. EPA-EFE/DANIEL CENG</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517398\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Sudanese refugees collect water from a well in the Adre transition camp, on the border with Sudan in Adre, Chad, 05 April 2024. EPA-EFE/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517624\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2147620281-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" /> The solar eclipse is seen above the Washington Monument on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. People have traveled to areas across North America that are in the \"path of totality\" in order to experience the eclipse today. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won't happen until 2044. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517625\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2150138018-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" /> A person waves a Palestinian flag as activists and students protest at an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University on April 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Late Sunday evening, more than 100 activists and students flooded into the encampment after barricades fell as the protest has continued through their fourth day, in solidarity with college campuses across the United States that have started encampments to call on their universities to divest financial ties from Israel.(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514994\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667124-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around parts of an Iranian ballistic missile that was found by Israeli hikers near the southern city of Arad, Israel, 28 April 2024. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN</p>\r\n<h4>May 2024</h4>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517366\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> A protester (C) is detained by police during a pro-Palestine march to Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn, New York, USA, 11 May 2024. EPA-EFE/OLGA FEDEROVA</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517399\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Women hold posters of late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran, 20 May 2024. Raisi, Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six other people were killed when an Iranian Air Force helicopter crashed on 19 May 2024. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517626\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2153985102-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" /> Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21, 2024 in New York City. Attorney Robert Costello will be back on the stand in Trump's hush money trial with the defense expected to rest their case. Judge Juan Merchan says to expect summations and closing arguments in the criminal trial next week. Former U.S. President Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517628\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2154156842-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" /> Mourners attend the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on May 22, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Raisi died after his helicopter went down in a foggy mountain region near the Azerbaijan border on Sunday. The crash also claimed the lives of Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several other officials. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517629\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2154858909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8110\" height=\"5407\" /> Audience members talk before Labour Party leader Keir Starmer addresses party members and media in Lancing Parish Hall during a campaign appearance on May 27, 2024 in Lancing, England. Labour had shown a persistent lead in national polling as of last week, when a snap general election was called for July 4. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517630\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2155401857-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" /> Seen from an aerial view, lava flows from the Sundhnúkur volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula on May 30, 2024 near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in southwestern Iceland, erupted anew the day before, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514968\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667168-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams reacts after fouling a pitch off his chin during the ninth inning of an MLB baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 30 May 2024. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2517401\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Fans of the movie franchise Star Wars dressed as stormtroopers sit in a cinema in The Hague, The Netherlands, 03 May 2024. 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EPA-EFE/Biel Alino[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517623\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517623\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2135198668-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1740\" /> A couple kiss in a nook of the Guggenheim Museum on March 29, 2024 in Bilbao, Spain. The Guggenheim was built by American architect Frank Gehry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2514971\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2514971\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667179-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Sjoeke Nuesken (R) of Chelsea in action against Chasity Grant of Ajax during the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final, 2nd leg match between Chelsea and Ajax in London, Britain 27 March 2024. 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EPA-EFE/DANIEL CENG[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517398\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517398\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Sudanese refugees collect water from a well in the Adre transition camp, on the border with Sudan in Adre, Chad, 05 April 2024. EPA-EFE/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517624\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517624\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2147620281-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" /> The solar eclipse is seen above the Washington Monument on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. People have traveled to areas across North America that are in the \"path of totality\" in order to experience the eclipse today. 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Late Sunday evening, more than 100 activists and students flooded into the encampment after barricades fell as the protest has continued through their fourth day, in solidarity with college campuses across the United States that have started encampments to call on their universities to divest financial ties from Israel.(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2514994\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2514994\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667124-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around parts of an Iranian ballistic missile that was found by Israeli hikers near the southern city of Arad, Israel, 28 April 2024. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN[/caption]\r\n<h4>May 2024</h4>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517366\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517366\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> A protester (C) is detained by police during a pro-Palestine march to Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn, New York, USA, 11 May 2024. EPA-EFE/OLGA FEDEROVA[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517399\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517399\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Women hold posters of late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran, 20 May 2024. Raisi, Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six other people were killed when an Iranian Air Force helicopter crashed on 19 May 2024. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517626\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517626\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2153985102-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" /> Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21, 2024 in New York City. Attorney Robert Costello will be back on the stand in Trump's hush money trial with the defense expected to rest their case. Judge Juan Merchan says to expect summations and closing arguments in the criminal trial next week. Former U.S. President Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517628\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517628\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2154156842-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" /> Mourners attend the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on May 22, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Raisi died after his helicopter went down in a foggy mountain region near the Azerbaijan border on Sunday. The crash also claimed the lives of Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several other officials. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517629\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"8110\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517629\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2154858909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8110\" height=\"5407\" /> Audience members talk before Labour Party leader Keir Starmer addresses party members and media in Lancing Parish Hall during a campaign appearance on May 27, 2024 in Lancing, England. Labour had shown a persistent lead in national polling as of last week, when a snap general election was called for July 4. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517630\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517630\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2155401857-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" /> Seen from an aerial view, lava flows from the Sundhnúkur volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula on May 30, 2024 near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in southwestern Iceland, erupted anew the day before, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2514968\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2514968\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667168-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1674\" /> Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams reacts after fouling a pitch off his chin during the ninth inning of an MLB baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 30 May 2024. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517401\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517401\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Fans of the movie franchise Star Wars dressed as stormtroopers sit in a cinema in The Hague, The Netherlands, 03 May 2024. 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EPA-EFE/Ida Marie Odgaard[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517397\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517397\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> (2L-R) Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden attend a flag ceremony during the G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, Brindisi, Italy, 13 June 2024. 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(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517391\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517391\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> Thai same-sex couple Apiwat Apiwatsayree (L) and his partner Sappanyoo Panatkool (R) make a heart symbol with their hands during an official ceremony to celebrate the Marriage Equality Law at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 June 2024. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2517395\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2517395\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12667164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" /> A woman and her children sit inside a US Border Patrol van after crossing the US-Mexico border in Jacumba, California, USA, 04 June 2024. 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A Japan Airline (JAL) passenger plane bursts into flames on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 02 January 2024, after landing. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS
A view of a fire burning near a car dealership after a missile strike in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 02 January 2024, amid the Russian invasion. EPA-EFE/OLEG PETRASYUK
Alexei Navalny, late Russian opposition leader and critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, appears on a screen via a video link from the 'Polar Wolf' Arctic penal colony during a Supreme Court hearing, in Moscow, Russia, 11 January 2024. Navalny died aged 47 on 16 February 2024. EPA-EFE/Yuri Kochetkov
An Afghan student attends a class at a school that was damaged in conflict before the Taliban took over the government, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 08 January 2024. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
A displaced Palestinian child holds up an empty pot as she and others wait to receive food aid provided by a Palestinian youth group in a refugee camp in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 25 January 2024. EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (C) ahead of testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting children from sexual exploitation online, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, 31 January 2024. EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER
A visitor lies down in Kuala Lumpur Tower's 'Sky Box', one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 05 January 2024. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL
Tobias Wendl (R) and Tobias Arlt of Germany in action during the men's doubles race at the Luge World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, 27 January 2024. EPA-EFE/Filip Singer
People head towards Goma as they flee fighting between the military and rebel forces, east of Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 07 February 2024. EPA-EFE/MOSES KASEREKA
Supporters celebrate a speech by former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, at the party office of Pakistan Muslim League (N), at Model Town in Lahore on February 09, 2024 in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan general elections were of importance not only for the country's internal stability but also for its geo-political significance. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)
An aerial view of mansions still standing along a cliff after a portion of the cliffside tumbled to the Pacific Ocean following days of heavy rains on February 27, 2024 in Dana Point, California. A powerful atmospheric river storm brought flooding, mudslides and heavy rainfall to the state with over seven inches of rain falling in downtown Los Angeles during the storm, half the average yearly total. Tons of cliffside rocks and dirt fell to the beach below during the landslide but authorities say there is no imminent threat to the homes. Climate change is leading to heavier rainfall in many parts of the country. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Ukrainian army servicemen of the 47th separate mechanized brigade take cover as they fire a mortar from their position in the Avdiivka direction, at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk area, Ukraine, 24 February 2024, the day of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. EPA-EFE/VITALII NOSACH
Commuters on a bus look at the body of a woman lying on the street covered in a blanket in the aftermath of a shelling in downtown Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, 20 February 2024. EPA-EFE/VALERY MELNIKOV
Little fish are released in the waters of the Guarino wetland of Jamundi, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 02 February 2024. EPA-EFE/Ernesto Guzman
Ellie Smart of the USA competes during the Women's 20m High Diving preliminaries at the FINA World Aquatics Championships Doha 2024 in Doha, Qatar, 13 February 2024. EPA-EFE/ALI HAIDER
Michael Valentina Cambel of Romania in action during the women's 49kg category at the 2024 EWF European Weightlifting Championships, in Sofia, Bulgaria, 12 February 2024. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (L) kisses US singer Taylor Swift following the Chiefs' victory in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Fransisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 11 February 2024. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO
San Francisco Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger marries same-sex couple Jorge Jimenez (L) and Scott Wilson during a "Winter of Love" ceremony at San Francisco City Hall on February 14, 2024 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco Mayor London Breed renewed the vows of two same-sex couples during the event at San Francisco City Hall to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Funeral service workers carry the coffin of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God, during his funeral in Moscow, Russia, 01 March 2024. An outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024. EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY
US aircraft drop humanitarian aid over the northern Gaza Strip, 07 March 2024. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER
Pilgrims stand under a waterfall as they cleanse themselves of evil spirits during a Sunday morning ritual at a waterfall on the Braamfontein Spruit river in Johannesburg, South Africa, 03 March 2024. EPA-EFE/Kim Ludbrook
Kelly Smith during the Joslin Smith disappearance case at Vredenburg Magistrate's Court on March 07, 2024 in Vredenburg, South Africa. The Grade 1 Diazville Primary School learner was last seen on February 19th wearing a light blue T-shirt and light blue denim shorts. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
A man cries next to a dead body outside the Carrefour Aeroport police station, which was set on fire on 04 March by gang members, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 05 March 2024. EPA-EFE/JOHNSON SABIN
Peruvian migrant Jordan and his 1-year-old daughter Briana wait for their group of migrants in preparation to cross over into the U.S. on March 26, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. Four days ago, hundreds of migrants seeking asylum clashed with Texas national guardsmen while waiting to turn themselves in to border patrol agents for processing. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Members of the Rohingya ethnic minority stand on a capsized wooden boat as they wait to be rescued by a National Search and Rescue boat in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, 21 March 2024. EPA-EFE/ZAINAL ABIDIN
The Francis Scott Key Bridge is partially collapsed after a cargo ship ran into it in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 26 March 2024. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts during a session in the Chamber of Deputies, as she reports to the Lower House ahead of a European Council meeting, Rome, Italy, 20 March 2024. EPA-EFE/RICCARDO ANTIMIANI
A Pointer peeps out from his pen during day two of Crufts featuring the gundogs at the National Exhibition centre on March 08, 2024 in Birmingham, England. Over 24,000 dogs from 220 different breeds take part in Crufts 2024 with hundreds of the most agile and athletic dogs competing in different competitions including agility and flyball and, new for this year, Hoopers - a low-impact and inclusive activity for dogs and owners. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
The Aurora Borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights, are seen in the sky above Kiruna on March 7, 2024 in Kiruna, Sweden. The area is widely regarded as one of the best places in the world to see the phenomenon, which occurs when energized particles from the sun hit the Earth's upper atmosphere. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Fire rises above the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, Russia, 22 March 2024. EPA-EFE/VASILY PRUDNIKOV
A papier-mache sculpture or 'falla' burns during the 'Nit de la Crema' (Valencian for 'Burn Night') of the Fallas Festival in Valencia, eastern Spain, 19 March 2024. EPA-EFE/Biel Alino
A couple kiss in a nook of the Guggenheim Museum on March 29, 2024 in Bilbao, Spain. The Guggenheim was built by American architect Frank Gehry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Sjoeke Nuesken (R) of Chelsea in action against Chasity Grant of Ajax during the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final, 2nd leg match between Chelsea and Ajax in London, Britain 27 March 2024. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN
Firefighters and residents try to extinguish a fire in a residential district of Las Pinas city, Metro Manila, Philippines, 01 April 2024. EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Government personnel inspect the exterior of a partially collapsed residential building following the 03 April magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, 04 April 2024. EPA-EFE/DANIEL CENG
Sudanese refugees collect water from a well in the Adre transition camp, on the border with Sudan in Adre, Chad, 05 April 2024. EPA-EFE/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
The solar eclipse is seen above the Washington Monument on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. People have traveled to areas across North America that are in the "path of totality" in order to experience the eclipse today. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won't happen until 2044. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A person waves a Palestinian flag as activists and students protest at an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University on April 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Late Sunday evening, more than 100 activists and students flooded into the encampment after barricades fell as the protest has continued through their fourth day, in solidarity with college campuses across the United States that have started encampments to call on their universities to divest financial ties from Israel.(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around parts of an Iranian ballistic missile that was found by Israeli hikers near the southern city of Arad, Israel, 28 April 2024. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
A protester (C) is detained by police during a pro-Palestine march to Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn, New York, USA, 11 May 2024. EPA-EFE/OLGA FEDEROVA
Women hold posters of late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran, 20 May 2024. Raisi, Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six other people were killed when an Iranian Air Force helicopter crashed on 19 May 2024. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21, 2024 in New York City. Attorney Robert Costello will be back on the stand in Trump's hush money trial with the defense expected to rest their case. Judge Juan Merchan says to expect summations and closing arguments in the criminal trial next week. Former U.S. President Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Mourners attend the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on May 22, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Raisi died after his helicopter went down in a foggy mountain region near the Azerbaijan border on Sunday. The crash also claimed the lives of Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several other officials. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Audience members talk before Labour Party leader Keir Starmer addresses party members and media in Lancing Parish Hall during a campaign appearance on May 27, 2024 in Lancing, England. Labour had shown a persistent lead in national polling as of last week, when a snap general election was called for July 4. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Seen from an aerial view, lava flows from the Sundhnúkur volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula on May 30, 2024 near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in southwestern Iceland, erupted anew the day before, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams reacts after fouling a pitch off his chin during the ninth inning of an MLB baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 30 May 2024. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER
Fans of the movie franchise Star Wars dressed as stormtroopers sit in a cinema in The Hague, The Netherlands, 03 May 2024. EPA-EFE/PHIL NIJHUIS
Geese fly by a group of soldiers as King Frederik X of Denmark (not pictured) presents the King's Watch during the Anniversary Parade at The Royal Life Guards at The Life Guard Barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark, 27 June 2024. EPA-EFE/Ida Marie Odgaard
(2L-R) Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden attend a flag ceremony during the G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, Brindisi, Italy, 13 June 2024. EPA-EFE/GIUSEPPE LAMI
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Former President Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Thai same-sex couple Apiwat Apiwatsayree (L) and his partner Sappanyoo Panatkool (R) make a heart symbol with their hands during an official ceremony to celebrate the Marriage Equality Law at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 June 2024. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A woman and her children sit inside a US Border Patrol van after crossing the US-Mexico border in Jacumba, California, USA, 04 June 2024. EPA-EFE/ALLISON DINNER
An explosion following an Israeli air strike on Al Bureije refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip 03 June 2024. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER
Jacob Zuma (leader) of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party at the National Result Operation Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Estate on June 01, 2024 in Midrand, South Africa. South Africans voted in the country's seventh democratic general elections to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
Thabo Bester appear at Bloemfontein High Court on June 05, 2024 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The suspects face charges including fraud, corruption, violating a body, and harbouring and concealing an escaped convict in the Thabo Bester case. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungisi Louw)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) arrives at the party headquarters to deliver an election victory speech, in New Delhi, India, 04 June 2024. EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA
A young woman (L) throws a milkshake at Nigel Farage (C), leader of Reform UK party and prospective parliamentary candidate for Clacton, in Clacton-on-sea, Essex, Britain, 04 June 2024. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN
Police use water cannons against Ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting Israel's new army recruitment law, in Jerusalem, 30 June 2024. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
Britain's Catherine Princess of Wales smiles as she travels from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade inside a carriage during the Trooping the Colour parade in London, Britain, 15 June 2024. The Princess of Wales was making her first public appearance since she disclosed that she has been diagnosed with cancer in March 2024. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (R) waves to supporters after arriving at Canberra Airport, in Canberra, Australia, 26 June 2024. EPA-EFE/LUKAS COCH
A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 20 June 2024, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) driving North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an Aurus limousine in Pyongyang, North Korea, 19 June 2024. EPA-EFE/KCNA DM