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City of Joburg honours Grammy Award-winning composer Lebo M, and more from around the world

City of Joburg honours Grammy Award-winning composer Lebo M, and more from around the world
Migrating White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) in a field, a key stopover site for migratory birds near the West Bank city of Jenin, 10 April 2025. White Storks typically search for food on the ground, among low vegetation, or in shallow water. These long-distance migrating birds winter in Africa and travel between Europe and Africa, generally avoiding crossing the Mediterranean Sea. EPA-EFE/ALAA BADARNEH
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

Mpho Lerole, Langa Mavuso, Vusi Nova, Steve Letsike, Lebo M, Panyaza Lesufi, Matome Chiloane, Sophie Ndaba, Vusi Nova, Zee Nxumalo & Shane Maja during the exclusive event 'I am from Soweto' at Atrium on April 10, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event honoured the extraordinary 30-year journey of the Grammy Award winning composer and producer, Lebo M. (Photo by Gallo Images/Oupa Bopape)



A general view of a street in the capital city of Maseru, Lesotho, 10 April 2025. US President Trump on 09 April has paused for 90 days the implementation of higher tariffs announced on 02 April for most countries, including a 50 percent tariff on the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, which was dropped overnight to the baseline tariff of 10 percent. The tariff would have a devastating effect on the economy of the landlocked country, whose exports to the US were reported to be 1.1 billion US dollars in 2024. EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK



Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray as they burn leavened bread in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, 11 April 2025. The burning of all products containing leavening agents, or Chametz, is a customary preparation ahead of the week-long Jewish high holiday of Passover that commemorates the Jewish exodus from Egypt, according to the Bible. Passover will be celebrated from 12 April to 20 April this year. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN



Indian security personnel detain a Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activist outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India, 11 April 2025. TYC members were protesting the alleged sudden and mysterious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan religious leader, while in custody in Vietnam. The activists called for a transparent and independent investigation into the circumstances of his death and the public release of its findings. EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA



An Iranian cleric passes by as a demonstrator holds anti-US banner during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran, Iran, 11 April 2025. Iranian and US officials will hold indirect negotiations in Oman on 12 April amid the ongoing tensions between the USA, Israel and Iran. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH



A woman holds a placard reading 'People are awake, and the government are sleeping' as she attends the 'Friday of Anger - We march for Palestine' gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 April 2025. The rally was organized to protest against the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip and the internal displacement of its population EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL



MEC Kedibone Diale- Tlabela leads a march against the violence in the taxi industry that has surged in various parts of the province, marching from Astron Filling station in Dube to Uncle Toms Hall in Orlando Weston April 10, 2025 in Soweto, South Africa. This forms part of the resolutions taken at a meeting with women in the Public Transport Industry. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)



A dead humpback whale before its autopsy in Djursland, Denmark, 11 April 2025. The dead humpback whale, believed to be a young calf of about one year and a half heading towards northern waters, was found in Loegten Bay on 02 April, and its skeleton is expected to be ready for display in 2026 at Fjord & Baelt. EPA-EFE/MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN



A young internally displaced Palestinian weeps while standing in a line to receive food from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 11 April 2025. More than 50,800 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since Israel launched a military campaign in the strip in response to a cross-border attack led by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on 07 October 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 250 taken hostages. EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD



Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 April 2025. Rescue teams detected signs of life beneath the debris of a 30-storey building that collapsed following tremors from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March. Workers from the Phetkasem Foundation reported detecting a mobile phone signal under the rubble and locating two bodies using radar scans, fueling hopes they may still be alive. EPA-EFE/NARONG SANGNAK



Britain's King Charles III (L) and Queen Camilla (R) arrive for the State Banquet at the Palazzo Quirinale in Rome, Italy, 09 April 2025. EPA-EFE/FABIO FRUSTACI



A model presents a creation by Joao Pimenta during the 59th Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10 April 2025. The fashion week runs from 06 until 11 April. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA



An Indian folk artist attends the procession held in celebration of the 2623rd birth anniversary of the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, Lord Mahavir Jayanthi, in Bangalore, India, 10 April 2025. Jain devotees and their family members took part in the spiritual procession rally to spread the teachings of Lord Mahavir, pertaining to non-violence, truth, compassion, and self-discipline. EPA-EFE/JAGADEESH NV



Members of the Jain community attend the procession held in celebration of the 2623th birth anniversary of the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, Lord Mahavir Jayanthi, in Bangalore, India, 10 April 2025. Jain devotees and their family members took part in the spiritual procession rally to spread the teachings of Lord Mahavir, pertaining to non-violence, truth, compassion, and self-discipline. EPA-EFE/JAGADEESH NV



Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the Cultural and Creative Industries Market of Chile (MIC) and the IX Ibero-American Congress of Culture in Santiago, Chile, 09 April 2025. EPA-EFE/ELVIS GONZALEZ



A person visits the Google installation 'Making the Invisible Visible' presented as part of the Fuori Salone Design Week exhibition in Milan, Italy, 09 April 2025. Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2025 runs from 07 to 13 April 2025. EPA-EFE/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO



A view of the tomb of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany at the necropolis of Saint-Denis Cathedral during a press tour in Saint-Denis, France, 11 April 2025. The mediation teams at the National Monuments Center, the organization responsible for the Saint-Denis Cathedral, aim to offer visitors a new program adapted for a wider audience, featuring cartels and films for young visitors, as well as tactile stations for the visually impaired, including models and reproductions of recumbent statues. EPA-EFE/TERESA SUAREZ



Exhibits are on display in a permanent exhibition ''The wood that did not burn in Ercolano'', in ercolano, Italy, 10 April 2025. The exhibition shows a selection of wooden furnishings and objects such as furniture, furnishings and tools from the ancient city that have been preserved and survived the eruption of Vesuvius. EPA-EFE/CESARE ABBATE



Museum Director Yolanda Schicker-Siber poses with a Triceratops dinosaur skeleton at the exhibition 'Willard - the world's largest triceratops' at the Aathal Dinosaur Museum in Aathal, Switzerland, 10 April 2025. The largest known Triceratops skeleton was discovered on a North Dakota ranch, USA, in 2018 and brought to Switzerland in 2022 for preparation at the Aathal Dinosaur Museum. Once mounted, the skeleton measured 8.5 meters long and 3.5 meters high, dimensions never before achieved by any other find of this kind, according to the Museum. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL BUHOLZER



Fans of Lyon cheer during the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals 1st leg soccer match between Olympique Lyonnais and Manchester United, in Lyon, France, 10 April 2025. EPA-EFE/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO



Desire Doue of PSG (L) and Matty Cash of Aston Villa (R) in action during the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 1st leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa, in Paris, France, 09 April 2025. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT



Migrating White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) in a field, a key stopover site for migratory birds near the West Bank city of Jenin, 10 April 2025. White Storks typically search for food on the ground, among low vegetation, or in shallow water. These long-distance migrating birds winter in Africa and travel between Europe and Africa, generally avoiding crossing the Mediterranean Sea. EPA-EFE/ALAA BADARNEH. DM

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