Paralympic medallist Louzanne Coetzee receives hero's welcome, and more from around the world

Paralympic medallist Louzanne Coetzee (31) receives a hero’s welcome at the Bram Fischer Airport on September 10, 2024 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Louzanne Coetzee won a bronze medal in the women's 1 500 m T11 event at the 2024 Paralympics held in the iconic Stade de France. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungisi Louw)

Miss SA Mia le Roux at the Sign Language and Music Enhancement Mini Festival at Transoranje School for the Deaf on September 10, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. The festival plays a crucial role in fostering inclusivity and ensuring that sign language becomes an integral part of building a more inclusive and connected society. (Photo by Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu)

Volunteers carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha for its immersion into the Arabian Sea as part of a ritual at Juhu beach in Mumbai, India, 11 September 2024. The Ganesh Chaturthi festival is a ten-day long event celebrated all over India. During the Ganpati festival, which is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, idols of the Hindu deity are worshiped at hundreds of pandals or makeshift tents before they are immersed into water bodies. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI

Pope Francis waves from the popemobile at the end of a mass at the Esplanade of Taci Tolu, in Dili, East Timor, 10 September 2024. The pontiff arrived in East Timor on 09 September, one of the world's most Catholic nations, as part of his apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania, from 02 until 13 September. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MEO

Faithfuls shelter from the sun under umbrellas as they wait for the start of a mass led by Pope Francis on the Taci Tolu esplanade, Dili, East Timor, 10 September 2024. Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on 09 September, one of the world's most Catholic nations, as part of his apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania, from 02 until 13 September. The trip in East Timor will conclude with a mass on the Taci Tolu esplanade, where Pope St. John Paul II also celebrated in 1989. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MEO

Artists of French theater Ilotopie perform during the street performance 'Colourful People' in the streets of Poznan, as part of the Malta Festival 2024, in Poznan, Poland, 09 September 2024. The festival runs until 15 September. EPA-EFE/JAKUB KACZMARCZYK

A pig is carried on a motorbike after being evacuated from a flooded area in Hanoi, Vietnam, 10 September 2024. Typhoon Yagi, which struck northern Vietnam over the weekend, triggered severe flooding in Hanoi. The Red River's rapid rise inundated communities along the riverbank, forcing residents to seek refuge in safer areas. As of 09 September, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority reported at least 65 fatalities and 39 missing persons due to the typhoon. According to UNICEF, millions of families were affected by the widespread flooding and landslides caused by Yagi when it made landfall on 07 September. EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH

A farmer leads cows back into the valleys during the traditional Viehscheid festival in Bad Hindelang, Germany, 11 September 2024. Viehscheid and Almabtrieb are the names of the annual festival which takes place at the end of summer. During the festival the farmers lead their cattle from the mountain pastures to bring them back to the valleys. EPA-EFE/ANNA SZILAGYI

Australian actor and singer Jason Donovan (C) performs during a photocall for Richard O'Brien's 'The Rocky Horror Show' musical at Dominion Theatre in London, Britain, 10 September 2024. The Rocky Horror Show will be touring the UK theatres from 06 September 2024 to 30 August 2025. The Rocky Horror Show is a musical by British actor, author and composer Richard O'Brien that premiered in 1973. In 1975, the film adaptation 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' was released in cinemas. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN

Dancers pose on water during a photo-call to promote the ballet Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at St James’ Park in London, Britain 11 September 2024. Matthew Bournes Swan Lake will have a 30th Anniversary tour starting on 11 November 2024 in Theatre Royal Plymouth. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

Hezbollah fighters attend the funeral procession of Hezbollah commander Mohammed Qassem Al Shaer in Sohmor town, Western Beqaa, southern Lebanon, 11 September 2024. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Al Shaer, who served as a Hezbollah Radwan Force commander, was killed in an Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike on 10 September in the area of Qaraoun, in the western Beqaa. EPA-EFE/STR

Military personnel pay their respects upon the arrival of the coffin with the remains of the former director of the National Civil Police (PNC), Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, who died last Sunday in a helicopter accident along with eight other people; at the former Presidential House in San Salvador, El Salvador, 10 September 2024. The United States Government will send a group of experts in air accidents to El Salvador to support the investigation of the helicopter accident that left 9 dead on Sunday, including the director of the Police, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas. EPA-EFE/Javier Aparicio

Victoria Police hold a protester to the ground during a rally against the LandForces International Land Defence Exposition at the Melbourne Convention and Entertainment Centre in Melbourne, Australia, 11 September 2024. EPA-EFE/JOEL CARRETT

Lee Seong Hyeon of South Korea competes in the Toughest Firefighter Alive during the World Firefighters Games 2024, in Aalborg, Denmark, 11 September 2024. Over 3,000 firefighters and their families will descend on Aalborg for the World Firefighters Games, held between 07 until 14 September. The event features more than 40 sports and has been held since 1990, starting in Auckland, New Zealand. EPA-EFE/HENNING BAGGER

Crew member of the expedition 72 to International Space Station (ISS) NASA astronaut Don Pettit gestures as he leave a 'Cosmonaut' hotel and board a bus during a send-off ceremony before the launch of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 11 September 2024. Crew members Roscosmos cosmonauts Alaxey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit are scheduled to launch on the Soyuz MS-26 to the International Space Station (ISS) on 11 September 2024. EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

Members of the group 'Uproot Plastic' hold up banners during a rally against the South Korean government's environmental policy, in Seoul, South Korea, 11 September 2024. Protesters gathered to call on the government to highlight the importance of the creation of a global plastics treaty. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will hold the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on the creation of a global plastics treaty, from 25 November to 01 December 2024 in Busan, South Korea. EPA-EFE/JEON HEON-KYUN

People push an inflatable boat through the flood waters in a street of Hanoi, Vietnam, 11 September 2024. Typhoon Yagi, which struck northern Vietnam over the weekend, triggered severe flooding in Hanoi. The Red River's rapid rise inundated communities along the riverbank, forcing residents to seek refuge in safer areas. As of 11 September, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority reported at least 152 fatalities and 140 missing persons due to the typhoon. EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH

A New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) sanitation worker fumigates in a slum area to reduce breeding sites for mosquitoes so as to prevent Dengue and other mosquito-borne tropical diseases, in New Delhi, India, 11 September 2024. According to the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) data released on 06 September, dengue cases dropped over 94% compared to the previous year. NDMC has been conducting an anti mosquito breeding drive in the New Delhi area, which includes eliminating larva of mosquitoes breeding in the water, spraying insecticides in gutters and in accumulated water and fumigation to curb the outbreak of Dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases. EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA

Stranded passengers outside Jomo Kenyatta International Airport during a strike by aviation workers in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Several flights were disrupted and hundreds of passengers left stranded after Kenyan aviation workers began a strike to protest plans for Adani Airport Holdings Ltd. to take over operations of the nation's biggest airport for 30 years. Photographer: Kang-Chun Cheng/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Artworks by Holly Johnson are on display during a media preview for The Holly Johnson Story exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool in Liverpool, Britain, 11 September 2024. The exhibition, which examines the personal life and musical career of Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Holly Johnson, runs from 14 September 2024 to 27 July 2025 and is timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's album 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome', which included the singles 'Relax', 'Two Tribes' and 'The Power of Love'. EPA-EFE/ADAM VAUGHAN

Models present creations by Spanish designer Juanjo Oliva at an exclusive trunk show held as part of the Madrid es Moda fashion week, in Madrid, Spain, 11 September 2024. The Madrid es Moda fashion week runs from 07 to 11 September. EPA-EFE/Daniel Gonzalez

Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in the debate's press file in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 10 September 2024. The two candidates faced off for 90 minutes in their only planned debate of the 2024 presidential election. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO. DM