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University Of Pretoria celebrates tactile art for the visually impaired, and more from around the world

University Of Pretoria celebrates tactile art for the visually impaired, and more from around the world
Charra Tea attends the launch screening of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK" Season Six at the Soho Hotel on September 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)
Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking ... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past 48 hours.

Kamogelo Maree reacts to one of the artworks at a tactile art for the visually impaired workshop in The student Gallery at the University Of Pretoria on September 18, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. The art workshop, led by Associate Professor Jenni Lauwrens, challenged traditional notions of art appreciation by focusing on touch rather than sight. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)



Thato Phulane touches one of the artworks at a tactile art for the visually impaired workshop in The student Gallery at the University Of Pretoria on September 18, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. The art workshop, led by Associate Professor Jenni Lauwrens, challenged traditional notions of art appreciation by focusing on touch rather than sight. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)



Cyril Ramaphosa at the Opening Of The Africa Aerospace And Defence Exhibition at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof on September 18, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. The exhibition showcases South African-developed aerospace and defense technology, facilitates international partnerships including business-to-business and government-to-government, promotes exports, facilitates job creation and creates an educational platform promoting defense. (Photo by Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu)



An aircraft flies past the harvest supermoon as it rises in Brisbane, Australia, 18 September 2024. EPA-EFE/DARREN ENGLAND



A supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse sets over the old city of Jerusalem, 18 September 2024. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN



People rally as they celebrate Eid-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, in Karachi, Pakistan, 17 September 2024. Mawlid of Prophet Muhammad is observed on the 12th day of Rabi al-Awwal (The third month of the Islamic calendar) in Sunni Islam and 17th day in Shiite Islam. EPA-EFE/SHAHZAIB AKBER



Thousands of union members take part in a protest rally on September 18, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. The strike is in response to legislation that forces the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) to accept administration following allegations of criminal links and corruption. The new legislation, which passed the Senate with support from the opposition, gives the relevant minister the power to appoint an administrator. The CFMEU has criticized the law, saying it strips members of the right to a fair process and has vowed a legal fight. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)



A supporter of former Bolivian President Evo Morales clashes with supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce at the road between Oruro and La Paz, municipality of Vila Vila, Bolivia, 17 September 2024. Morales began a march to demand respect for his candidacy for the 2025 presidential elections and against the economic crisis. EPA-EFE/LUIS GANDARILLAS



A woman reacts during clashes between supporters of former Bolivian President Evo Morales and supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce at the road between Oruro and La Paz, municipality of Vila Vila, Bolivia, 17 September 2024. Morales began a march to demand respect for his candidacy for the 2025 presidential elections and against the economic crisis. EPA-EFE/LUIS GANDARILLAS



Local residents react near the site of an attack in Bamako, Mali, 17 September 2024. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, a group of terrorists attempted to infiltrate the Feladie gendarmerie school on the outskirts of the capital early on 17 September morning. The military government of Mali has been fighting rebel groups since taking power in a coup in 2021. EPA-EFE/HADAMA DIAKITE



A member of the public poses with an installation titled 'Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)' by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, which is unveiled as the latest artwork on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth in London, Britain, 18 September 2024. The artwork is made up of plaster casts of the faces of hundreds of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people across Mexico City, Juarez, and London. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN



Palestinians walk past rubbles in the al-Bureij refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 17 September 2024. According to the Palestinian Civil Defense, dozens of Palestinians were killed in the airstrikes. More than 41,000 Palestinians and over 1,400 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER



Women attend the funeral procession of four people who died a day earlier in pagers blasts, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, 18 September 2024. Health Minister of Lebanon Firas Abiad said at least 12 people died and more than 2800 others injured after multiple wireless communication devices (pagers) were detonated on 17 September. Hezbollah declared in a statement that Israel was behind the strike and that there will be consequences. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH



Smoke billows as a fire burns a forest in Cumeada, Agueda, Portugal 18 September 2024. Seven people have died and 40 have been injured, two seriously, in the fires that have been raging since 15 September in the northern and central regions of the country, in the districts of Aveiro, Porto, Vila Real and Viseu, destroying dozens of houses and forcing roads and motorways to be cut. EPA-EFE/ESTELA SILVA



A girl wades through the flood at the Nant San Khan village, Nan Mae Khon Town, Demoso district, Kayah (Karenni) State, Myanmar, 18 September 2024. At least 226 people died and 77 others are still missing due to the flooding in Myanmar, according State media. Heavy rains triggered by Typhoon Yagi have caused severe flooding across parts of Myanmar, affecting approximately 631,000 people in 59 townships across nine regions and states, including Naypitaw, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on 16 September 2024. EPA-EFE/MIN HTET SAN



A view of a flooded area in Skorogoszcz, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, 17 September 2024. Floods caused by heavy rains brought by Storm Boris have caused at least 18 dead across central and eastern Europe since 13 September. EPA-EFE/MICHAL MEISSNER



Activists take part in a protest outside the National Archaeological Museum against the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Culture in Naples, Italy, 18 September 2024. The G7 Ministers' Meeting on Culture will be held in Naples from 19 to 21 September 2024. The banner reads 'From Nazis to worse. What culture in the country of censorship'. EPA-EFE/CESARE ABBATE



An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard inside a polling station on September 18, 2024 in Pulwama south of Srinagar, India. Polls opened on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir for the first assembly elections in a decade, marking a significant moment for the region as it navigates its new political landscape following the revocation of its special status in 2019. With nearly 9 million registered voters and 219 candidates contesting for 24 seats in this initial phase, many Kashmiris view this election as a crucial opportunity to reclaim their democratic rights after years of political uncertainty and unrest. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)



Some Spanish Civil Guard officers look at the boat that was intercepted off the Canary Islands coast with 57 migrants on board, at the port of La Restinga, El Hierro island, Canary Islands, southwestern Spain, 18 September 2024. Some 500 migrants, on board nine boats, were rescued by several Spanish Sea Rescue Unit's ships off the Canary Islands' coast on the night of 17 September. EPA-EFE/Gelmert Finol



Charra Tea attends the launch screening of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK" Season Six at the Soho Hotel on September 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images). DM

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