Michel Bega

By Michel Bega

Multimedia Editor


24 hours in pictures, 10 November 2023

Our Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world to bring you a visual snapshot of the day's events.


Organisations from different townships picket outside Tshwane House
Organisations from different townships picket outside Tshwane House in Pretoria, 10 November 2023, for service delivery in Tshwane after Samwu members downed tools on July 26, demanding the metro implement a 5.4% wage increase. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen
flower festival in Taoyuan
An aerial view shows visitors walking past flower patterns during a flower festival in Taoyuan on November 10, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
A pile of uncollected refuse
A pile of uncollected refuse at the corner of Struben Street and Es’kia Mphahlele Drive in Pretoria, 10 November 2023, after Samwu members downed tools on July 26, demanding the metro implement a 5.4% wage increase. It is alleged that non striking employees are threatened and prevented from reporting to work and doing their duties. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen
A Filipino soldier plays 'Taps' on his trumpet
A Filipino soldier plays ‘Taps’ on his trumpet along a hall of walls with names of ‘Missing in Action’ soldiers during a ceremony on the eve of Veterans Day, at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 10 November 2023. The US ambassador to the Philippines, MaryKay Loss Carlson, joined the surviving war veterans in rites to honor American and Filipino troops killed in World War II at the cemetery, where more than 17,000 American military and 570 Filipino counterparts are buried. Picture: EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Families of Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv protest
Residents of Kibbutz Kfar Gaza and relatives of Israeli hostages captive in Gaza fly kites in a protest action calling for the release of their loved ones, in Tel Aviv , Israel , 09 November 2023. According to Israeli army 239 Israelis are held in captivity in Gaza. More than 10,500 Palestinians and at least 1,400 Israelis have been killed, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian health authority, since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
South Africa opposition leader Julius Malema visits Kenya
South African leader of the opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema (2-L), and Kenyan academic and former director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission Patrick Lumumba (C), during the launch of the Pan African Institute at Lukenya University in Makueni, Kenya, 09 November 2023. Malema, who was the key speaker during the launch, said that ‘the institute is the home of Africa’s rich knowledge for the benefit of all Africans on the continent and the diaspora’. Picture: EPA-EFE/Daniel Irungu
Pro-Palestinian supporters pour fake blood outside Paramount Group offices
Pro-Palestinian supporters pour fake blood outside Paramount Group offices while protesting in Midrand, north of Johannesburg on November 10, 2023. – They are calling for shutdown of Paramount, Africa’s largest private arms group. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
Models showcase designs by renowned fashion designer Gavin Rajah and acclaimed artist Zanele Muholi
Models showcase designs by renowned fashion designer Gavin Rajah and acclaimed artist Zanele Muholi at the Forum in Johannesburg, 9 November 2023, during their collaborative presence at the African Fashion International Joburg Fashion Week. A collection inspired by Muholi’s powerful series ‘Somnyama Ngonyama.’ Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen
Labourer demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Jakarta
A labourer put his head through a banner with a caricature of Israel’s Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally in solidarity for the Palestinians outside the US embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, 10 November 2023. Dozens of labourers staged a rally calling the world leaders to stop the violence in Gaza. Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have died since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, leading to Israeli retaliation strikes on the Palestinian enclave. Picture: EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM
Walkers visit water flowing over Derwent Dam
Walkers visit water flowing over Derwent Dam near Bamford in the Peak District National Park in northern England on November 10, 2023. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
A model presents a creation by the brand FOZ
A model presents a creation by the brand FOZ during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week 2023 at the Iguatemi shopping mall in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 09 November 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/Isaac Fontana

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