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24 hours in pictures, 2 March 2021

By Michel Bega

A selection of some of the best photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Supporters of the ANC demonstrate outside the offices of ENCA, 2 March 2021, in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, over alleged racism by reporter Lindsay Dentlinger during a recent broadcast. Picture: Michel Begamore
Jessie Duarte takes part in a demonstration with supporters of the ANC as they demonstrate outside the offices of ENCA, 2 March 2021, in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, over alleged racism by reporter Lindsay Dentlinger during a recent broadcast. Picture: Michel Begamore
US President Joe Biden salutes before he boards Air Force One departing from New Castle Airport in New Castle, Delaware on March 1, 2021. Biden is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his Wilmington home. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)more
A member of security looks at the freezers at Biovac, a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine storage facility, in Midrand, South Africa, on March 2, 2021. (Photo by SIPHIWE SIBEKO / POOL / AFP)
Firefighters battle a forest fire in Pekanbaru, Indonesia's Riau province on March 2, 2021, amid an increase of hotspots in the region. (Photo by Wahyudi / AFP)
An activist of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) escapes through a window of the bus after he was detained by police during a protest against the recent price hike of fuel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) outside the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in New Delhi on March 2, 2021. (Photo by Money SHARMAA / AFP)more
United Fellowship Church pastor Mpfariseni Mukhuba followers outside the Protea Magistrate's Court. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
South African televangelist of Incredible Happenings Ministries Prophet Mboro joins United Fellowship Church Pastor Mpfariseni Mukhuba followers outside Protea Magistrate's Court in Soweto, 2 March 2021. She was charged for noise and violation of Covid-19 regulations. Picture: Nigel Sibandamore
United Fellowship Church Pastor Mpfariseni Mukhuba addresses her followers outside Protea Magistrate's Court in Soweto, 2 March 2021. She was charged for noise and violation of Covid-19 regulations. Picture: Nigel Sibandamore
Protesters react, with one letting off a fire extinguisher, as tear gas is fired by police during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on March 2, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP)
A protester puts water on their face after tear gas was fired by police during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on March 2, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP)
Pupils wearing protective facemasks arrive at a school in Ankara on March 2, 2021, after the country lifted restrictions measures against the Covid-19 pandemic in regions with lower infection rates. Turkey on March 1, re-opened most restaurants for indoor dining and allowed more students to return to school as it rolled back tough coronavirus restrictions. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)more
Members of the public pause to take photographs of an artwork bearing the hallmarks of street artist Banksy on the side of Reading Prison in Reading, west of London, on March 2, 2021. The picture shows a prisoner, possibly resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde, escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter. The work has not yet been claimed by Banksy. (Photo by BEN STANSALL / AFP)more
Mount Sinabung spews some 5,000-metre-high of hot ash into the sky seen from Karo, North Sumatra on March 2, 2021. (Photo by Sastrawan Ginting / AFP)
Protesters react after tear gas is fired by police during a demonstration against the military coup in the northwestern town of Kale on March 2, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP)
Pedestrians walk along a near-deserted street in the City of London on March 2,2021, as 20 Fenchurch Street, commonly known as the 'Walkie Talkie' looms in the background. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)more
A man is seen riding a horse during the celebration of the 125th victory of Adwa, at Menelik square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 2, 2021. The Battle of Adwa was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Ethiopian forces defeated the Italian invading force on March 1, 1896, near the town of Adwa. The decisive victory thwarted the campaign of the Kingdom of Italy to expand its colonial empire in the Horn of Africa. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)more
Helene Maria Fossesholm of Norway reacts after the Cross Country Women 10km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 in Oberstdorf, Germany, 02 March 2021. Picture: EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLANDmore
Workers from French water and waste utility groups Veolia and Suez wave trade union flags and smoke flares during a demonstration outside Veolia administrative offices, in Paris, France, 02 March 2021. Suez group workers protested against Veolia's acquisition initiative towards Suez which according to labor unions would jeopardize between 3000 and 4000 jobs. Picture: EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDONmore
Workers bury a covid-19 victim at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 01 March 2021 (issued 02 March). Brazil is experiencing the worst moment of the coronavirus pandemic, with an explosion of cases and income that has led health authorities to demand more restriction measures throughout the country, while the President, Jair Bolsonaro, insists on denying the seriousness of a disease that already leaves more than 250,000 dead. Picture: EPA-EFE/RAPHAEL ALVESmore



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