Michel Bega

By Michel Bega

Multimedia Editor


24 hours in pictures, 28 March 2024

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.


Cho Kuk leader of the South Korean Rebuilding Korea Party
Cho Kuk (bottom C), leader of the South Korean Rebuilding Korea Party, gestures in front of supporters at a campaign event in Seoul on March 28, 2024. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
Rand Show SANDF display
SANDF during day 1 of the Rand Show at Johannesburg Expo Centre Nasrec on March 28, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Rand Show, previously known as the Rand Easter Show, is an annual show held in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the largest consumer exhibition in Southern Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu)
Russia tightens security before concert in St. Petersburg following Moscow terrorist attack
A man wearing a shirt with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through a window as police guard the area around the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, amid heightened security measures, prior to the concert of the rock group ‘Picnic’ in St. Petersburg, Russia, 27 March 2024. The Russian rock band Picnic was due to perform on 22 March at the Crocus City Hall, where at least 139 people were killed and more than 180 hospitalized after a group of gunmen attacked the concert hall in the Moscow region, according to Russian officials. Picture: EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV
Catholic penitents mark Maundy Thursday in Holy Week of Lent
A Catholic penitent carries a wooden cross as his companions look on outside the Cathedral of San Fernando to mark Maundy Thursday in San Fernando City, Pampanga province, Philippines 28 March 2024. While the Catholic church and government health officials have for years urged devotees to refrain from self-inflicted pain during the Lent season, practices of flagellation and painful depictions of the suffering of Jesus Christ to express faith and penance have become traditions that are hard to break in Catholic communities all over the country. Picture: EPA-EFE/ROLEX DELA PENA
Britain Palestine mural
An aerial view of a mural made by street artists Auberi Chen, Core 246 and Captain Kris depicting Palestinian photographers Mohammed Al-Masri (L), Ali Jadallah (2nd L), Abdelhakim Abu Riash (R) and Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary (2nd R) in Ilford, east London, on March 28, 2024 as part of a project launched by the art platform Creative Debuts called “Heroes of Palestine”. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)
Traditional masked dancers perform
Traditional masked dancers perform during ‘Nawa Durga Nach’ Hindu dance festival in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 28, 2024. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)
Street vendors selling Kenyan flags and vuvuzelas react as Italian driver Riccardo Garosci steers past
Street vendors selling Kenyan flags and vuvuzelas react as Italian driver Riccardo Garosci steers his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X with italian co-driver Rudy Briani while arriving to Naivasha ahead of the second day of the World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya in Naivasha, on March 28, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
Maundy Thursday religious rituals at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Catholic clergymen attend the Ordinance of Foot-Washing ceremony during Maundy Thursday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem, 28 March 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
People dressed as Superheroes deliver Easter eggs
People dressed as Superheroes deliver Easter eggs to children hospitalised in the pediatric ward of the De Marchi clinic, on March 28, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Piero Cruciatti / AFP)
Israeli security forces inspect the site of a shooting
Israeli security forces inspect the site of a shooting attack in Al-Awja in the occupied West Bank on March 28, 2024. Medics and the army said three people including a boy were wounded in a gun attack on March 28 that targeted a school bus near the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
A Sikh volunteer of the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha
A Sikh volunteer of the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ), a faith-based charitable organisation cleans gold platings at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on March 28, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
Clocks of the art installation 'Zeitfeld'
Clocks of the art installation ‘Zeitfeld’ (time field) by German artist Klaus Rinke are seen in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on March 28, 2024. Clocks in Germany will be changed to summer time and set back by one hour on Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
Models display creations from the Maggie Ma collection
Models display creations from the Maggie Ma collection by Maggie Ma during China Fashion week in Beijing on March 28, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
People wearing masks walk on a street during a sandstorm in Jilin
People wearing masks walk on a street during a sandstorm in Jilin, in northeastern China’s Jilin province on March 28, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Supporters of the ruling Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) party gather
Supporters of the ruling Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) party gather at the Plaza Mayor San Francisco square, in front of the San Francisco Basilica, during a rally to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the party’s foundation, in La Paz on March 28, 2024. (Photo by Aizar RALDES / AFP)

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