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.
Two zebras stands head to head during the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo in central London on January 3, 2024. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)
French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin crosses Alameda Avenue on a 270-metre long taut rope, 50 metres above ground, on the opening day of the Teatro a Mil festival, in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, on January 3, 2024. (Photo by Javier TORRES / AFP)A runner jogs past a heart-shaped installation, with Stockholm City Hall in the background, during a snowfall in Stockholm, Sweden, 02 January 2024. Snow and slippery conditions continue to cause problems in many parts of Sweden. Picture: EPA-EFE/Anders WiklundA runner ducks as he runs past a closed Rea Vaya bus station in Johannesburg, 3 January 2024, as bus drivers go on a wildcat strike over 13th cheques and unhappiness with new internal controls. Pictures: Michel Bega/The CitizenTwin female giant panda cubs — Rui Bao and Hui Bao — are made available for public viewing at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, South Korea, on 03 January 2024, following their birth to 9-year-old giant panda Ai Bao and her partner, 10-year-old Le Bao, on 07 July 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/YONHAPA building decorated in the South African flag is seen 3 January 2024, in Johannesburg on a quiet day in the city centre at the start of the new year. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenA child stands in a flooded street near the Markermeer after the first storm of this year, which was named Henk, in Hoorn, the Netherlands, 03 January 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSENKFC Mini Cricket activation during day one of the 2nd Test match between South Africa and India at Newlands Cricket Ground on January 03, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)A man cycles past a collapsed building in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, 03 January 2024. At least 62 people were killed by the magnitude 7 earthquake (the USGS listed the magnitude as 7.5) which occurred on 01 January, according to the Ishikawa Prefecture Government. Picture: EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHONIranian’s wave images of the late Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani during the fourth anniversary of his death, in Tehran, Iran, 03 January 2024. On the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, two explosions have killed at least 103 people and another 171 people were wounded near the mausoleum dedicated to him, according to Iranian state television. As part of a ceremony to honor General Soleimani, who was killed in a drone strike in neighboring Iraq in 2020, hundreds of people were on their way towards the grave on 03 January. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREHEmergency services evacuate a resident from a flooded street as the River Aa overflows in Arques, France, 03 January 2024. After months of heavy rains, rivers are swollen in northern France. Picture: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSONCranes try to remove a truck after an accident during a heavy snowfall in Viborg, central Jutland, Denmark, 03 January 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/Johnny PedersenGeneral view of Newlands during day one of the 2nd Test match between South Africa and India at Newlands Cricket Ground on January 03, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)
