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Former Speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula sits in the dock for her court appearance at the Pretoria Magistrate Court in Pretoria on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
Former South African Minister of Defence Charles Nqakula (2nd R) arrives at the Pretoria Magistrate Court for the appearance of his wife Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (not seen) who is the former Speaker of the National Assembly in Pretoria on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)Workers check the damage of building caused by the earthquake in Hualien on April 4, 2024. At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings as far as Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) demonstrate outside the SABC offices in Auckland Park, 4 April 2024, in support of the right of SABC employees to a living wage. The unions allege that SABC employees have not had an increase for three years. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenSudanese security forces patrol in a commercial district in Gedaref city in eastern Sudan on April 3, 2024. Sudan’s war has claimed thousands of lives and displaced more than 8.5 million people, according to the UN. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)People bid farewell to Fu Bao aboard a vibration-free freight car at Everland in Yongin, South Korea, 03 April 2024, as the giant panda journeys back to its native land, China, in accordance with an agreement. Picture: EPA-EFE/YONHAPAn undated handout photo made available by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration shows the Shin Chae-ho, a 3,000-ton diesel submarine built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, at an undisclosed location in South Korea (issued 04 April 2024). Its handover ceremony to the Navy took place on 04 April 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/Defense Acquisition Program AdministrationPolice attend to a crime scene where a young man was shot six times, 4 April 2024, at a football field in Westbury. It is alleged he earlier left the nearby Shoprite and was accosted at the fields. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenMembers of the political organization Antorcha Campesina demonstrate against the lack of water in different areas of Mexico, in Mexico City on April 3, 2024. The problem of water shortages in Mexico, which afflicts both the capital and other states and is aggravated by the heat wave, is beginning to break into the campaigns for the general elections. Less than three months before the June 2 elections and the rainy season, the capital and its suburbs, with more than 20 million inhabitants, have been suffering since January from constant water shortages in many neighborhoods, forcing many to install huge water tanks or build cisterns to store water. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)The electric powered sports car MG Cyberster is on display during the Manila International Auto Show at the SMX convention center in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines, 04 April 2024. The Manila International Auto Show is Philippines’ largest annual motoring event showcasing the latest automobile technologies. Picture: EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIGPeople use boats on Chidorigafuchi, one of the moats around the Imperial Palace, with cherry blossoms in Tokyo on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)A demonstrator holds up a placard reading ‘What if it was your daughter?’ as families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza block a main road during a protest calling on the Israeli war cabinet to make a deal for the release of hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, 04 April 2024. According to the Israeli military, 134 Israelis, who were abducted and taken to the Gaza Strip during the 07 October 2023 attacks by Hamas, remain in captivity. Rallies in Israel have been critical of the government’s handling of the crisis, demanding the immediate release of all hostages. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTANThis aerial view shows the house of Raad al-Ghalibi, an inhabitant of the Chibayesh marshland in Iraq’s southern Ahwar area of Dhi Qar province, on April 2, 2024, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Ghalibi lived in the marshland with his family and raised buffalos, but because of the drought in recent years, he sent his family to live in a more hospitable area in the country and remained in the marshland with his brother to look after his cattle. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)Workers build the Eiffel Tower Stadium that will host the Beach Volleyball and men’s Blind Football competitions during the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics on April 3, 2024 in the Champs de Mars garden in Paris. (Photo by Guillaume BAPTISTE / AFP)
