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Compiled by Neil McCartney

Chief Photographer and Multimedia Journalist


24 hours in pictures, 6 November 2023

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


A man walks past a section of Israel's separation barrier painted with a portrait of Palestinian Ahed Tamimi, on November 6, 2023 in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. - The Israeli army said on November 6 it had arrested the prominent 22-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi during a raid in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
A man walks past a section of Israel’s separation barrier painted with a portrait of Palestinian Ahed Tamimi, on November 6, 2023 in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. – The Israeli army said on November 6 it had arrested the prominent 22-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi during a raid in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
A Spanish local police officer shows an alert of tsunami in his smartphone during an annual tsunami drill in Chipiona, on November 6, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
A Spanish local police officer shows an alert of tsunami in his smartphone during an annual tsunami drill in Chipiona, on November 6, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
Demonstrators gather as they protest during the debate on the government's immigration bill at The Senate in Paris on November 6, 2023. - France's new bill proposes to ease regularisation measures for some migrants and facilitate the deportation process for others. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Demonstrators gather as they protest during the debate on the government’s immigration bill at The Senate in Paris on November 6, 2023. – France’s new bill proposes to ease regularisation measures for some migrants and facilitate the deportation process for others. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
A model wears a hat by French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier during the presentation of a show inspired by his career, called ìFashion Freak Show" in Lisbon on November 6, 2023. - The ìFashion Freak Show" will be in exhibition from November 8 to 12 in Lisbon and from 16 to 19 in Porto. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
A model wears a hat by French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier during the presentation of a show inspired by his career, called ìFashion Freak Show” in Lisbon on November 6, 2023. – The ìFashion Freak Show” will be in exhibition from November 8 to 12 in Lisbon and from 16 to 19 in Porto. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to the media after his meetings with his Turkish counterparts, as he departs from Ankara Esenboga Airport in Ankara, on November 6, 2023. - Blinken said that Washington was working "very aggressively" to dramatically expand the amount of aid reaching trapped civilians in Gaza. (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to the media after his meetings with his Turkish counterparts, as he departs from Ankara Esenboga Airport in Ankara, on November 6, 2023. – Blinken said that Washington was working “very aggressively” to dramatically expand the amount of aid reaching trapped civilians in Gaza. (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)
A person holds a picture of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah during the funeral of a Hezbollah member who was killed in southern Lebanon in cross-border fire with Israeli troops, during his funeral in a south Beirut suburb, on November 6, 2023. - The Lebanon-Israel border has seen regular cross-border shelling over the past month, with firing between the Israeli military on one side and the powerful Hezbollah and its allies on the other. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
A person holds a picture of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah during the funeral of a Hezbollah member who was killed in southern Lebanon in cross-border fire with Israeli troops, during his funeral in a south Beirut suburb, on November 6, 2023. – The Lebanon-Israel border has seen regular cross-border shelling over the past month, with firing between the Israeli military on one side and the powerful Hezbollah and its allies on the other. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain arrive at the airport in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 6, 2023. - King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain are expected for a three-day state visit to Denmark. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain arrive at the airport in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 6, 2023. – King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain are expected for a three-day state visit to Denmark. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
Fluminense's Argentine forward German Cano raises the trophy after winning the Copa Libertadores final football match between Brazil's Fluminense and Argentina's Boca Juniors at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 4, 2023. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)
Fluminense’s Argentine forward German Cano raises the trophy after winning the Copa Libertadores final football match between Brazil’s Fluminense and Argentina’s Boca Juniors at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 4, 2023. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)
Chile's Valentina Toro celebrates after defeating Cuba's Baurelys Torres and winning the gold medal in the karate women's -55kg final of the Pan American Games Santiago 2023, at the Contact Sports Centre of the National Stadium Sports Park, in Santiago, on November 4, 2023. (Photo by Pablo Vera / AFP)
Chile’s Valentina Toro celebrates after defeating Cuba’s Baurelys Torres and winning the gold medal in the karate women’s -55kg final of the Pan American Games Santiago 2023, at the Contact Sports Centre of the National Stadium Sports Park, in Santiago, on November 4, 2023. (Photo by Pablo Vera / AFP)
Palestinians hold placards and wave national flags during a protest in solidarity with Gaza outside the Canadian consulate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 6, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Palestinians hold placards and wave national flags during a protest in solidarity with Gaza outside the Canadian consulate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 6, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Demonstrators gathering with flags, placards and banners are seen through glass as they protest during the debate on the government's immigration bill at The Senate in Paris on November 6, 2023. - France's new bill proposes to ease regularisation measures for some migrants and facilitate the deportation process for others. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Demonstrators gathering with flags, placards and banners are seen through glass as they protest during the debate on the government’s immigration bill at The Senate in Paris on November 6, 2023. – France’s new bill proposes to ease regularisation measures for some migrants and facilitate the deportation process for others. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Dutch's artist Anne Wenzel (R) looks to her opera Razzia Monument constructed in memory of the some 52,000 Rotterdammers and Schiedammers who were deported in November 1944 during World War II to forced labour camps by the German occupiers, in Rotterdam on November 6, 2023. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / various sources / AFP)
Dutch’s artist Anne Wenzel (R) looks to her opera Razzia Monument constructed in memory of the some 52,000 Rotterdammers and Schiedammers who were deported in November 1944 during World War II to forced labour camps by the German occupiers, in Rotterdam on November 6, 2023. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / various sources / AFP)
Children hold placards reading "Peace" in different languages during a meeting with Pope Francis at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican on November 6, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Children hold placards reading “Peace” in different languages during a meeting with Pope Francis at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican on November 6, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Men walk past a section of Israel's separation barrier painted with a portrait of Palestinian Marwan Barghouti, held in an Israel jail, on November 6, 2023 in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Men walk past a section of Israel’s separation barrier painted with a portrait of Palestinian Marwan Barghouti, held in an Israel jail, on November 6, 2023 in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
A woman walks past posters bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages abducted by Palestinian militants on the October 7 attack and currently held in the Gaza Strip during a protest outside the Knesset demanding government action for their return in Jerusalem on November 6, 2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
A woman walks past posters bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages abducted by Palestinian militants on the October 7 attack and currently held in the Gaza Strip during a protest outside the Knesset demanding government action for their return in Jerusalem on November 6, 2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. - 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 SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. – 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 SAID KHATIB / AFP)

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