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Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng (Pastor) is seen outside Palm Ridge Magistrates Court during the court appearance of 12 suspects facing charges related to the alleged arson of Incredible Happenings Ministries on May 07, 2025 in Palm Ridge, South Africa. The fire reportedly occurred after an incident at a local primary school where Pastor Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng and his followers allegedly caused disturbances and demanded the release of his grandchildren. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)
Municipality workers put cartoon figures in shape of a bicycle at the main boulevard in Tirana, Albania, on May 07, 2025. Tirana will be the central hub for event activities of Giro d’Italia, including the team presentation and the finish lines of the first two stages. Picture: Matrix Images/Armando BabaniRussian military jets fly over the Kremlin during the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2025. Russia is preparing to mark the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II (WWII). The military parade will take place in Moscow’s Red Square on 09 May. Picture: EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKYUkrainian rescuers working at the site of the drone hit the high-storey residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 07 May 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. At least two people died and seven people were injured, including four children, in the overnight strike on different residential areas, according to the State Emergency Service report. Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack using at least four ballistic missiles and 142 drones across all of Ukraine. Picture: EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKOThis photo taken and handout on May 7, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows cardinals during a holy mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff, prior to the start of the conclave, at St Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)Supporters of political party Markazi Muslim League share sweets with people after Pakistan shot down Indian fighter jets in retaliation of Indian missile strikes, in Karachi, Pakistan, 07 May 2025. The Pakistan Armed Forces shot down five Indian fighter jets, the Pakistani Government said on ‘X’ social media platform, in retaliation of earlier Indian military strikes on nine sites in Pakistan conducted following a deadly militant attack on tourists in India-administered Kashmir. Picture: EPA-EFE/SHAHZAIB AKBERFlowers are displayed to sell ahead of Mother’s Day at the Sydney Flower Markets in Sydney, Australia, 07 May 2025. Mothers Day falls on 11 May this year. Picture: EPA-EFE/BIANCA DE MARCHIIndian school students take part in a mock drill at Rajkiya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in New Delhi, India, 07 May 2025. The Indian government said it had carried out military strikes on nine sites in Pakistan in retaliation for the deadly militant attack on tourists in the popular tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir on 22 April 2025, which left 26 dead and several injured. Picture: EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTAFishermen sort their fishing nets at Kedonganan Beach in Bali, Indonesia, 07 May 2025. The Bali Center for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) has issued a warning for severe weather and high sea waves in the Bali Strait, with wave heights potentially reaching up to 3.5 meters from 06 to 08 May 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/MADE NAGIPeople stand near the damaged part of an unidentified aircraft at a Mosque compound in Pampore, in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, 07 May 2025. On 07 May, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, hitting alleged terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN
