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An aerial view shows people visiting a rapeseed garden in Xinghua, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on April 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is seen in the Johannesburg High Court, 8 April 2024, as he appears during his appeal against not being allowed to stand as an election candidate in the upcoming general elections to be held in May. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenUmkhonto we Sizwe supporter and prisoners’ rights activist Golden Miles Bhudu is seen outside the Johannesburg High Court, 8 April 2024, as former South African President Jacob Zuma appears during his appeal against not being allowed to stand as an election candidate in the upcoming general elections to be held in May. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenSupporters of former South African President Jacob Zuma demonstrate outside the Johannesburg High Court, 8 April 2024, as he appears during his appeal against not being allowed to stand as an election candidate in the upcoming general elections to be held in May. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenA boy rolls a tire through a flooded street following heavy rains in Sana’a, Yemen, 07 April 2024. Heavy rains have hit Sana’a and most parts of Yemen, according to Yemen’s meteorological service. Forecast until the end of April presents an increase of rainfall across Yemen, with a peak of about 100 to 150 mm and a risk of major flooding in some of the country’s provinces, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned. Picture: EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHABA woman on a boat looks at damaged houses on the banks of Cau River in Vietnam’s Bac Ninh province on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)People participate in a religious procession called ‘Jesus of the Divine Mercy’ in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 07 April 2024. Thousands of people participated in Eucharists in several regions of Venezuela to commemorate the ‘Divine Mercy,’ a Catholic celebration that has gained notoriety in the Caribbean in recent years. Picture: EPA-EFE/HENRY CHIRINOSBritish runner Russ Cook gestures as he poses for a picture with the memorial sign marking the northern-most point of Africa upon arrival at Cape Angela, northeast of Tunis, on April 7, 2024 while surrounded by supporters who joined him for the final leg of the 16,000 kilometre challenge to run across the African continent from South Africa’s Cape Agulhas to Tunisia’s Cape Angela to raise money for charity. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)A member of the Belgian Armed Forces stands in front a building with bullet holes and blast marks during the ceremony to pay tribute to the 10 Belgian Peacekeepers murdered in the first hours of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at the Belgian Memorial Camp Kigali in Kigali on April 8, 2024, as part of the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)A Palestinian family rides on the back of a donkey-drawn carriage next to damaged buildings in Khan Yunis on April 8, 2024 after Israel pulled its ground forces out of the southern Gaza Strip, six months into the devastating war sparked by the October 7 attacks. (Photo by AFP)A picture taken from Israel along the border with southern Lebanon shows smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment in the Lebanese village of Khiam on April 8, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)Pedestrians navigate around puddles in the Johannesburg CBD on a rainy day in the city, 8 April 2024. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenA picture shows the shoes of US actress Zendaya during a photocall for the release of the movie ‘Challengers’ directed by Luca Guadagnino on April 8, 2024 in Rome. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)A woman in traditional costume (R) moves her barge for tourists at a canal in the Spreewald region, in Lehde, Germany, 04 April 2024 (issued 08 April 2024). The Spreewald region lies just around 100 kilometers south of Berlin and it has been protected as a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 1991. Cultivation has created a mosaic of small meadows, fields and forests, as well as a network of rivers, used annually from April to October to deliver mail through a nine-meter barge, following a 116-year-old tradition in these wetlands. According to official tourism information, the Spreewald recorded 2.2 million overnight stays in 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/HANNIBAL HANSCHKEPeople walk under crabapple blossoms in Handan in northern China’s Hebei province on April 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)People buy dry fruits ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a market in Kandahar on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP)
