A veteran pays their respects during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Royal Artillery War Memorial in Hyde Park Corner, in London on November 8, 2020. - Remembrance Sunday is an annual commemoration held on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day, November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War and services across Commonwealth countries remember servicemen and women who have fallen in the line of duty since WWI. This year services have been cancelled or paired back due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
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A selection of some of the best photographs from South Africa and around the world
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A painter gives the final touches to a painting depicting newly elected US President Joe Biden, in Mumbai on November 8, 2020. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)
French German skipper Isabelle Joschke sails her boat out of the harbour before the start of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race in Les Sables-d'Olonne, western France, on November 8, 2020. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)more
A disabled competitor on a wheel chair crosses the July 15 Martyrs' Bridge, known as the Bosphorus Bridge, as they compete in the 42st annual Istanbul Marathon, on November 8, 2020, in Istanbul. - Athletes ran from Europe to the Asian continent for the first time, with 'pandemic special track' as part of measures amid Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)more
Zhou Ruiyu of China competes on the balance beam during the Friendship and Solidarity Competition gymnastics event in Tokyo on November 8, 2020, the first major international sporting event in the Japanese capital since the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)more
Horticulture farmers work on seasonal flower plants to meet the high demand ahead of the Hindu religious festival Diwali in the East Midnapore district, some 90 km west of Kolkata on November 8, 2020. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)more
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson carries a wreath as he attends the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London, on November 8, 2020. - Remembrance Sunday is an annual commemoration held on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day, November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War and services across Commonwealth countries remember servicemen and women who have fallen in the line of duty since WWI. This year, the service has been closed to members of the public due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by PETER NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP)more
Police use water cannons on pro-democracy protesters to disperse them during an anti-government demonstration in Bangkok on November 8, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
Police stand guard in front of the Grand Palace as pro-democracy protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration in Bangkok on November 8, 2020. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London, on November 8, 2020. - Remembrance Sunday is an annual commemoration held on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day, November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War and services across Commonwealth countries remember servicemen and women who have fallen in the line of duty since WWI. This year, the service has been closed to members of the public due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP)more
A law enforcement officer detains a man during an opposition rally called "the March of Democracy" to protest against the Belarus presidential election results in Minsk, on November 8, 2020. - Protesters gathered in Belarus on November 8, 2020, for the latest in weeks of unprecedented demonstrations against Belarus' President, with the opposition leader saying she hopes to soon meet with US President-elect. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)more
A veteran pays their respects during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Royal Artillery War Memorial in Hyde Park Corner, in London on November 8, 2020. - Remembrance Sunday is an annual commemoration held on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day, November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War and services across Commonwealth countries remember servicemen and women who have fallen in the line of duty since WWI. This year services have been cancelled or paired back due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)more
The Vicar of Brenchley Reverend Campbell Paget conducts a socially distanced Remembrance Sunday service at the War Memorial in Brenchley, south east England, on November 8, 2020. - Remembrance Sunday is an annual commemoration held on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day, November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War and services across Commonwealth countries remember servicemen and women who have fallen in the line of duty since WWI. This year, services have been cancelled or paired down due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)more
