Law Enforcement officers search a suspicious man at the launch of the Special Policing Deployment To Revitalise Bellville CBD at Market Street on July 23, 2024 in Bellville, South Africa. It is reported that the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is ramping up law enforcement to revitalise key CBD's with a special deployment of additional municipal policing resources. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
Law Enforcement officers at the launch of the Special Policing Deployment To Revitalise Bellville CBD at Market Street on July 23, 2024 in Bellville, South Africa. It is reported that the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is ramping up law enforcement to revitalise key CBD's with a special deployment of additional municipal policing resources. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis during the launch of the Special Policing Deployment To Revitalise Bellville CBD at Market Street on July 23, 2024 in Bellville, South Africa. It is reported that the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is ramping up law enforcement to revitalise key CBD's with a special deployment of additional municipal policing resources. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) ,Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis checks out shops during the launch of the Special Policing Deployment To Revitalise Bellville CBD at Market Street on July 23, 2024 in Bellville, South Africa. It is reported that the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is ramping up law enforcement to revitalise key CBD's with a special deployment of additional municipal policing resources. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump dances after speaking at his first joint rally with Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, 20 July 2024. EPA-EFE/ALLISON DINNER Supporters of former US president Donald Trump's running mate, Ohio republican senator and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance gather for a campaign rally at Middletown High School in his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, USA, 22 July 2024. EPA-EFE/DAVID MAXWELL David Chiu, a San Francisco City Attorney, who was a criminal prosecutor with Vice-President Kamala Harris 26 years ago before she ran for office, talks with reporters during a rally in support of Kamala Harris for President in front of San Francisco City Hall, in San Francisco, California, USA, 22 July 2024. Chiu started 'Asians For Kamala' when Harris started in politics in San Francisco. US President Joe Biden announced on 21 July he would not seek re-election and endorsed Vice President Harris to be the Democratic Party's new nominee for the US elections in November 2024. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO A supporter for Vice-President Kamala Harris with a shirt printed with images of Harris speaks to media during a rally in support of Kamala Harris for President in front of San Francisco City Hall, in San Francisco, California, USA, 22 July 2024. Chiu started 'Asians For Kamala' when Harris started in politics in San Francisco. US President Joe Biden announced on 21 July he would not seek re-election and endorsed Vice President Harris to be the Democratic Party's new nominee for the US elections in November 2024. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO An aerial view of the Trevi fountain as seen from atop the Poli Palace in Rome, Italy, 23 July 2024. EPA-EFE/LUCIANO DEL CASTILLO Workers check burnt garments at the S.B. garment factory at Dhaka-Chattanooga area, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 23 July 2024. The Bangladeshi government imposed a nationwide curfew and deployed military forces after violence broke out in Dhaka and other regions following student-led protests demanding reforms to the government's job quota system. EPA-EFE/MONIRUL ALAM Israeli troops during a military operation in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 23 July 2024. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry at least four Palestinians were killed in the operation. EPA-EFE/ALAA BADARNEH Demonstrators are detained by police after trying to reach the Ugandan Parliament during an anti-corruption march in Kampala, Uganda, 23 July 2024. Ugandan security forces arrested dozens of activists calling for the resignation of House Speaker Anita Among, who has been sanctioned by the United States and Britain over allegations of corruption and serious human rights abuses. EPA-EFE/ISAAC KASAMANI Members of the new Thai senate recite a vow to work with integrity as they attend a meeting at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, 23 July 2024. Newly elected Thai Senate members held their first meeting to elect the new senate speaker and two deputies after they passed the Senate elections on 26 June 2024. All 200 new members were elected through voting among a total of 3,000 candidates from 20 professions nationwide, for Upper House seats to replace the 250 Senators appointed by the military junta after the 2014 coup, who's terms ended on 10 May 2024. EPA-EFE/NARONG SANGNAK A person walks past camper vans under water on Beveroya in Telemark, Norway, 22 July 2024, following heavy rains in the last 24 hours. EPA-EFE/Ole Berg-Rusten A woman saves animals during a forest fire in Alcabideche, Cascais, Portugfal, 21 July 2024. According to the National Emergency Authority and Civil Protection, 313 operational, 91 vehicles and nine airplane are fighting the forest fire that broke out in Alcabideche. EPA-EFE/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS Protesters burn effigies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (L) and Vice-President Sara Duterte (R) along a road leading to the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 22 July 2024. The scheduled State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at the Philippine Congress on 22 July was met with street protests calling for reforms in the country’s economic, labor, social services, human rights and political sectors. EPA-EFE/ROLEX DELA PENA All India Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC) party members and supporters gather for a 'Martyr's Day' rally in Kolkata, eastern India, 21 July 2024. The rally is held annually on 21 July, to commemorate the deaths of 13 people killed in a police shooting at a 1993 Youth Congress rally in Kolkata. EPA-EFE/PIYAL ADHIKARY Members of the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) shout slogans during a rally outside the Giheung campus of Samsung in Giheung, Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea, 22 July 2024. The Samsung Electronics National Union (NSEU) has been on an 'indefinite general strike' from 10 July, to protest demands for improved working conditions and wage increases. EPA-EFE/JEON HEON-KYUN Military personnel participate in a parade commemorating Independence Day in Bogota, Colombia, 20 July 2024. Colombia celebrates its Independence Day in a military parade with the presence of men and women from the Military Forces and National Police. EPA-EFE/MAURICIO DUENAS CASTANEDA Queen Mathilde (R) of Belgium leaves after attending the traditional Te Deum mass on the National Day at the St Michael and St Gudula Cathedral, in Brussels, Belgium, 21 July 2024. Belgium marks its National Day on 21 July, commemorating the swearing-in of the first king of the Belgians, Leopold I in 1831. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER MATTHYS Pro-Palestinian artworks on display on a fence amid escalating tensions with Israel, in Sana'a, Yemen, 21 July 2024. At least six Yemenis were killed and nearly 85 others severely injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Ras Kathnib power station and fuel tanks in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on 20 July, according to a statement by the Houthis-controlled Health Ministry. The Israeli airstrikes were in response to the Houthis-claimed drone attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on 19 July. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB A man lays in the street during a pro-Palestinian protest outside the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Israeli airstrikes struck refugee camps in central Gaza Strip and Gaza City in the north last week, killing at least 21 people, according to published reports. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Ravers dance on and around Love Mobiles during the 22nd edition of the Lake Parade in Geneva, Switzerland, 20 July 2024. EPA-EFE/SALVATORE DI NOLFI Animal rights activists hold a placard reading 'You can't collect, you can't imprison, you can't kill' and shout slogans during a protest against a proposed government plan to euthanize strays amid a growing dog population in Istanbul, Turkey, 20 July 2024. A Turkish parliamentary commission convened on 17 July to discuss a bill aimed at managing the country's large stray dog population. Animal advocates are concerned that the bill could lead to widespread culling of the animals. The discussions have been postponed until 22 July 2024. The plan involves relocating stray dogs to kennels, where they can be adopted within 30 days. However, dogs without owners after a month would be euthanized to make space as the 250 animal shelters in Turkey have a combined capacity of 90,000 animals. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN An activist with 'People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)', holds a sign reading 'no leather, no feathers or fur' while participating in a protest against the use of animals in the fashion industry, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, 22 July 2024. Naked PETA activists with different nations' flags painted on their bodies gathered in Place de la Republique to draw attention to the routine mistreatment and exploitation of animals for fur, leather, and feathers ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA Protesters hold banners during a Pro-Palestine rally at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia 21 July 2024. EPA-EFE/MORGAN HANCOCK Protesters take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21 July 2024. Thousands of protesters staged a rally demanding the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Israel from participating in the Olympics in solidarity with the Palestinian people. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) delvers opening statement during a the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing where United Sates Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is testifying at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. The beleaguered leader of the United States Secret Service has vowed cooperation with all investigations into the agency following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) Sri Lankan university students and civil rights activists hold placards and shout slogans in front of the Bangladesh High Commission during a protest in solidarity with the students of Bangladesh, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 July 2024. They demand an immediate end to the Bangladeshi government's alleged repression of students protesting the job quota system. On 22 July Bangladesh was under curfew; widespread disruption of telecoms prevailed a day after the Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped some quotas for government jobs that sparked protests, and police were authorized to enforce 'shoot on sight' orders across the country during curfew as casualties mounted and law enforcement struggled to contain the unrest. The Bangladeshi government imposed a nationwide curfew and deployed military forces after violence broke out in Dhaka and other regions following student-led protests demanding reforms to the government's job quota system. EPA-EFE/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE A full moon, also called Buck Moon, rises behind a 63.5 meters high cross and a North Macedonian flag on a hill near Dracevo, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 21 July 2024. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI West Papuan indigenous activists paint their faces and wearing traditional dresses dance during a rally against palm oil expansion that threatens their forest in front of the Supreme Court building in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 July 2024. Dozens of the Awyu and Moi Indigenous Peoples from West Papua and environment activists staged a rally urging the Supreme Court to revoke the permits of two palm oil companies in Boven Digoel and Sorong, which threaten customary forests. EPA-EFE/BAGUS INDAHONO A Nepalese devotee woman prays to Lord Shiva during the first day of the Sarwan Brata festival, which is observed through prayer and a month of fasting, at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 22 July 2024. Married and single Nepalese Hindu women gathered in temples on each Monday of the Sawan month, spanning from 22 July to 12 August, to pray for a long and prosperous life of their husbands or for a chance to find a good one. The fasting is undertaken every Monday exclusively by women worshipping Lord Shiva. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA A resident, wearing a traditional costume and walking on stilts, takes part in a 'colorful dance' down a slope as part of a festival called 'The Anguiano Dancers' in Anguiano, La Rioja, northern Spain, 22 July 2024. The dancers walk down a slope, turning like a human spinning top onto 45-centimeter-high stilts to worship the town's patron, Mary Magdalene, in a tradition dating back to 1603. EPA-EFE/RAQUEL MANZANARES Colombian singer and composer Karol G performs on stage during concert at Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Madrid, Spain, 20 July 2024. EPA-EFE/J P GANDUL Amanda 'The Real Deal' Serrano from Puerto Rico celebrates after her victory against Stevie 'Sledgehammer' Morgan from USA, during their super lightweight class battle at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, 20 July 2024. EPA-EFE/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH Participants during the start of the annual 42nd Cross-Balaton Swim at Revfulop, Hungary, 21 July 2024. The distance they swim to the other side of the lake is 5.2 kilometres. EPA-EFE/Tamas Vasvari A general view of the Beach Volleyball venue at Jardin de la Tour Eiffel ahead of the Paris Olympics Games on July 23, 2024 in Paris, France. The city is preparing to host the XXXIII Olympic Summer Games from July 26 to August 11. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Latvian rider Krists Neilands of Israel - Premier Tech celebrates with his family after he finishes the 21st stage of the 2024 Tour de France cycling race over 33km Individual time-trial (ITT) from Monaco to Nice, 21 July 2024. EPA-EFE/LAURENT CIPRIANI Competitors during the wrestle Huka-huka of the indigenous games of Peruibe on the coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 21 July 2024. The Peruibe Indigenous Games, which take places over three days, includes events such as archery, Huka-huka, log race, tug of war, spear, blowgun, in addition to songs, dances, and cultural presentations. EPA-EFE/Isaac Fontana. DM
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Law Enforcement officers search a suspicious man at the launch of the Special Policing Deployment To Revitalise Bellville CBD at Market Street on July 23, 2024 in Bellville, South Africa. It is reported that the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is ramping up law enforcement to revitalise key CBD's with a special deployment of additional municipal policing resources. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)