South African model Candice Swanepoel walks the runway during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York on October 15, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Demonstrators under the banner of the Campaign to Scrap the Labour Law Amendment Bills picket along Empire Road in Parktown, 16 October 2025, demanding that the National Minimum Wage Commission convene public hearings to hear directly from the public, workers and worker organisations what constitutes a decent living wage. Currently the minimum wage in South Africa is R28.79 per hour. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenProtesters smash a shop window during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, 15 October 2025. Mass demonstrations took place in cities across Spain, coinciding with a strike and a partial work stoppage called by labor unions and various associations under the slogan ‘Let’s Stop for Palestine’, in solidarity with civilians in Gaza. Picture: EPA/ENRIC FONTCUBERTAA girl holding a bouquet poses for a photo at a street in Hanoi, Vietnam, 16 October 2025. Picture: EPA/LUONG THAI LINHLili, the 10-month-old red kangaroo joey, is seen in the director’s office at Sosto Zoo in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 15 October 2025. The little female was thrown out of her mother’s pouch at the age of nine months, and since then, she has been cared for by the zoo’s veterinarians, who feed her every four hours. The goal is for Lili to become completely independent in six months and join the park’s troop of giant kangaroos. Picture: EPA/Attila BalazsAfternoon traffic, including minibus taxis, makes its way along Jan Smuts Avenue in Hyde Park with flowering jacaranda trees blooming overhead, 15 October 2025. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenA model presents a creation by Xu Zhi during Shanghai Fashion Week, in Shanghai, China, 16 October 2025. Picture: EPA/ALEX PLAVEVSKISuspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu at the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee inquiry into alleged corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system at Good Hope Chambers on October 16, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. The inquiry was set up to probe political interference, leadership failures, and internal dysfunction in the South African Police Service (SAPS) with a particular focus on allegations raised by Mkhwanazi about interference within the police command on July 6th. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)A veterinarian prepares to vaccinate a cat with a rabies vaccine during a free vaccination program for pets in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 16 October 2025. The free rabies vaccination program was held by the Aceh Quarantine Center Laboratory as a part of a campaign program on preventive measures against the spread of the disease and deaths due to the rabies virus carried by pets such as cats and dogs. Picture: EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAKPeruvian police officers stand guard while blocking a flare near Congress during a demonstration against the new government of Jos Jeri in Lima, Peru, 15 October 2025. People are protesting against rising crime, economic insecurity, and corruption, a day after President Jose Jeri presented his cabinet. Picture: EPA/JOHN REYES MEJIAThe Norwegian ship Hagland Captain is stuck under the Svinesund Bridge on the border between Sweden and Norway, in Svinesund, Norway, 16 October 2025. According to the Coast Guard, the Norwegian vessel, loaded with timber, ran aground and became lodged beneath the Svinesund Bridge; there were no injuries and no oil leak. Picture: EPA/CORNELIUS POPPE Supporters of the late former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga react as his body arrives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 October 2025. Odinga, 80, who spent many years as an opposition leader, passed away in India on 15 October 2025 while receiving medical treatment. Picture: EPA/DANIEL IRUNGUA man installs an artwork at a park in Hanoi, Vietnam, 16 October 2025. Picture: EPA/LUONG THAI LINH
