24 hours in pictures, 22 September 2025

A woman holds the “Motswedi” a 2,488-carat rough diamond, the second largest in the world, at the HB Antwerp diamond company headquarters in Antwerp, on September 22, 2025. Found using X-ray transmission technology, the Motswedi which means in Setswana, “water spring or flow of underground water”, was unearthed in Botswana’s Karowe Mine, in August 2024. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)

US President Donald Trump greets Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Druids mark autumn equinox in London's Primrose Hill

Members of The Druid Order perform a ceremony to celebrate the autumn equinox on Primrose Hill in London, Britain, 22 September 2025. The Druids, who claim the ritual has been performed there since 1717, commemorate the autumnal equinox when day and night are nearly equal in length, marking the start of autumn. Modern Druids represent a contemporary spiritual movement that reveres nature and the physical landscape. Picture: EPA/NEIL HALL

A man walks past portraits of leading member of the Fatah party Marwan Barghouti, (L), the most high-profile Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) adorning a section of Israel’s controversial separation wall near the Qalandiya checkpoint between Jerusalem and and Ramallah on September 22, 2025. France and other countries were set on September 22 to join several Western governments that have angered Israel by recognizing a Palestinian state as the UN’s centerpiece diplomatic week got underway in New York. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Lira at the DStv Delicious International Food And Music Festival on Day 2 at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on September 21, 2025 in Midrand, South Africa. The festival delivers a weekend of world-class entertainment, culinary adventure and creative expression. (Photo by Gallo Images/Oupa Bopape)

Protesters clash with anti-riot police near Milano Centrale train station on the sidelines of a nationwide strike organized by the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB Union) in Milan, northwestern Italy on September 22, 2025. USB union has organized a 24-hour national general strike across all sectors to demand that the government immediately break off relations with the State of Israel, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and the Global Sumud Flotilla. (Photo by PIERO CRUCIATTI / AFP)

An employee places the Palestinian flag along side the French Flag, the flag of Lyon, and the European Union flag, over the entrance of the Lyon City Hall, in eastern France, on the day France plans the recognition of a Palestinian State at the United Nations on September 22. Over 50 town halls in France were flying the Palestinian flag on September 22, 2025, in defiance of an interior ministry warning not to do so ahead of the recognition of a Palestinian state by French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola presents evidence at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria, 22 September2025, after the evidence presented by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen

Britain’s King Charles III waves to well-wishers as he arrives at the Town Hall in Barrow-in-Furness, northern England on September 22, 2025, to present Letters Patent formally bestowing Royal Charter status for the Port of Barrow, in recognition of the town’s critical contribution to national defence and industry. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Models present creations from the Spring/Summer 2026 collection of London-based fashion label Ashish during London Fashion Week in London on September 22, 2025. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP)

Afghan burqa clad-women sort pomegranate seeds for sun-drying at the Arghandab district in Kandahar province on September 22, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP)

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