24 hours in pictures, 12 November 2025

The Puma Flying Lions Harvard Aerobatic Display Team will be in action at the Wonderboom Airshow on Saturday, 15 November 2025, at the Wonderboom Airport. This year’s highlight includes full participation from the South African Air Force (SAAF), delivering precision fly-pasts and tactical displays that show off the nation’s air power and skill. The show starts at 10am and ends at 3pm. Picture supplied 12 November 2025

Taiwan braces for Tropical Storm Fung-Wong

Fishermen secure fishing boat lamps in anticipation of the arrival of Tropical Storm Fung-Wong at a fishing harbor in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 12 November 2025. Tropical Storm Fung-Wong is shifting southward and is expected to impact southern Taiwan Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and posing a threat to regions including Kaohsiung, Tainan, Chiayi, Pingtung, Hualien, and Taitung. The storm’s eye is forecast to pass over Taiwan’s southern tip Wednesday evening. Picture: EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

Pakistan tightens security at courts after the Islamabad suicide bombing

A Pakistani security official stands guard outside the Peshawar High Court in Peshawar, Pakistan, 12 November 2025, as security was stepped up at court buildings after a suicide bombing outside the Islamabad judicial complex. A suicide bombing outside Islamabad’s district court complex on 11 November killed at least 12 people and injured 27, authorities said. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack. Picture: EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

The Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana ahead of tabling the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament, 12 November 2025. Picture: GCIS

Funeral ceremony for Red Fort blast victim in Delhi

Family members of blast victim Pankaj Sahni perform the last rites during his funeral ceremony at Sawda village in Delhi, India, 11 November 2025. Pankaj Sahni, a 22-year-old cab driver from Bihar, was one of the at least 12 fatalities in a car explosion near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi on the evening of 10 November. Picture: EPA/RAJAT GUPTA

Jordan's King Abdullah II visits Vietnam

Members of the guard of honor prepare ahead of a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, 12 November 2025. King Abdullah II is on an official visit to Vietnam from 12 to 13 November 2025. Picture: EPA/LUONG THAI LINH

People displaced by floods and backflow from Lake Naivasha in Kenya

A man evacuates his belongings within a flooded residential area as people continue to vacate from their flooded homes affected by floods and raising backflow waters from Lake Naivasha which has been worsened by prolonged rainfall in Kihoto Esatate, in the Lakeview award, in Naivasha, about 90km northwest of Nairobi, in the rift valley, Kenya, on 11 November 2025. Thousands of residents of Kihoto Etate, in Naivasha, Nakuru County, have been affected by floods caused by the rising waters of Lake Naivasha. Water levels has been rising to unprecedented levels that has been expanding the lake since 2020, among other lakes in the Rift Valley that have been steadily rising. Picture: EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU

EMPD officers are seen after the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Alderman Nkosindiphile Xhakaza unveiled the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD)’s Festive Season Campaign at Kempton Park in Ekhuruleni, 12 November 2025, and to unveil the Department’s newly acquired vehicle fleet. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen

Protesters try to storm UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) headquarters in Brazil

Protesters clash with security forces in an attempt to storm the COP30 headquarters in Belem, Brazil, 11 November 2025. Representatives from some 170 countries are participating in the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, which will run until 21 November. Picture: EPA/ANDRE BORGES

Chilean presidential candidate Jeannette Jara holds closing campaign rally

A person in costume in the likeness of Chilean presidential candidate Jeannette Jara gestures during the closing campaign rally of the candidate in Santiago, Chile, 11 November 2025. Picture: EPA/ELVIS GONZALEZ

Cali opens its International Dance Biennial with Catalonia as guest of honor

Artists from Barcelona’s La Veronal dance company participates in the performance ‘Sonoma’ at the opening of the International Dance Biennial in Cali, Colombia, 11 November 2025. More than 500 dancers from seven countries will kick off the Seventh International Dance Biennial in Cali, which will feature Catalonia as the guest region, with the capital of Valle del Cauca serving as the epicenter of contemporary movement and cultural diversity. Picture: EPA/Ernesto Guzman