A Nihang’ or Sikh warrior performs ‘Gatka’, an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, during a Fateh Divas celebration a day after the Hindu festival Diwali, in Amritsar on 5 November 2021. Photo: NARINDER NANU / AFP
GALLERY: This Week in Pictures 6 – 12 November
We look back on the pictures that have drawn our attention to the biggest news stories from SA and around the world over the past week.
A Nihang’ or Sikh warrior performs ‘Gatka’, an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, during a Fateh Divas celebration a day after the Hindu festival Diwali, in Amritsar on 5 November 2021. Photo: NARINDER NANU / AFP
The past week offered some interesting imagery from around the world and includes visuals of a lightscape display at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, French balloonist Remi Ouvrard attempting to set a world record, Storm, a 10m tall goddess of the sea and devotees offering prayers at the Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari temple.
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People walk through the Winter Cathedral while visiting “Lightscape,” a light display at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden on 11 November 2021 in Arcadia, California. The mile-long pathway through The Arboretum features art installations of light, color, and sound immersed in the gardens. Photo: Patrick T. FALLON / AFP
French balloonist Remi Ouvrard attempts to set a world record by standing on the top of a hot air balloon for the Telethon at an altitude of over 3637m on 10 November 2021 in Chatellerault, western France. The altitude should be the same as the phone number of the Telethon campaign 36-37. Photo: Guillaume SOUVANT / AFP
Storm, a 10m tall goddess of the sea, a puppet who carries a message of the oceans in crisis, moves through the streets of Glasgow on November 10, 2021, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. A draft text at the COP26 climate summit urged countries on Wednesday to boost their emissions-cutting goals by 2022, three years ahead of schedule after data showed the world was far off track to limit warming to 1.5°C. Photo: Paul ELLIS / AFP
This aerial photograph shows a car driving on a road at Yedigoller National Park near Bolu district on 9 November 2021. Photo: Ozan KOSE / AFP
Devotees offer prayers at the Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari temple during the Hindu religious fasting festival of ‘Rakher Upobash’ in Narayanganj on 9 November 2021. Photo: Munir uz zaman / AFP
Starlings fly at sunset over central Milan on 8 November 2021. Photo: Tiziana FABI / AFP
A farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy crop in a field on the outskirts Amritsar on 8 November 2021. Photo: NARINDER NANU / AFP
A woman shows her ink-stained thumb after voting during the general election, in Managua on 7 November 2021. Under ring-of-steel security, Nicaragua opened its polls for presidential elections dismissed as a “sham” by the international community, with all viable challengers to long-term leader Daniel Ortega locked up or in exile. Photo: Oswaldo RIVAS / AFP
A man wearing holds an Ethiopian flag during a rally in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 7 November 2021, in support of the national defense forces. Five days after the government declared a state of emergency throughout the country, tens of thousands of Ethiopians vowed at a pro-government rally in Addis Ababa on 7 November to defend the capital against Tigrayan rebels and denounced diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in the north of the country. Photo: EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
