48 hours in pictures: Lima cliff fire, Red Bull Box Cart Race and Cape Town Palestine protest
Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
48 hours of news events were captured in a visual snapshot, showcasing a fire on Lima's Costa Verde cliffs, the Red Bull Box Cart Race in Sandton, a possible Israeli settler attack in the West Bank, and a protest in Cape Town supporting Palestine. The aerial photo displays smoke billowing from the fire in Lima's Miraflores district on October 4, 2026.
Palestinian authorities inspected damaged cars and olive trees at a scrapyard after an alleged settler attack in Ayn Yabrud, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on the same day. Tensions have risen in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza following the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. Israeli settler violence against Palestinians, including beatings, vandalism, and arson, averaged six incidents per day.
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