Photos | The week that was

On Friday, EFF leader Julius Malema addressed supporters during an election rally in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg. He urged political parties to sign a pledge – despite their differences – to provide services such as water and electricity to everyone. Photo: Themba Hadebe/AP

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, with his wife Leah, waves after they cast their special ballots in Cape Town on Saturday ahead of the elections on Monday. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

On Friday, EFF leader Julius Malema addressed supporters during an election rally in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg. He urged political parties to sign a pledge – despite their differences – to provide services such as water and electricity to everyone. Photo: Themba Hadebe/AP

Also on Friday, hundreds braved the highveld storms to hear ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa speak in Thokoza Park, Soweto. Ramaphosa asked community members to ’join us in building cities and towns with safe and reliable public transport, where the streets are clean and properly maintained, where there are sports facilities for children and facilities for the elderly.’. Photo: Rosetta Msimango/City Press

ActionSA eThekwini mayoral candidate Makhosi Khoza and party leader Herman Mashaba at the Let’s Fix South Africa rally on Thursday. Mashaba told hundreds gathered at the Old Park Station in Newtown, Johannesburg: “ActionSA is going to remove failing governments and replace them with service delivery, corruption-fighting, and job creation.” Photo: Rosetta Msimango/City Press

The Mantsho collection by designer Palesa Mokubung is modelled at the second day of SA Fashion Week (SAFW) Autumn/Winter 2022 at the Mall of Africa in Midrand on Friday. SAFW features runway shows, installations, launches and celebrity-studded social events to launch the seasonal collections of participating designers to the media, retailers and customers. Photo: Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images

The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra presents their Special Spring Concerts at the Linder Auditorium at the University of Witwatersrand in Parktown on Thursday. The orchestra put together a programme showcasing internationally acclaimed and South African artists. Photo: Rosetta Msimango/City Press

Elsewhere in the world, an artist who goes by the name Mrs Tan performed during a rally calling for equal rights in Quezon city, Philippines, on Friday. The LGBTIQ+ group is calling on government to pass the Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity or Expression Equality Act. Photo: Aaron Favila/AP

Carla Guzman is dressed as an iconic Mexican figure known as La Catrina ahead of the Day of the Dead celebrations, in Mexico City on Friday. In 1910, when Mexico was living under the exclusionary policies of dictator Porfirio Díaz, illustrator José Guadalupe Posada sketched the image of La Catrina as a tool for social satire. The implication was that the extravagance of a few who were accumulating vast wealth was killing others. Díaz was deposed at the start of the Mexican revolution, while the skeletal dame became etched in popular culture. Photo: Emilio Espejel/AP

People watch a light show inside St Albans Cathedral by Artist Peter Walker in St Albans, UK, this week. English cathedrals shine bright as a series of transformational sound and light shows mark a number of special events and commemorations. Photo: Paul Childs/Reuters

Ribbons and placards are attached to the entrance gate of the high court in London on Wednesday. The US government is scheduled to ask the court to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the US to face charges of espionage. A lower court judge refused extradition in January on health grounds, saying Assange was likely to kill himself if held in harsh US prison conditions. Photo: Frank Augstein/AP