Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
People visit the blooming lavender fields in Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain, 10 July 2025. The town has developed a tourist and cultural festival around its purple fields. Picture: EPA/FERNANDO VILLAR
People walk in the Emmarentia Park as winter mist covers the frost that envelopes the area in the morning, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 July 2025. Winter temperatures drops to well below zero degrees Celsius at nights as Johannesburg sits at 1750m above sea level. This combined with low winter temperatures causes the frost layers through out the city. Picture: EPA/KIM LUDBROOKVusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his wife Tsakani Matlala appear at Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on July 11, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The controversial tenderpreneur faces charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and money laundering after he allegedly orchestrated a hit on his ex-girlfriend, actress Tebogo Thobejane. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)A model presents a creation from the Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2025/2026 collection by Swiss designer Kevin Germanier for his label Germanier during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 10 July 2025. The presentation of the women’s collections runs from 07 to 11 July 2025. Picture: EPA/TERESA SUAREZPlayers in action during the Swamp Soccer Championships 2025 in Hyrynsalmi, Finland, 11 July 2025. The World Championship in swamp football is played annually on Vuorisuo bog in Hyrynsalmi. Picture: EPA/TOMI HANNINENA shack destroyed by fire in Olievenhoutbosch on July 11, 2025 in Centurion, South Africa. It is reported that a family of five died during a shack fire. It is not clear what caused the fire. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso performs live on the first day of the NOS Alive Festival, in Oeiras, outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal, 10 July 2025. The three-day festival runs until 12 July. Picture: EPA/JOSE SENA GOULAOMK supporters protest outside Alexandra Magistrate’s Court during the court appearance of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala on July 11, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The controversial tenderpreneur faces charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and money laundering after he allegedly orchestrated a hit on his ex-girlfriend, actress Tebogo Thobejane. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)The Loskop Dam photographed on July 11, 2025 about 50 km outside Middelburg, South Africa. The dam, which was completed in 1939 has historical significance for both its engineering design and the contribution it has had in the development of agricultural industries in the area. The dam also contributes significantly to provincial tourism. Loskpo Dam is the second most upstream on the Olifants river and located in the Southern region of the river’s catchment area. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sydney Seshibedi)Mourners gather around the coffin of late face mask vendor Boniface Mwangi Kariuki during his burial as part of the funeral in Iyego village, Kangema, Murang’a County, Kenya, 11 July 2025. Kariuki was shot by police on 17 June 2025 during protests over the death of a Kenyan blogger in police custody. He died two weeks later while receiving treatment. Picture: EPA/DANIEL IRUNGUPeople pose for photographs with an art installation entitled ‘Cathedral of Sound’ by Lazerian, in Manchester, northern England on July 11, 2025, ahead of the second leg of British rock band Oasis’ highly-anticipated continuing reunion tour. The return of the prodigal Oasis brothers to Manchester Friday — on the second leg of their highly-anticipated reunion tour — has rekindled memories of the city’s time as a cultural epicentre. Returning to their roots for five sold-out shows at the northwestern city’s Heaton Park, the famous brothers have definitely created “a buzz around the place”, said Susan O’Shea, music expert and senior lecturer in sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)People gather among gravestones at the memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari, near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 11, 2025, on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Thousands of people have gathered in Srebrenica on July 11 to commemorate the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces, one of Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II. The remains of seven victims of the massacre have been laid to rest during Friday’s commemorations, marking the bloodiest episode of Bosnia’s inter-ethnic war in the 1990s. On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the eastern Bosnian town, a UN-protected enclave at the time, and killed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the following days. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)
