24 hours in pictures, 2 May 2025

Kelly Smith, the mother of missing child Joshlin Smith, gestures while seated in a community hall where the verdict is expected in the court case against her and other co-accused on charges of human trafficking and kidnapping, in Saldanha Bay on May 2, 2025. A South African court found a woman guilty on May 2, 2025 of trafficking her six-year-old daughter who has been missing for more than a year, in a case that has outraged the nation. The two-month trial heard statements from various witnesses that Racquel "Kelly" Smith had revealed to them that she had sold her daughter Joshlin in February 2024, including claims she was paid 20,000 rand ($1,085). Judge Nathan Erasmus said the evidence of 35 state witnesses led him to find that Smith, 35, and her two co-accused, a boyfriend and a mutual friend, were guilty on the charges of human trafficking and kidnapping. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)