Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Nkele Matlala poses for a photograph among some colourful plants at Lifestyle Garden Centre in Randpark Ridge, 2 September 2025, at the start of Spring. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenA Taliban military helicopter transports injured victims after an earthquake in Kunar, Afghanistan, 01 September 2025. At least 800 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured after a shallow magnitude-6.0 earthquake and several aftershocks shook Nangarhar and Kunar in eastern Afghanistan overnight, officials reported on 01 September 2025. Picture: EPA/SAMIULLAH POPALElixir Revived perform during the Sydney Fringe Festival launch in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 02 September 2025. The festival features more than 460 events and over 2,900 artists across four precincts and 10 festival hubs throughout September. Picture: EPA/STEVEN MARKHAMHealthcare Services at the Transnet’s Phelophepa Healthcare Train at Thembisa Railway Station on September 02, 2025 in Thembisa, South Africa. The health train provides free healthcare for communities who battle to access basic healthcare in their areas. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in the Chup Tazia procession in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 02 September 2025. The Shi’ite Muslims mark the end of the mourning period that begins in the Islamic month of Muharram with a last procession held on the eighth day of the Islamic month of Rabi-ul-Awwal. Picture: EPA/NADEEM KHAWARWater flows through open spillways of Rawal Dam after torrential monsoon rains in Islamabad, Pakistan, 02 September 2025. At least 33 people have died, and more than 1.4 million have been affected in Pakistan’s Punjab province after heavy monsoon rains, melting glaciers, and water releases from Indian dams caused three rivers to overflow, triggering severe flooding and ‘exceptionally high’ water levels, officials said. Picture: EPA/SOHAIL SHAHZADA military personnel holds flowers given by motorbike-hailing drivers during a rally for peace following days of violent protests in Jakarta, Indonesia, 02 September 2025. Protests erupted across the country following the death of a motorbike hailing driver during an earlier protest against the housing allowance for members of parliament on the night of 28 August 2025. Picture: EPA/MAST IRHAMA volunteer immerses an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Lord Ganesha in an artificial pond on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai September 2, 2025. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)Displaced Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip flee with their belongings along Al-Rasheed Street, west of Gaza City, 01 September 2025. According to the UN around 90 percent of the population or 1.9 million people in Gaza have been displaced since the start of the conflict. Picture: EPA/HAITHAM IMADVusimuzi “Cat” Matlala appears at Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on September 02, 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)
