Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Policing, Ian Cameron at the scene at New Eisleben Road in Phillippi where he was attacked along with two of his colleagues from the Democratic Alliance, Nicholas Gotsell and Lisa-Maré Schickerling on August 19, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. The trio reportedly got hurt after men armed with bricks surrounded their vehicle, shattering windows, after an oversight visit at Philippi SAPS Training College. (Photo by Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais)A man walks beneath a basketball hoop as the sun sets on August 19, 2025 in San Pedro, California. The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for parts of Los Angeles County which will be in effect from August 21 into the weekend, with temperatures expected to reach 110 degrees in some areas. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)The Mamelodi West Swimming Pool is seen 20 August 2025, days before the start of Spring. According to a volunteer on the premises the pool is ready for the new season’s swimmers and they will be receiving water to fill the pool on Friday. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenThe Sunnyside Swimming Pool is seen 20 August 2025, days before the start of Spring. According to staff at the premises the pool is ready for the new season’s swimmers and they are just awaiting a delivery of chlorine and pool chemicals to treat the water. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenAn Airbus Helicopter H145M of the Hungarian Air Force uses an infrared trap over the Danube River in Budapest during an air show as part of the celebrations marking the Hungarian national day on August 20, 2025. Hungary marks the 1,025th anniversary of the foundation of the Hungarian state, established by the first king of Hungary, Stephen I. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP)Morne van den Berg during the South African national men’s rugby team training session at Erica Sports Ground on August 20, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)People dump next to a sign written ‘No Dumping’ at Sophiatown in Johannesburg, 20 August 2025. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenA boy jumps into the flooded Dandi Ghat after heavy monsoon rains induced a rise in the water level of the river Ganges in Varanasi on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)A protester holds anti-Gaza starvation paintings during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in Sana’a, Yemen, 20 August 2025. Hundreds of people rallied at Sana’a University to demand an end to the war in the Gaza Strip and the entry of all humanitarian aid into the enclave. Picture: EPA/YAHYA ARHABChildren coming from all over France and abroad throw their cap as they attend a concert at the Champ-de-Mars with the Eiffel Tower appearing in the background in Paris, as part of the 46th edition of a day of activities for children who do not go on vacation, organized by French NGO Secours Populaire. Cruise on the River Seine, giant picnic at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Alpha Jets from the French patrol: 40,000 children ‘forgotten by the holidays’ discovered the capital, many for the ‘first time’. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)A Checkers Mr Delivery motorcyclist is taken away in an ambulance after being hit by a vehicle at the corner of Perth and Akademie Roads in Johannesburg, 20 August 2025. Statistics show a rise in accidents involving food delivery drivers, with an estimated seven incidents occurring daily on South African roads. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenA Chinese military personnel takes part in a rehearsal ahead of the parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, which will be held on September 3, in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)An aerial photo taken with a drone shows the SAIL-In Parade on the first day of the Sail Amsterdam maritime festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 20 August 2025. The SAIL 2025 sailing event takes place from 20 to 24 August 2025. Picture: EPA/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSENThe wreckage of a bus is towed at the site of a crash in Guzara district of Herat province on August 20, 2025. The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan has risen to 76, a provincial official said on August 20. (Photo by Mohsen KARIMI / AFP)
