Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
We bring you a visual snapshot of the day’s news events, featuring Syrian military engineers clearing land mines in the Damascus countryside, Pikitup jobseekers protesting in Johannesburg over months-long delays in the city’s recruitment process, and rescue teams searching for victims after a deadly landfill collapse in Guinea’s capital, Conakry. These are some of the compelling images from around the world.
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This aerial picture shows a mine-clearing tank of the Syrian Ministry of Defence’s military engineering department taking part in an operation to clear land mines in Qarah in the Damascus countryside on August 23, 2026. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP)
A woman visits the makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers during the Independence Day of Ukraine, on Independence Square in Kyiv on August 24, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)
A woman wearing a wreath of flowers in her hair gathers to mark the Ukraine’s National Flag Day, in Istanbul on August 23, 2026. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslide struck the Dar es Salaam dumpsite overnight in Conakry on August 23, 2026. Thirty people died and six were seriously wounded Sunday on the outskirts of Conakry, Guinea’s capital, after a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed onto homes following heavy rains, said a government statement. The accident happened at 2:00 am (0200 GMT) Sunday morning, at the Dar-es-salam neighbourhood in the Bbessia district, said the government statement. (Photo by AFP)
Britain’s prime minister Andy Burnham takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknow soldier during a ceremony at Ukraine’s national military memorial cemetery in Hatne, southwest of Kyiv on August 24, 2026. Ukraine hosts a meeting of its key European backers on August 24 to press for critical air-defence supplies and more pressure on Moscow, with Russian attacks killing more civilians than at any time since the first months of the invasion. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP)
An injured resident with a facial bandage rests inside a fire truck after being evacuated from a flooded area by emergency personnel on August 24, 2026 in Pingtung, Taiwan. (Photo by Cheng Chia Huang/Getty Images)
A Ukrainian firefighter works at the site of a shopping centre that was hit during a Russian air attack in Odesa on August 24, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP)
Russia’s first ever locally born giant panda Katyusha tastes birthday treats inside its enclosure during its third birthday celebrations at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)
Pikitup job seekers stage a picket at the Bloemfontein Depot in Johannesburg, 24 August 2026, demanding feedback on job applications that have been pending for months. In 2024, 300 general workers were appointed after an advertisement was circulated, but an investigation later found procedural flaws in the recruitment process. A similar advertisement for 400 general worker positions was issued in February 2026, but no appointments have been made to date. Picture: Jessica Nkuna/The Citizen
Emergency services work at the site of a raod accident between a delivery van and an Austrian tour bus, where multiple people were injured, on the A28 motorway near Wezep, eastern Netherlands, on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Jeroen Jumelet / ANP / AFP)
Young people ride a cart at the Sukhbaatar Square next to the Mongolian Government Palace in Ulaanbaatar on August 23, 2026. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Wrestlers compete in different categories on the wrestling field during the traditional Alantepe Oil Wrestling Festival in Komotini, the region of Thrace, northeastern Greece on August 23, 2026. During the competition, which holds an important place among the cultural traditions of the Western Thrace Turks, wrestlers battle to gain the upper hand over their opponents and secure the title of chief wrestler and a top ranking. (Photo by Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Musicians prepare to perform in the opening ceremony of the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ulaanbaatar on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
An activist sets up a symbolic protective net against drones as part of an installation on August 24, 2026 in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to mark the Ukrainian independence day and to call attention to Russia’s drone attacks against Ukraine. Ukraine celebrates independence day, which also marks exactly four-and-a-half years since Russia invaded on February 24, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
A man sits near closed shops early morning in Chennai on August 24, 2026. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)
Children cool down as they play on a fountain at Stavros Niarchos foundation Cultural Center, in Athens, on August 23, 2026. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Seagulls wait for scraps of food from tourists in front of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)
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