Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Flyboarders perform water-acrobatic stunts during the festival ‘Letfest’ competition of flights on homemade aircraft on the Moscow river in front of Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 23 August 2025. Picture: EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKYSalvadoran migrant and US resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia (center L) speaks, alongside Lydia Walther Rodríguez (R) of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), as he arrives at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 25, 2025. Also pictured is Abrego Garcia’s wife Jennifer Vasquez (second L). The US government intends to deport Garcia, a Salvadoran man at ground zero of President Donald Trump’s war on illegal immigration, to Uganda next week, his lawyers said on August 23. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)A woman films the illuminations on her mobile telephone as they celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day, in central Kharkiv, on August 24, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP)A trishaw peddler carries tourists around the historical route in Malacca, 160km outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 August 2025. Adorned with colorful decoration from cartoon character, the trishaw is popular among tourists, for its novelty and photo opportunities as well as their knowledgeable peddlers who act as tourist guides. Picture: EPA/FAZRY ISMAILCostumed participants perform during the Notting Hill Carnival adults parade in London, Britain, 25 August 2025. The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street carnival in Europe and is a community-led celebration of Caribbean history and culture. Celebrating its 59th year, the event runs on August 24 and 25 in 2025. Picture: EPA/TOLGA AKMENOnlookers watch a fallen tree that fell over a car in Cervia, Italy 24 August 2025. Local media reported several trees fell over cars after rains and winds struck the Romagna coast on 24 August. Picture: EPA/Fabrizio ZaniA farmer walks across his paddy field on the outskirts of Amritsar on August 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump has threatened to double import duties on India from 25 to 50 percent by August 27, to punish New Delhi for buying oil from Russia, saying the purchases help Moscow fund its invasion of Ukraine.’ Indian exporters are scrambling for options to mitigate the fallout as it threatens to upend low-margin, labour-intensive industries ranging from gems and jewellery to textiles and seafood. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)An artisan weaves a ‘Banarasi saree’ on a handloom at a workshop in Varanasi on August 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump has threatened to double import duties on India from 25 to 50 percent by August 27, to punish New Delhi for buying oil from Russia, saying the purchases help Moscow fund its invasion of Ukraine. Indian exporters are scrambling for options to mitigate the fallout as it threatens to upend low-margin, labour-intensive industries ranging from gems and jewellery to textiles and seafood. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)A fisherman lays his fish for drying after a fresh catch early morning at the Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai on August 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump has threatened to double import duties on India from 25 to 50 percent to punish New Delhi for buying oil from Russia, saying the purchases help Moscow fund its invasion of Ukraine.’ Indian exporters are scrambling for options to mitigate the fallout as it threatens to upend low-margin, labour-intensive industries ranging from gems and jewellery to textiles and seafood. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)An employee holds a baby female albino armadillo born on May 7, 2025 inside her enclosure, at Beauval Zoo, in Saint Aignan on August 25, 2025. (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP)Corgis participate in a race during the ‘Corgi Race Vilnius 2025’ event at Vingis park in Vilnius, Lithuania, 23 August 2025. Corgi enthusiasts from across Europe gathered in Vilnius for corgi races and costume contests. Picture: EPA/VALDA KALNINADisabled people at a peaceful protest to the Civic Centre against cuts to Dial-a-Ride services on August 25, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. This comes after the City of Cape Town announced that it would be changing the eligibility criteria for disabled persons who use the service as a result of budget constraints. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
