Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
A touristic amphibious bus goes ashore during a road test in Busan, South Korea, 30 July 2025. The Busan metropolitan government plans to launch the service of a 27-seat touristic amphibious bus in the first half of 2026. The vehicle has a maximal speed of 100 km/h on land and about 18.5 km/h in the water. Picture: EPA/YONHAPMduduzi Mnisi before his charges were dropped at Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court, West of Johannesburg, 30 July 2025, for murdering a 14-year-old former Ikusasalethu Secondary School learner, Likhona Fos. Picture: Nigel Sibanda /The CitizenFirefighters and GNR members try to extinguish a forest fire in Bemposta, Penamacor, Portugal, 29 July 2025. The fire that broke out on 28 July in Penamacor, in the Castelo Branco district, has entered the aftermath and surveillance phase, according to the Civil Protection. Picture: EPA/MIGUEL PEREIRA DA SILVAPeople participate in the grand civic-military parade commemorating the 204th anniversary of Peru’s independence, in Lima, Peru, 29 July 2025. Picture: EPA/Paolo AguilarMourners and music fans line the streets to pay their respects as the funeral cortege of Ozzy Osbourne, the late lead singer of Black Sabbath, makes its way through Birmingham, central England on July 30, 2025. Thousands are expected to line the streets in Ozzy Osbourne’s UK hometown of Birmingham on Wednesday to honour the heavy metal hell-raiser Ozzy Osbourne as he is laid to rest. Osbourne, nicknamed the “Prince of Darkness” and who once bit a bat while on stage while performing with his Black Sabbath band, died on July 22 at the age of 76. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)MKP supporters marching outside the Constitutional Court during an urgent bid to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa decisions on Minister Senzo Mchunu and the corruption Inquiry at Constitutional Court on July 30, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that President Cyril Ramaphosa made the decisions after serious allegations surfaced about corruption and criminal infiltration within key government institutions. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)Advocate Dali Mpofu and Colleen Makhubele during an urgent bid to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa decisions on Minister Senzo Mchunu and the corruption Inquiry at Constitutional Court on July 30, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that President Cyril Ramaphosa made the decisions after serious allegations surfaced about corruption and criminal infiltration within key government institutions. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)An aerial photo shows fishermen pulling a net at a beach in Banda Aceh on July 29, 2025. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)Indian school children participate in the ‘Save Our Tiger’ awareness campaign on the International Tiger Day organised by the non-governmental organisation Art Cultural Educational Enlight Foundation in Bangalore, India, 29 July 2025. The International Tiger Day is observed annually on 29 July to raise awareness about the risk of extinction of tigers and the need to save them. Picture: EPA/JAGADEESH NVA migrant runs to board a smuggler’s inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)Fishermen sit in a boat at the River Indus, as sufficient water comes in downstream at Ghulam Mohammed Barrage Jamshoro, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 29 July 2025. Authorities have opened the spillways of Rawal Dam as the water level surged to 1748.40 feet, nearing its maximum capacity of 1752 feet, following heavy rainfall in Islamabad. Residents nearby have been urged to stay cautious. Picture: EPA/NADEEM KHAWAR
