Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
People hold electronic candles during a vigil at Liberty Square in Taipei on June 4, 2026 to commemorate the anniversary of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. (Photo by cheng-chia huang / AFP)Smoke rises over a residential area after reported shelling in the Howl Wadaag district of Mogadishu, on June 4, 2026. Heavy gunfire was heard through the night in Somalia’s capital and smoke was rising over the city, AFP journalists reported on June 4, 2026, as planned protests turned into pitched battles between political factions. Somalia has fallen into a new political crisis after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced that his term, due to expire on May 15, had been extended for a year. The opposition and regional leaders have rejected the move and demonstrations were due to take place on Thursday. (Photo by AFP)South Africa’s forward Oswin Appollis (C) takes part in a training session with teammates at Hidalgo Stadium in Pachuca, Mexico on June 3, 2026, ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup football tournament. (Photo by YURI CORTEZ / AFP)People take part in a demonstration in Lisbon on July 3, 2026, called by the main unions due to a 24-hour general strike over proposed labour reforms. The stoppage hit transport companies as well as waste collection, hospitals and schools, according to the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP). (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)Displaced Palestinians gather to receive hot meals distributed by a charity kitchen in the Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 4, 2026. The food distribution comes amid ongoing shortages of food supplies caused by Israeli attacks and restrictions on aid entering the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)Medics and rescuers transfer mountaineer Dawa Sherpa from a helicopter upon his arrival at the HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu on June 4, 2026. A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp, officials told AFP on June 4. (Photo by PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP)A view of the houses that make up the Macromural of Pachuca, Mexico on June 3, 2026. (Photo by YURI CORTEZ / AFP)Kenya’s President William Ruto (C) inspects the guard of honour during his visit at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on June 4, 2026. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)Members of Saraya al-Salam react during a ceremony in the city of Samarra on June 4, 2026, marking their separation from the Sadrist movement and their integration into the Iraqi security forces. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi urged armed factions to join state institutions, as the US mounts pressure on Baghdad to disarm groups backed by Iran. Zaidi, who only recently took office, has voiced support for the state’s monopoly on weapons as Washington calls for groups it designates as terrorist organisations to hand over their weapons to the government. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)A Canadair CL-415 aircraft (known as Pelican 33) drops water during a demonstration during a visit of French Interior minister as part of the launch of the national wildfire prevention campaign in Nimes, southern France on June 4, 2026. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)Egyptian boys play football in a public court in Nazlet el-Semman neighbourhood next to Great Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, on June 4, 2026. The Egyptians open their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against Belgium in Seattle on June 15 before lining up against New Zealand and Iran in Group G. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)Riot police arrest a demonstator during a students march against social cuts pushed through by Chile’s President Jose Antonio Kast in Santiago, on June 3, 2026. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA / AFP)Bromhof knitwits member Cobby Gqweta helps Norah Koole with her blanket as part of 67 Blankets for Mandela Day handover at Soweto Home For The Aged, 3 June 2026. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenArtist Nik Soupe paints a mural depicting French Spurs basketball player Victor Wembanyama, in San Antonio, Texas, on June 3, 2026. The Spurs will face the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, which begin on June 3. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
