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24 hours in pictures, 6 May 2025

Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

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Early morning exercise as autumn arrives in Johannesburg

A runner exercises on the Emmarencia Dam wall as mist rises off the water in Johannesburg, South Africa, 06 May 2025. The dam is part of the popular Emmarencia Park and as autumn starts the colder temperatures cool the dam's water and create mist. Picture: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK

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Amelia Gray Hamlin poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, in New York, New York, USA, 05 May 2025. The event coincides with the Met Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style which will be on view from 10 May 2025 through 26 October 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
Women in traditional attire on horses participate in the May 5 parade commemorating the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, in the city of Puebla, Mexico, 05 May 2025. Mexican President Sheinbaum led the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, where she claimed the sovereignty, independence and freedom of the country, amid commercial and political tensions with the United States. Picture: EPA-EFE/Hilda Rios
A pedestrian poses as he walks past a recently painted mural, painted earlier this year, 6 May 2025, in Lorentzville, east of Johannesburg, near Victoria Yards. The mural is by artist Dekor One. Victoria Yards is a popular space in Johannesburg featuring artist studios and regular markets. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
People clad in traditional Korean military attire demonstrate martial arts from the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty at a plaza in Seoul, South Korea, 06 May 2025. The performance, organized by the Seoul metropolitan government, began the same day and will run for 1 hour and 10 minutes from 3:20 p.m. every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Picture: EPA-EFE/YONHAP
Giorgia Pedone of Italy in action against Lulu Sun of New Zeland during their women’s singles match at the Italian Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico sports complex, in Rome, Italy, 06 May 2025. The Italian Open tennis tournament is held between 07 and 18 May 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MEO
A picture taken with a drone shows a floral portrait of Boleslaw I the Brave at the Adam Mickiewicz Park in Poznan, Poland, 06 May 2025. The flower carpet was prepared by the Scientific and Technical Association of Horticultural Engineers and Technicians in Poznan, to celebrate the 1000th coronation anniversary of Boleslaw I the Brave, the country’s first king. Picture: EPA-EFE/JAKUB KACZMARCZYK
A girl lays roses during the ‘Flame of Memory’ ceremony of handing over a particle of the Eternal Flame from Moscow, ahead of the Victory Day at the Alley of Heroes in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 06 May 2025. On 09 May 2025, Kyrgyzstan will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War II. Picture: EPA-EFE/IGOR KOVALENKO
Leader of the Opposition in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature Solly Msimanga speaks at the Democratic Alliance’s “True State of the City Address”, 6 May 2025, at Nkululeko House, in Bruma, Johannesburg. The address serves as an alternative perspective and aimed to outline the DA’s vision for the city’s future. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
Police officers stand guard outside the Celle Higher Regional Court on the day of the trial of Daniela Klette (not pictured), a former member of German far-left militant group The Red Army Faction (RAF), in Celle, Germany, 06 May 2025. Klette, who was arrested in 2024 after more than 30 years on the run, has been part of the radical anti-capitalist group RAF, also known as Baader-Meinhof Gang, which carried out a series of bombings, kidnappings, assassinations and bank robberies in the 1970s and 1980s. Picture: EPA-EFE/FABIAN BIMMER
A school boy looks at the waste items burning on the road at Islambagh area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 06 May 2025. Dhaka continues to be ranked as one of the world’s most polluted cities, with debris from construction, industrial pollution, vehicle emissions and brick kilns listed as major contributors to air pollution in the city. Picture: EPA-EFE/MONIRUL ALAM

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