Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
People watch from a balcony as participants run ahead of bulls from the Fuente Ymbro bull ranch during the first running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 7, 2026. Thousands of people every year attend the week-long festival and its famous ‘encierros’, or running of the bulls, in which six bulls are released at 8:00 a.m. evey day to run from their corral to the bullring through the narrow streets of the old town over an 850 meters (yards) course while runners ahead of them try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)Visitors walk along the floral garden display as water is sprayed during the 10th Singapore Garden Festival at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)A view of the cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Karasu district on May 1, as cargo unloading begins as part of the salvage operation in Sakarya, Turkiye on July 07, 2026. (Photo by Osman Nevtan Angun/Anadolu via Getty Images)The third suspect in the R15million precious stones theft case robbery in 2023, Kersha Leigh Stols, appears in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court, 7 July 2026. She is expected to apply for bail alongside her two co-accused Adrian MacKenzie and Etienne van der Walt. Picture: Nigel Sibanda /The Citizen‘Bailey’ wears a Spain’s jersey at the FIFA Fan Fest during the 2026 FIFA World Cup round-of-16 football match between Portugal and Spain at the Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 6, 2026 (Photo by YURI CORTEZ / AFP)A “Pikachu” balloon is displayed at the Noto Airport in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture on July 7, 2026, temporarily renamed “Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport”, the world’s first airport to bear the name of Pokémon, for a limited time until the end of September 2029. (Photo by JIJI / AFP)Soldiers march at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, ahead of the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit on July 07, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Leaders from NATO’s 32 countries, plus NATO allies like Ukraine, gathered in the Turkish capital to discuss a range of issues involving spending targets, defense industrial production, and support for Ukraine, among other topics. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)A man stands at the side of a landslide at the Amakkompoyil-Meppadi Tunnel Project on July 07, 2026, in Kalladi village, near Mepaddi town in Wayanad, India. Three people have been confirmed dead, and many tunnel construction workers remain unaccounted for. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)An activist struggles to resist arrest as Kenyan police officers restrain him and drag him toward an unmarked vehicle while protesters gather ahead of the planned Saba Saba march in downtown Nairobi, on July 7, 2026. Kenyan police banned a march to mark an annual day of protest on Tuesday, using plainclothes officers and unmarked cars to drag away even the tiny group that managed to assemble.
The Kenyan government of President William Ruto has taken a zero-tolerance attitude to even the slightest hint of protest after massive and deadly demonstrations over the past two years. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)Chinese actress Fan Bingbing presents a creation by Rahul Mishra for the Women Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, on July 6, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)South African-US actress Charlize Theron poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the world premiere of the film ‘The Odyssey’ in London on July 6, 2026. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)Visitors take pictures during the third edition of the Flipkart Food Fest at Embassy TechVillage in Bengaluru on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP)A man on a scooter makes his way along a flooded street in Beijing on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP)
