Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
A sign depicting Colombian and Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar punching US President Donald Trump is pictured during the March for Sovereignty and Democracy in Medellin, Colombia, on January 7, 2026. On January 5, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he was ready to “take up arms” in the face of threats from US counterpart Donald Trump, who over the weekend seized the leader of neighboring Venezuela in a military strike. (Photo by JAIME SALDARRIAGA / AFP)South African-US actress Sasha Pieterse attends the Netflix premiere of “People We Meet on Vacation” at the Egyptian theatre in Hollywood, California on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP)Demonstrators show images depicting Colombian President Gustavo Petro during the March for Sovereignty and Democracy against US President Donald Trump’s threats to Colombia’s president in Cali, Colombia, on January 7, 2026. On January 5, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he was ready to “take up arms” in the face of threats from US counterpart Donald Trump, who over the weekend seized the leader of neighboring Venezuela in a military strike. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP)US Border Patrol agents detain a person near Roosevelt High School during dismissal time as federal immigration enforcement actions sparked protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026. An immigration officer in Minneapolis shot dead a woman Wednesday, triggering outrage from local leaders even as US President Donald Trump claimed the officer acted in self-defense. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey deemed the government’s allegation that the woman was attacking federal agents “bullshit,” and called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducting a second day of mass raids to leave Minneapolis. (Photo by Kerem YUCEL / AFP)A Zoox electric autonomous robotaxi turns onto a street during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)Supporters cheer at the Pheu Thai Party’s first major rally at Lan Khon Mueang in Bangkok on January 8, 2025. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)The Beatbot RoboTurtle “Turtini” prototype swimming turtle robot for monitoring water quality, studying wildlife and assisting disaster response is demonstrated during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)A man sits on a water tank as families pack and leave their homes after months of harassment from a nearby illegal Israeli settler outpost in Ras Ein al-Auja, near Jericho in the Israel-occupied Palestinian West Bank on January 8, 2026. Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and violence there has soared since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023 following Hamas’s attack on Israel. Some 3,200 Palestinians from dozens of Bedouin and herding communities have been forced from their homes by settler violence and movement restrictions since October 2023, the UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA reported in October. All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal by the international community. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)A worker arranges a pile of discarded tires covered in snow at a tyre recycling factory near the town of Obilic on January 8, 2026. Snow, ice and high winds brought transport chaos to swaths of Europe for a third day on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)People bathe in incense smoke at Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district in Tokyo on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)A man takes selfies on icicles, on a cold winter morning in Baramulla on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)A man takes an ice bath in the frozen lake Griessee near Seeon, southern Germany, on January 7, 2026. (Photo by Michaela STACHE / AFP)Visitors use a chair-ski with dog figures on the front at a seasonal ice park in Beijing on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP)
