Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Plants grow out of a hole in the road, created by a leaking water pipe, along Leighton Road in Randburg, while vehicles navigate their way around the obstacle. A local resident says despite residents complaining, the hole has been there for three years, with water constantly leaking from the pipe, and adds that the plants have grown there naturally. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenThe pack of riders (peloton) cycles under decorative streamers hung above the race route in Aire-sur-la-Lys during the 3rd stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 178.3 km between Valenciennes and Dunkerque (Dunkirk), Northern France, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)British musician Ringo Starr poses in front of the stainless steel “Peace and Love” sculpture, which he designed and donated to Beverly Hills in 2019, during his annual birthday celebration in Beverly Hills, California, on July 7, 2025. On his birthday each year, Starr’s global campaign encourages people around the world to promote peace and love. The Beatles drummer turns 85 today. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)A large artwork of Japanese Major League star Shohei Ohtani on a rice paddy using seven kinds of rice plants of varying colors, including red and yellow, is seen in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, Ohtani’s hometown, on July 8, 2025. In the about 30-a-paddy, the plants were planted in such a way as to create a picture of Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ohtani hitting a home run and his dog Dekopin. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Hidenori Nagai / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)A cab drives on a water-logged street during heavy rain in Kolkata, Eastern India, 08 July 2025. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms with lightning and heavy rain that disrupted daily life in West Bengal. Picture: EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARYOfficers of the corvette squadron Braunschweig of the German Navy stand ahead of a visit of the German President in Riga, Latvia, on July 8, 2025. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on a visit to Latvia from July 6 to July 8, 2025. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP)A model presents a creation for Rahul Mishra during the Women’s Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2025-26 collection show in Paris, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)Mongolian people welcome Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on July 8, 2025. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Ichiro Ohara / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)A firefighter douses the flames after a fire broke out in the Telephones landline exchanging station and Ministry of Communications building in the heart of Cairo on July 7, 2025. A major fire erupted at a key telecommunications hub in the Egyptian capital on Monday, the Cairo governorate said in a statement, causing significant phone and internet disruption. The health ministry said in a statement that 14 people had been injured in the fire. (Photo by AFP)‘Mozos’ or runners take part in the second Running of the Bulls during the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona, Spain, 08 July 2025. The San Fermin festival runs until 14 July 2025. Picture: EPA/Daniel Fernandez(Second row to first row, from left) Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Cuba’s President and First Secretary Miguel Diaz-Canel, Bolivia’s President Luis Arce Catacora, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a family photo of heads of state and government of member, partner, and external engagement countries during the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025. BRICS leaders at a summit on Sunday took aim at US President Donald Trump’s “indiscriminate” import tariffs and recent Israeli-US strikes on Iran. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)Buffalos bathe in the mud in a rice field dried due to a long drought, in Lampeunurut, Aceh, Indonesia, 08 July 2025. The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a warning for a long dry season expected to last until August, affecting the agriculture sector in Aceh. Picture: EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK
