Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
People attend a large-scale costumed Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) festival on the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, 13 July 2025. Picture: EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
Jordan Barnsley, one ofthe runners, does a dance with a local Zulu traditional Dance group called Isizwile Dance group during the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K race along the promenade in Durban. Ten-thousand enthusiasts took part. Picture: Rajesh JantilalIga Swiatek of Poland celebrates with her trophy after winning the Women’s Singles final match against Amanda Anisimova of the USA at the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon, Britain, 12 July 2025. Picture: EPA/ADAM VAUGHANThomas Pidcock of Great Britain in action during the training of the Cross Country Elite Men, XCO, during the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, 13 July 2025. Picture: EPA/MAXIME SCHMIDSouth African supporters cheer in the stands ahead of the international rugby union Test match between South Africa and Italy at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha on July 12, 2025. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)A labourer harvests sea salt from a salt field in Sandspit, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, 12 July 2025. A traditional occupation in Karachi’s coastal areas, the manual extraction of salt from seawater through solar evaporation in shallow ponds or salt pans provides livelihoods for numerous residents. Picture: EPA/REHAN KHANA participant on a float wears a top with stylized warning tape during the Rave the Planet parade under the slogan ‘Our Future Is Now’ in Berlin, Germany, 12 July 2025. The Rave The Planet parade is a cultural-political demonstration for peace, the protection and preservation of electronic music culture and the recognition of its cultural and social achievements, according to the organizers. Picture: EPA/CLEMENS BILANPeople gather to watch vintage cars during a historical transport parade as part of Moscow Transport Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia, 12 July 2025. The parade of historical trams and retro cars presents carriages and car models ranging from the 19th century. Picture: EPA/YURI KOCHETKOVA young boy cools off at a grass sprinkler on a hot summer day at Parliament Square in London, Britain, 12 July 2025. Hosepipe bans have been imposed across much of London and southern England, as the UK is in the midst of its third heatwave of the summer, with temperatures expected to exceed 34 degrees Celsius. Picture: EPA/ANDY RAINFuneral proceedings at the special official funeral service for the late former Deputy President David Mabuza at Bergvlam High School on July 12, 2025 in Mbombela, South Africa. The former Deputy President passed away aged 64 on July 3rd. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)Helicopters of the Colombian Aerospace Force’s Arpia 51 aerobatic team participate in an exhibition at the F-Air 2025 Air Show at the F-Air 2025 Air Show in Rionegro, Colombia, 11 July 2025. Picture: EPA/STRPeople offer prayers during a special prayer meeting for the crew members of the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on 12 June, on the occasion of one-month anniversary, at St Peter’s Church in Mumbai, India, 12 July 2025. The Air India flight AI171, bound for London and carrying 242 people on board a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, crashed minutes after take-off in the Meghaninagar neighbourhood of Ahmedabad on 12 June. Picture: EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
