Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
A destroyed CU convenience store outlet operated by BGF Retail Co. is inundated following heavy rain in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, 20 July 2025. Picture: EPA/YONHAP
South Africa’s wing Edwill van der Merwe (R) celebrates with South Africa’s wing Kurt-Lee Arendse (L) after scoring a try during the international rugby union Test match between South Africa and Georgia at Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela on July 19, 2025. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)Swimmers brave the mid-winter waters of Vanryn Dam during the WannaDo Events “Polar Bear Swim”, 20 July 2025, at Ebotse Golf and Country Estate in Benoni. About 50 swimmers jumped into the lake to swim either a 1km, 500m or 250m route around the lake on a cold winter’s morning. Swimmers were given a medal and hot soup after their icy escapades. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenSouth Africa competes in the preliminary round of the team free artistic swimming event during the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025. (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP)Spectators watch as a high diver takes flight from a 25 meter high bridge into the Moraca River, during a competition in Podgorica on July 19, 2025. The high dive competition in the Montenegro capital resumed after 15 years of pause. (Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP)South Africans at the Mandela Day Walk And Run at Wanderers Stadium on July 19, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The annual race celebrates Nelson Mandela’s legacy of unity, service and compassion and promotes community service and inspires positive change within communities. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)Lions Cricket Pride players packing food parcels on Mandela Day at Wanderers Stadium on July 18, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a powerful initiative driven by Lions Cricket Pride and powerful partners Ashraful Aid, over 5,000 food hampers are set to be packed and distributed, bringing nourishment to more than 20,000 people across Gauteng. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)A BMX rider dives into the water after riding his bike over a ramp that was set up by the sea, during a heatwave at Kavouri beach, near Athens, Greece, 19 July 2025. Picture: EPA/GEORGE VITSARASA vintage classic Citroen 2 CV car with a flag of South Africa drives at the Place Vauban during the “Traversee de Paris” vintage vehicles parade in Paris on July 20, 2025. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)A tug of war between the Soho firefighters and police officers takes place at St Anne’s Gardens during the Soho Village Fete event in London, Britain, 20 July 2025. The Soho Village Fete celebrates the 50th anniversary of the festival with various activities, contests, and live music to entertain visitors of the West End district of London. Picture: EPA/TOLGA AKMENPeople participate in the “Very, Very Far Away” festival at the Park of Cultures and Mother Earth in La Paz, Bolivia, 19 July 2025. Dozens of people engages in activities inspired by the Middle Ages in a festival held for the first time in La Paz that brought together fantasy aspects of series, movies and books with realistic customs and practices of that European period. Picture: EPA/GABRIEL MARQUEZProtestors during a march against the euthanasia of baboons from Simon’s Town Train Station to the police station on July 19, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. The march is a response to recent incidents involving baboon injuries and euthanasia, particularly after dog attacks, and aims to raise awareness and encourage solutions that prioritize the well-being of the baboons. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
