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The Citizen
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
24 hours in pictures, 21 July 2025
24 hours in pictures, 21 July 2025 Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. Team South Africa competes in the preliminary round of the team technical artistic swimming event during the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 21, 2025. (Photo by FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT / AFP) Umthambeka section residents barricade Joe Slovo Street at Tembisa in Ekhuruleni, 21 July 2025, with rocks over fixed electricity tariffs. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen People fly kites in Progreso, Mexico, 20 July 2025. The sky was filled with kites during the third annual festival of kites, many over 15 meters long. Picture: EPA/LORENZO HERNANDEZ Tiffany Meek appear at Roodepoort Magistrate's Court for bail hearing in the murder case of her son Jayden-Lee Meek (11), on July 21, 2025 in Roodepoort, South Africa. It is reported that Jayden-Lee Meek (11) was found dead, half-naked with multiple bruises on his body outside his home in Fleurhof on 14 May. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi) A person performs a bicycle stunt during the Red Bull Pura Calle (Red Bull Pure Street) event held to celebrate World BMX Freestyle Day, in San Jose, Costa Rica, 20 July 2025. Picture: EPA/JEFFREY ARGUEDAS Several bathers, some carrying surfboards, walk along the shore at La Concha beach in San Sebastian, Spain, 21 July 2025. Picture: EPA/JUAN HERRERO Riley Norton (captain) of the Junior Springboks with the trophy during the South Africa U20 national men's team arrival and media conference at OR Tambo International Airport on July 21, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images) Travelers at the departure hall at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands, 21 July 2025. With the start of the nationwide summer holiday period in the Netherlands, the airport expects to handle 13 million travelers by the end of August. Picture: EPA/DINGENA MOL US singer Jennifer Lopez (C) performs during a concert as part of her 'Up All Night Live Tour' at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, 20 July 2025 (issued 21 July 2025). Picture: EPA/PETER LAKATOS People attend the Florida Supercon 2025 event at the Miami Beach Convention Center, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 20 July 2024. Florida Supercon 2025 is an event for fans of comic books, anime, video games, sci-fi, and general pop culture. Picture: EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH Dead fish is seen at West Beach as South Australia's experiencing algal bloom crisis, Adelaide, Australia, 21 July 2025. A toxic algal bloom has been affecting South Australia's coastline, severely impacting marine wildlife and causing discolored water, foam, and multiple fish deaths. Picture: EPA/MATT TURNER Ukrainian rescuers hide themselves in a shelter during an air-raid alarm, near the site of a drone strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 21 July 2025, amid the Russian invasion. At least two people died and 15 people were injured after Russian forces launched an overnight large-scale combined attack with at least 24 missiles and 426 drones across Ukraine, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine reported. Picture: EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO Aircraft of the Colombian Aerospace Force (FAC) participate in the Independence Day parade in Bogota, Colombia, 20 July 2025. Colombia declared its independence from Spanish rule on 20 July 1810, beginning the country's emancipation process. Picture: EPA/CARLOS ORTEGA (L-R) The Royal Family of Belgium, Princess Eleonore, Prince Gabriel, Queen Mathilde, King Philippe, Princess Elisabeth, and Prince Emmanuel, descend the stairs of St. Michael & St. Gudula Cathedral after the Te Deum Mass celebrating Belgium's National Day in Brussels, Belgium, 21 July 2025. Picture: EPA/OLIVIER MATTHYS PICTURES: Swimmers brave winter cold for polar dip at Ebotse
The Citizen
29-06-2025
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- The Citizen
48 hours in pictures, 29 June 2025
48 hours in pictures, 29 June 2025 Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. Actors dressed in 'Pink guards' costume attend a final fan event of the Netflix series Squid Game season 3, in Seoul, South Korea, 28 June 2025. Picture: EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN Wild horses during the traditional Rapa das Bestas festival celebrated in Mondonedo, Lugo, Spain, 29 June 2025. Every year, wild horses are rounded up in the hills and brought to a farmyard to be branded and have their hair cut during the festival. Several thousand people attended the event to watch young people overcoming horses without using ropes or sticks. In this edition, the event is held in a new 'curro' (the venue where it takes place) following the damage caused by vandals last year. Picture: EPA/ELISEO TRIGO Vincent Tshituka of South Africa during the Qatar Airways Cup match between South Africa and Barbarians F.C at DHL Stadium on June 28, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images) Models light up the runway at Gateway's Hollywoodbets Durban July Preview Fashion Show, showcasing bold fashion and flair ahead of the big race day. Shoppers, designers, and VIPs were treated to a dazzling evening of music, movement, and couture at Durban's premier retail destination at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Durban over the weekend. The race is to take place at the Grenville race course in Durban this Saturday. Picture: Rajesh Jantilal This aerial view shows unemployed people queue to submit the Department of Unemployment and Labour work seeking registration forms at a centre in Chiawelo, Soweto on June 27, 2025, as they look to be added into the department's data base. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) Robot soccer players compete during the 2025 RoBoLeague World Robot Soccer League match at Beijing Smart Esports Competition Center in Beijing, China, 28 June 2025. Picture: EPA/WU HAO Patryk Dudek of Poland (blue) in action during the Speedway European Team Speedway Championship in Gdansk, Poland, 28 June 2025. Picture: EPA/Adam Warzawa Nepalese farmers lie in muddy water in a paddy field on National Paddy Day in Jitpurphedi village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, 29 June 2025. On this day, locally known as Asar Pandra, farmers begin the annual rice planting season and perform various festivities such as preparing rice meals with muddy water, mud being a symbol for a prosperous season. Picture: EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Participants in action during the Office Chair Race World Cup (Buerostuhlrennen Weltmeisterschaft), in Olten, Switzerland, 28 June 2025. Picture: EPA/ANTHONY ANEX People participate in the 14th World Naked Bike Ride in Guadalajara, Mexico, 28 June 2025. The event takes place in more than 70 cities around the world, where cyclists ride naked on bicycles to highlight the vulnerability of pedestrians and cyclists to motor vehicles, as well as to promote the use of alternative modes of transportation. Picture: EPA/FRANCISCO GUASCO Minister Velenkosi Hlabisa visits Nomzamo and Ezimbuzini informal settlements in Kliptown as part of the 'Winter Risk Awareness' campaign on June 28, 2025 in Kliptown, South Africa. The outreach aims to educate communities on disaster risk preparedness during winter, while highlighting the role of the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group in promoting safer, more resilient informal settlements. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi) Western Cape Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile visits Kanana informal settlement following the brutal killing of seven men who were gunned down while socialising on June 28, 2025 in a Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa. He is still expected to visit the families of the victims. SAPS has vowed that no stone will be left unturned as detectives from the Serious and Violent Crimes Unit investigate the deadly ambush. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) Kneecap fans carry Palestinian flags as they watch Kneecap perform at the West Holts stage during day four of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm near Pilton, Somerset, Britain, 28 June 2025. The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2025 runs from 25 to 29 June 2025. Picture: EPA/ANDY RAIN Members of the South African Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI+) community take part in a march throught the CBD during the annual Gay Pride Parade, as part of the Durban Pride Festival, in Durban over the weekend. Picture: Rajesh Jantilal DA leader John Steenhuisendelivers an important address on the Government of National Unity (GNU) and issues an ultimatum to President Cyril Ramaphosa during a media briefing held at the Orange Hotel on June 28, 2025 in Cape Town South Africa. The address is expected to outline key demands, concerns around the direction of the GNU, and political consequences should the ultimatum not be addressed, marking a pivotal moment in South Africa's evolving political landscape. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images) 'The Herds', a life-sized animal puppet group takes part in a photocall opposite Tower Bridge on June 27, 2025 in London, England. 'The Herds' is a touring public art performance of life-sized puppet animals designed to call attention to the climate emergency, symbolizing animals fleeing climate disaster. The puppets are visiting cities along their 20,000 kilometer journey, which set off from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic Congo on 9 April and plans to conclude in the Arctic Circle. 'The Herds' arrival in London coincides with London Climate Action Week, and is produced by 'The Walk Productions' – the same group of creatives behind 'Little Amal,' the larger-than-life puppet of a Syrian refugee child, which has has toured 18 countries as a symbol of human rights. (Photo by) (L-R) Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne attend the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project 2025 Block Party at Universal Studios Backlot on June 28, 2025 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Newly ordained hill tribe Buddhist novice monks hold saffron robes during the 60th annual mass ordination ceremony for hill tribe men and youngsters at Wat Benchamabophit Dusitwanaram, also known as the Marble Temple, in Bangkok, Thailand, 29 June 2025. A total of 196 hill tribe males '97 men and 99 boys' from northern Thailand were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices in the 60th annual mass ordination ceremony at Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok. The event is part of a national project, launched in 1965, aimed at spreading the Buddha's Dharma to promote knowledge, wisdom, social and mental understanding, and improve welfare for hill tribe communities. The ceremony marks the start of Buddhist Lent, which begins this year on 11 July, and also honors the Thai King's 73rd birthday on 28 July. During Lent, monks remain in one place to meditate and pray, while laypeople may give up meat or alcohol and observe other ascetic practices. In Thailand, it is traditional for Buddhist men to become monks at some point in their lives. Picture: EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT People attend the traditional 'Battle of Wine' in the town of Haro, La Rioja, Spain, 29 June 2025. Around 10,000 people took part in Haro's annual Battle of Wine, an event in which more than 40,000 liters of wine were thrown among participants. Picture: EPA/VILLAR LOPEZ Aircrafts perform in the sky during the air picnic called 'Odlotowe Suwalki Airshow 2025' at the Suwalki airport, in Suwalki, Poland, 28 June 2025. Picture: EPA/Artur Reszko MORE: 24 hours in pictures, 26 June 2025
The Citizen
02-06-2025
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- The Citizen
24 hours in pictures, 2 June 2025
24 hours in pictures, 2 June 2025 Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. Sarafina cast at the opening night of Sarafina The Musical at Joburg Theatre on June 01, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Picture: Gallo Images The Blue Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in Craighall Park that crosses the Braamfontein Spruit, is seen, 2 June 2025, still damaged after heavy rains and floods damaged the bridge on 5 March, and again on 26 March. Despite being cordoned off the bridge is still in use daily. The community has launched a petition to put pressure on authorities, including the City of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Roads Agency, to fix the bridge. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen A woman wears long clothing to protect her from the heat while riding along a street in Hanoi, Vietnam, 02 June 2025. Northern and central Vietnam have experienced a widespread heatwave, with the highest temperatures up to 40 degrees Celcius. Picture: EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH Muslim worshippers gather to pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca on June 1, 2025 ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) Boiketlong informal settlement artist Molatodi Mpahane showscases his work along Waterdaal Road in Sebokeng, north of Johannesburg, 2 June 2025. He has been showcasing his artworks since 2013. He makes his art in two days. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen Paris Saint-Germain's players light smoke flares as they parade on a bus on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on June 1, 2025, a day after PSG won the 2025 UEFA Champions League final football match against Inter Milan in Munich. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) A labourer struggles to pull two sheep down slippery stone steps for a wash ahead of the Muslim holy festival Eid al-Adha in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 02 June 2025. Eid al-Adha is one of the holiest Muslim holidays, marking the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania on June 2, 2025. A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth on June 2, 2025, from Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, after a portion of its southeastern crater likely collapsed, authorities said. (Photo by Giuseppe Distefano / AFP) Cuirassiers, the honor guard of the president of the Italian republic, take position on the steps of the Altar of the Fatherland for the wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the Unknown Soldier during the celebrations for the Republic Day, in Rome, Italy, 02 June 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/ANGELO CARCONI Fish float on the surface of the water during during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh, about 25 kilometres northeast of Najaf in central Iraq on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP) Dancers from the Surialanga Dance Company perform a dance at the International Convention Centre in Durban during the ' I am because We are' event organised by the Brahma Kumaris. Brahma Kumaris is a spiritual movement that emphasizes meditation, personal transformation, and world renewal. It teaches individuals to view the world as fundamentally spiritual, not just material, and cultivates a collective consciousness of peace and individual dignity. Picture: Rajesh Jantilal A man enjoys the fifteenth annual Tomato Fight Festival known as 'Tomatina' in Sutamarchan, Boyaca Department, Colombia on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) MORE: 48 hours in pictures, 1 June 2025
The Citizen
25-05-2025
- The Citizen
48 hours in pictures, 25 May 2025
Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. People prepare to fly a kite during a traditional kite contest in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 25 May 2025. Balinese kites come in various shapes, sizes, and designs; however, the most common traditional designs are the fish-like 'Bebean,' the bird-shaped 'Janggan,' and the leaf-shaped 'Pecukan.' Kite flying in Bali is often a team effort, with groups working together to fly and control the kites. Picture: EPA-EFE/MADE NAGI
