Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova plays against Poland’s Iga Swiatek during their women’s singles match on day 2 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
A general view as the team bus passes through fans in celebration during the Liverpool Trophy Parade on May 26, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jess Hornby/Getty Images)Citizens watched a huge “Tyrannosaurus rex” open its mouth and let out a low growl during the limited-time digital experience event of “Multiverse Park” held at the Bund – Central Square on Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Wang Gang / CFoto / CFOTO via AFP)Ukrainian firefighters and rescuers work at the site of a damaged storage facility of a private factory following an overnight attack in Vasyshcheve, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, 26 May 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. According to the Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, Russia launched early on 26 May another large-scale attack with over 300 drones across Ukraine, with a warehouse destroyed and set on fire as a result on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Picture: EPA-EFE/SERGEY KOZLOVCllr Loyiso Masuku (MMC for Group Corporate and Shared Services-City of Johannesburg) at the Accelerated Service Delivery Programme in Region E at Norwood on May 26, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This people-centred programme seeks to resolve basic service delivery challenges by displaying responsiveness to service delivery failures, efficiency in progress and accountability. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)DA Emfuleni Ward 16 councillor Grace Damon listens to Ravaal resident Esther Bowers De kork after dumping her waste at an illegal dumping site, since refuse is not being collected in the area, 26 May 2025. The DA conducted an oversight inspection at Ramaphosa Informal Settlement in Emfuleni Ward 16, Rustervaal, Vereeniging. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenMcLaren driver Lando Norris (bottom R) of Britain leads Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco around the harbour during the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 25 May 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/YOAN VALATA billboard reads in Persian ‘Warning, we are getting old’, referring to the aging population in the country, in Enqelab square, in Tehran, Iran, 26 May 2025. According to the United Nations Population Fund, Iran’s population is aging rapidly, by 2050, UNFPA predicts one-third of Iran’s population will be 60 or older. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREHCommuters wade through a flooded street after heavy rain showers in Mumbai on May 26, 2025. Lashing rains swamped India’s financial capital Mumbai on May 26 as the annual monsoon arrived some two weeks earlier than usual, according to weather forecasters. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)Georgian military aircrafts release smoke in the colours of the Georgian flag while flying over Tbilisi during the celebrations of Georgia’s Independence Day on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP)France’s President Emmanuel Macron (2nd R), his wife Brigitte Macron (2nd L), Vietnam’s General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam (R) and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly (L) pose for photo with performers after attending a ceremony at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)Farmers take part in a rally organized by the FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs (JA) unions outside the French National Assembly in Paris, on May 26, 2025, ahead of a debate by MPs on the Duplomb bill aimed at ‘removing constraints on the exercise’ of their profession and in particular facilitating access to pesticides. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
