Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
A helicopter battles a vegetation fire in the Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa, on April 27, 2025. Fire fighters battled an extensive blaze that spread rapidly across the mountainous regions of Cape Town skirting suburbs but destroying large areas of Fynbos vegetation, flora and fauna in the reserve. Picture: Matrix Images / Nic Bothma
Children wave Vietnamese and Japanese flags ahead of a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 April 2025. Ishiba is on an official visit to Vietnam from 27 to 29 April 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH / POOLCardinal Christoph Schonborn leaves Vatican at the end of fifth meeting of the Congregation of Cardinals, Vatican City, 28 April 2025. The cardinals continue their deliberations during general congregations held following the death of Pope Francis, in preparation for the assembly to elect a new pope, known as the conclave. Picture: EPA-EFE/FABIO FRUSTACIA passer-by walks in front of a graffito of Berlin-based artist Eme Freethinker that shows US President Donald J. Trump next to the writing ‘Made in China’ at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, 28 April 2025. The United States of America and China are in a fight about tariff policies. Picture: EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILANSouth African trombonist, vocalist, and composer, Siya Makuzeni perfoms at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg, 28 April 2024, during the HERoines of Jazz 2025. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The CitizenModels showcase designs by South Africa’s Renowned fashion designer Gert Johan Coetzee at the South African Fashion Week (SAFW) Spring/Summer 2025, 25 April 2025. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The CitizenRiverlea Secondary School in Johannesburg, 28 April 2025, after 11 classes were completely gutted by fire. No injuries were reported during the incident and the cause of fire was not known. Picture: Nigel Sibanda /The CitizenMembers of the clergy gather after a requiem Mass in honor of the late Pope Francis at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Pretoria, South Africa, 26 April 2025. Amongst the guests where diplomats, clergy and religious leaders from the Archdiocese. Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88. Picture: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOKJacob Zuma arrives at the Solomon Mahlangu Lecture at Solomon Mahlangu Square on April 27, 2025 in Mamelodi, South Africa. The uMkhonto Wesizwe Party is dedicated to telling the history of this country on their own account as black people and aims to set the record straight on some very critical historical events in the liberation struggle. Picture: Gallo ImagesA flowering rape field colours the landscape near Kisbagyon, northern Hungary, 27 April 2025 (issued 28 April 2025). Picture: EPA-EFE/Peter KomkaNew Apostolic Church Young People in Christ congregations take part in their annual Dragon Boat Race event, 26 April 2025, at Florida Lake Boat Club, in Roodepoort. Teams travelled from all over Gauteng, and from as far afield as Mpumalanga and Limpopo. At least 800 rowers, making up 37 teams, took part in the competition. With specators approximately 2 500 people attended the team-building event. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenThe Ploemies at the 2025 Cape Town International Jazz Festival on Day 01 at Cape Town International Convention Centre on April 25, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. The annual music festival celebrates both local and international jazz musicians, and showcases a diverse range of artists. (Photo by Gallo Images/Dereck Green)
