Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
View of the null 2 Pavilion during the media day ahead of the opening of the ‘Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan’, in Osaka, western Japan, 09 April 2025. The World Expo 2025 will open to the public on 13 April and will run until 13 October 2025 under the theme ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’. Picture: EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON
The Vaal Dam with five sluice gates open at Denneysville, 9 April 2025. Evacuations begun in the North West as Vaal River water levels rise. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The CitizenMembers of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) wave flags while departing the city of Aleppo, as part of an agreement with the Syrian government, in Aleppo, Syria, 09 April 2025. Around 500 Kurdish fighters left the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in Aleppo province, heading towards the Deir Hafer area east of Aleppo. The agreement stipulates a prisoner exchange between the two sides and the departure of Kurdish fighters towards areas controlled by the SDF in Syria’s eastern provinces. Picture: EPA-EFE/AHMAD FALLAHAMembers of the guard of honor prepare ahead a welcome ceremony of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, 09 April 2025. Sanchez is on an official visit to Vietnam from 08 to 10 April 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINHForensic services remove a body at the scene of a fatal shooting at the Wynberg Magistrates Court, Cape Town, South Africa on April 8, 2025. A state witness was shot in the corridors of the Wynberg Magistrates Court building ahead of testifying in a matter believed to be gang related but was murdered before he could testify. The shooting took place on the fourth floor after the suspect managed to enter the building past security with a gun raising concerns over the security of the court. Picture: Matrix Images/Leon KnipeDancers from the newly formed WGRUV Dance Company perform, 9 April 2025, a production titled “Letter of Reflections” at the Lesedi Theatre in Johannesburg. The production highlights seven original works created by Holly Gruver and Lex Gruver, as well as highlighting a piece by American choreographer Tyler Gilstrap called “Unsquared”. Each letter communicates an aspect of different, thought-provoking themes through technical and free movement contemporary ballet. The show runs until 13 April. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenA person dressed in a traditional Qatari outfit lies on a pile of money while accepting a ‘top secret’ folder from another person wearing a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a protest outside the district court, where a corruption trial against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is taking place, in Tel Aviv, Israel, 09 April 2025. On 31 March 2025, while Netanyahu was attending a hearing in his corruption case, his aides were arrested on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote the country’s image. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTANIndian laborer works at a construction site of a new building in Mumbai, India, 09 April 2025. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cuts the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6 percent after its Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 09 April. Picture: EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKITechnicians for the Johannesburg Water Department works on allegedly illegal water connection outside a dilapidated building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on April 9, 2025 during a police operation aimed at disconnecting illegal electricity and water connections in illegally occupied buildings. This operation is part of Johannesburg Water’s ongoing efforts to address the substantial challenges posed by unauthorised connections to the city’s water network, which are also a major contributor to water losses. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla greet the crowd in front of the Colosseum in Rome as part of a four-days state visit in Italy, on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)Devotees from the Jain community take part in a mass recitation of a mantra on ‘Vishwa Navkar Mahamantra Day’ at a stadium in Jabalpur on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Uma Shankar MISHRA / AFP)A person visits the Google installation ‘Making the Invisible Visible’ presented as part of the Fuori Salone Design Week exhibition in Milan, Italy, 09 April 2025. Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2025 runs from 07 to 13 April 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/DANIEL DAL ZENNAROA man and a boy look at birds in cages on a street in Beijing on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)A model presents a creation by Dario Mittmann during the 59th Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 08 April 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/Sebastiao Moreira
