24 hours in pictures, 31 July 2025
Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
This handout photo released by the Military Emergency Unit (UME) on July 31, 2025, shows firefighters battling a wildfire near Caminomorisco, Extremadura region, western Spain. Firefighters battle a wildfire on the ground and in the air in the Spanish province of Avila and in the region of Extremadura. (Photo by Handout / UME / AFP) An underwater view shows South Africa's swimmer Erin Gallagher as she competes in a heat of the women's 100m freestyle swimming event during the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) An airplane drops water during a forest fire in Lugar de Real, Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal, 30 July 2025.The fire that has been raging in Arouca, in the district of Aveiro, has three active fronts and has already reached the parish of Santa Eulalia, the local authority said. Picture: EPA/ESTELA SILVA A security guard gestures to members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wearing alien outfits during a protest in the financial district of Manila on July 31, 2025, as part of their campaign for people to eat vegan, and highlighting greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP) Protesters hold a Palestinian flag during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people, at Sana'a University in Sana'a, Yemen, 30 July 2025. Protesters rallied at Sana'a University in solidarity with the Palestinian people, calling for humanitarian food aid to be let into Gaza since Palestinians are experiencing widespread starvation and severe malnutrition. Picture: EPA/YAHYA ARHAB Israeli right-wing settlers waving a national flag march during a rally calling for the return of Jewish settlements in Gaza, at an area near the border overlooking the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, 30 July 2025. Picture: EPA/ABIR SULTAN This handout picture provided by the Morocco's Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP) news agency shows Mudry CAP 230 aircraft of the the aerobatic demonstration team of the Royal Moroccan Air Force, Marche Verte (Green March), performing in Tetouan on occasion of the North African kingdom's Throne Day, marking the enthronement of King Mohammed VI, on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Maghreb Arabe Press (MAP) / AFP) A boy rides his bicycle as a flock of pigeons flies amid cloudy skies after a spell of rain in Jalandhar on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP) This handout photograph taken and released on July 30, 2025 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shows ISRO's launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite lifting off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in India's Andhra Pradesh state. A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India launched on July 30, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. (Photo by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) / AFP) Religious images are seen on the wall inside a house damaged by an earthquake in the village of San Miguel Comapa, Jutiapa, Guatemala, 30 July 2025. Guatemalan emergency services reported two deaths, 25 hospitalizations, and 288 people affected by a series of earthquakes in the southeast of the country with a 5.8 magnitude tremor, which was also felt on the borders of El Salvador and Honduras. Picture: EPA/Alex Cruz Aerial view of the Puente Nayero neighborhood during a tsunami warning in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia, on July 30, 2025. Colombia ordered residents to evacuate beaches and coastal areas along the Pacific on Wednesday following a tsunami alert triggered by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's eastern coast, authorities said. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) A person watches waves during a storm surge off the coast of Leblon Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 July 2025. Picture: EPA/Andre Coelho
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