24 hours in pictures, 12 August 2025
Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
An elephant at the Hanoi Zoo in Hanoi, Vietnam, 12 August 2025. World Elephant Day is observed annually on 12 August. Picture: EPA/LUONG THAI LINH Fans enjoy the concert of the Swedish punk band Refused at the 31st Sziget (Island) Festival on Shipyard Island, Budapest, Hungary, 11 August 2025 (issued 12 August 2025). Picture: EPA/Tamas Vasvari A resident stands with his belongings after members of an eviction company assisted the sheriff to evict them from an apartment building in Ekurhuleni on August 12, 2025. A squad of men working with the sheriff moved and cleared the houses, hauling out furniture, mattresses, and personal belongings. Police said they were acting on a June court order to evict people from the complex, which was reportedly home to 450 families, and that some residents had blocked roads to the area to prevent the eviction. Some residents interviewed told local television they had not been issued with an eviction order and had been paying rent, some of them for years. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP) South Africa batsman Dewald Brevis celebrates scoring his century during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between Australia and South Africa in Darwin on August 12, 2025. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) Traditional Russian wooden Matryoshka dolls depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump (R) on display for sale at a souvenir market in Moscow, Russia, 11 August 2025. Picture: EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV Moroccan horsemen ride during a performance to celebrate the annual Moussem festival in El Jadida on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP) Members of the Rahjanstani Hindu Troupe perform during the 59th edition of the International Festival of Carthage at the Roman Theater of Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia, 11 August 2025. The festival runs from 19 July to 21 August 2025. Picture: EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA People swim at the Bras Marie safe bathing site on the river Seine in Paris on August 12, 2025. France continues to suffocate with 14 departments in the southwest and southeast on red alert for heatwave on August 12, 2025, an exceptional heat wave, even for the month of August, which is prompting authorities to increase precautionary measures. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) Migrants try to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP) Eldorado residents gather outside Eldorado Park Police Station to voice their anger against the alleged assault of a four-year-old daughter at her home in Johannesburg, 12 August 2025. The suspect who is the chlid's father will appear for a bail hearing application at Protea Magistrates court. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation Andrew Oberholzer, 2nd from left, Hollard Group Chief Marketing Officer Hazel Chimhandamba, centre, and National Manager at CANSA Lorraine Govender, pose with a cheque for R1m, alongside Tebatso Rakoma, left, and Kgahliso Moreroa, right, 12 August 2025, during the handover of funds raised at last year's Hollard Daredevil Speedo Run. This annual awareness campaign, and fundraiser, invites men to run 5km wearing nothing but a purple Speedo – sparking conversations, challenging stigmas and encouraging early detection through testing. This year's run will take place on 31 October. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen A worker cleans a statue of Buddha inside the newly built Techo International Airport in Kandal province on August 11, 2025. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP) Cyclist Manuel Turone of Argentina competes in the men's BMX freestyle category during the II ASU 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Luque, Paraguay, 11 August 2025. Picture: EPA/Juan Pablo Pino
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