24 hours in pictures, 19 May 2025
Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
South African Police Service (SAPS) officers walk during raid to retrieve looted goods during a protest at Diepkloof Hostel in Soweto on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
South Africa players celebrate after wining the men U20 CAF Africa Cup of Nations Final match between South Africa and Morocco at the Air Defense Stadium in Cairo, Egypt on May 18, 2025. Picture: Matrix Images / Khaled Elfiqi People hold candles as they attend a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the Mullivaikkal Massacre, marking the 16th anniversary of the Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day at Edward Elliot's Beach in Chennai on May 18, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP) Twenty-year-old foreign students of the Sookmyung Women's University, wearing traditional costumes, participate in a traditional Korean coming-of age ceremony, at the institution in Seoul, South Korea, May 19, 2025. The event is the Confucian ceremony for young people who have reached the age of twenty, at which age they are accepted as adults in traditional Korean society. Picture: Matrix Images/Kwak Kyung-keun EFF members hold placards during the VAT victory march to the National Treasury on May 19, 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa. This march celebrates the recent suspension of the proposed Value-Added Tax (VAT) increase, which the EFF views as a significant triumph for the working-class and impoverished communities. (Photo by Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu) Thierry Neuville of Belgium drives his Hyundai i20 N Rally 1 during the WRC Rally de Portugal 2025 in Fafe, Portugal, 18 May 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/JOSE COELHO Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike in eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 19, 2025. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 19 that Israel will 'take control' of the whole of Gaza, as the military pressed a newly intensified campaign in the war-ravaged territory. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) Men dress as human statues during a parade in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 18 May 2025. The statue parade took place during the nineteenth edition of the 'Long Night of Museums'. Picture: EPA-EFE/JUAN CARLOS TORREJON US actor and singer Asap Rocky poses during a photocall for the film 'Highest 2 Lowest' at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) State-of-the-art waste compactor trucks during the official handover at Kempton Park Waste Depot on May 19, 2025 in Kempton Park, South Africa. This forms part of the City Of Ekurhuleni Waste Management Fleet. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti) Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu (2nd L) gestures as he enters the court room at Kisutu magistrate's court in Dar es Salaam on May 19, 2025. Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu appeared in court on May 19, 2025 for his latest hearing in a treason trial in which he faces a potential death penalty. (Photo by ERICKY BONIPHACE / AFP) A teddy bear is seen in debris after tornados hit areas of London, Kentucky, USA, 18 May 2025. According to statement released by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, 19 people were killed in the state as a result of a tornado that touched down on Saturday morning, 17 in Laurel County and one in Pulaski County, where search and rescue are ongoing. Picture: EPA-EFE/ALLISON JOYCE Young people dance during a Flag Day celebration, in Cabo Haitiano, Haiti, 18 May 2025. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime called for national unity and collective effort to create the conditions for a constitutional-reform referendum and 'free, inclusive, and credible' elections in a country mired in a deep crisis that has gone a decade without holding a vote. Picture: EPA-EFE/Patrice Noel A body is seen after being hit by a truck during looting and protests in Diepkloof, Soweto, 19 May 2025. Diepkloof hostel residents are demanding water, sanitation and development in the area. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen Andie McDowell (L) poses for a picture with Dane Foxx (R), a model from Acacia creative studio wearing a floral outfit at the Chelsea Flower Show during the press day in London, Britain, 19 May 2024. The annual gardening exhibition runs from 20 to 24 May 2024 at the Royal Chelsea Hospital in London. Picture: EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN A woman attends the Bembe do Mercado manifestation in Santo Amaro, Bahia State, Brazil on May 18, 2025. With 136 years old, Bembe do Mercado, a cultural and religious manifestation of African origin, celebrates the abolition of slavery. (Photo by RAFAEL MARTINS/ AFP) A farmer holds bales of mallow fiber, in the community of Boca do Supia, in Manacapuru, Brazil, 18 May 2025. Twenty of the 62 municipalities in Amazonas, the largest state in the Brazilian Amazon, are in a state of emergency, and another 37 have declared alerts due to flooding caused by the heavy rise of rivers in the region, which has experienced intense droughts over the past two years. Picture: EPA-EFE/Raphael Alves
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