24 hours in pictures, 21 July 2025
Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Team South Africa competes in the preliminary round of the team technical artistic swimming event during the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 21, 2025. (Photo by FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT / AFP)
Umthambeka section residents barricade Joe Slovo Street at Tembisa in Ekhuruleni, 21 July 2025, with rocks over fixed electricity tariffs. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen People fly kites in Progreso, Mexico, 20 July 2025. The sky was filled with kites during the third annual festival of kites, many over 15 meters long. Picture: EPA/LORENZO HERNANDEZ Tiffany Meek appear at Roodepoort Magistrate's Court for bail hearing in the murder case of her son Jayden-Lee Meek (11), on July 21, 2025 in Roodepoort, South Africa. It is reported that Jayden-Lee Meek (11) was found dead, half-naked with multiple bruises on his body outside his home in Fleurhof on 14 May. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi) A person performs a bicycle stunt during the Red Bull Pura Calle (Red Bull Pure Street) event held to celebrate World BMX Freestyle Day, in San Jose, Costa Rica, 20 July 2025. Picture: EPA/JEFFREY ARGUEDAS Several bathers, some carrying surfboards, walk along the shore at La Concha beach in San Sebastian, Spain, 21 July 2025. Picture: EPA/JUAN HERRERO Riley Norton (captain) of the Junior Springboks with the trophy during the South Africa U20 national men's team arrival and media conference at OR Tambo International Airport on July 21, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images) Travelers at the departure hall at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands, 21 July 2025. With the start of the nationwide summer holiday period in the Netherlands, the airport expects to handle 13 million travelers by the end of August. Picture: EPA/DINGENA MOL US singer Jennifer Lopez (C) performs during a concert as part of her 'Up All Night Live Tour' at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, 20 July 2025 (issued 21 July 2025). Picture: EPA/PETER LAKATOS People attend the Florida Supercon 2025 event at the Miami Beach Convention Center, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 20 July 2024. Florida Supercon 2025 is an event for fans of comic books, anime, video games, sci-fi, and general pop culture. Picture: EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH Dead fish is seen at West Beach as South Australia's experiencing algal bloom crisis, Adelaide, Australia, 21 July 2025. A toxic algal bloom has been affecting South Australia's coastline, severely impacting marine wildlife and causing discolored water, foam, and multiple fish deaths. Picture: EPA/MATT TURNER Ukrainian rescuers hide themselves in a shelter during an air-raid alarm, near the site of a drone strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 21 July 2025, amid the Russian invasion. At least two people died and 15 people were injured after Russian forces launched an overnight large-scale combined attack with at least 24 missiles and 426 drones across Ukraine, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine reported. Picture: EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO Aircraft of the Colombian Aerospace Force (FAC) participate in the Independence Day parade in Bogota, Colombia, 20 July 2025. Colombia declared its independence from Spanish rule on 20 July 1810, beginning the country's emancipation process. Picture: EPA/CARLOS ORTEGA (L-R) The Royal Family of Belgium, Princess Eleonore, Prince Gabriel, Queen Mathilde, King Philippe, Princess Elisabeth, and Prince Emmanuel, descend the stairs of St. Michael & St. Gudula Cathedral after the Te Deum Mass celebrating Belgium's National Day in Brussels, Belgium, 21 July 2025. Picture: EPA/OLIVIER MATTHYS
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Disappointment for SA swimmers on opening day of Singapore world champs
Gallagher wasn't too pleased with her swim, but happy with the speed shown in her opening 50 metres. 'I didn't realise that I had turned third, that's really cool, so I'm very happy with my front-end speed,' she said after the race. 'I think it's the fastest I've been out in the 100 before and it felt very comfortable and very chilled, so I think that's a very good sign for the 50, which is still in a couple of days. 'I just have to switch off from the race. Even though it didn't go the way I wanted it to, there are some good things to take away and look forward to the rest of the racing which is the 100 free and the 50 fly. 'There's still a long way to go. It's day one of the competition so I'm looking forward to the rest of my races and we'll see what we can produce. Hopefully the 50 fly will be a better outcome than this one.' Other South Africans in action in the heats earlier in the day were Aimee Canny, who finished 19th overall in the 200m individual medley heats after swimming a time of 2:12.70 and Chris Smith, who finished 25th overall in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:00.85. Hannah Robertson was 27th in the 400m freestyle heats in 4:22.69, while in the men's event, Matthew Caldwell was 39th in 4:01.45. The South African women's 4x100m freestyle relay team of twin sisters, Georgia and Olivia Nel, Cailtin de Lange and Hannah Robertson finished sixth in their heat in 3:45.33 and did not progress to the final. The World Aquatics Championships in Singapore continue on Monday, with Pieter Coetzé kicking off his campaign in the 100m backstroke while Meder will be back in action in the 100m breaststroke, Matt Sates in the 200m freestyle, and Catherine van Rensburg in the 1500m freestyle.
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Cometh the hour, cometh Pieter Coetzé, high-flying backstroke star
As swimming in South Africa faces one of its darkest hours, Pieter Coetzé looks set to answer its call. Since the world championships became a two-yearly event in 2001, the country has made the podium at every edition. With the retirement of breaststroke queen Tatjana Smith after the Paris Olympics last year, there have been fears of a vacuum leaving the country with no medals at the 2025 global gala in Singapore that started today. But Coetzé torpedoed that notion at the World Student Games in Germany last weekend, blitzing an incredible 51.99sec in the 100m backstroke that lifted him to No 1 in the world. That time would have won gold at the Paris Olympics last year, and nobody has been under 52 seconds since 2023. Now he's a target for the likes of Olympic 100m backstroke champion Thomas Ceccon of Italy, and China's runner-up Xu Jiayu, as well as Hungarian Hubert Kos, the Games 200m backstroke king who missed the 100m final in France. Ceccon, owner of the 51.60 world record from 2022, won the 100m backstroke at the 2024 Games in 52.00, ahead of Xu in 52.32. Other form competitors are Russian Kliment Kolesnikov, who went 52.04 in April, as well as Briton Oliver Morgan (52.12), Miron Lifintsev, another Russian (52.15) and Kos (52.24).
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PICTURES: Tour de France excitement at a glance
The 112th edition of the Tour de France is currently under way, with the three-week race ending on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday. The pack of riders (peloton) cycles past the Porte de Paris arch monument near the start of the 1st stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 184.9 km starting and finishing in Lille Metropole, northern France, on July 5, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Alongside the Tour de France route, sunflowers and creative hats, among other sights, have made for a fantastic spectacle. Fans cheer as the pack rides by during the 1st stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 184.9km in Lille Metropole, France, 05 July 2025. Picture: EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON A fan wearing a cap stands at the finish line of the 5th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an Individual Time Trial over 33km in Caen, France, 09 July 2025. Picture: EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK The peloton ride past sunflower fields during the 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 156.8km around Toulouse, France, 16 July 2025. Picture: EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON Spectators wait for cyclists passing by at the Col d'Aspin during the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182.6km from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres, France, 19 July 2025. Picture: EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK A man on horseback rides alongside the pack of riders (peloton) during the 17th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 160.4 km between Bollene and Valence, southern France, on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) The pack of riders (peloton) cycles across Place de Thessalie in central Montpellier at the start of the 16th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 171.5 km between Montpellier and Mont Ventoux, southern France, on July 22, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Spectators line the race route in the ascent of Mont Ventoux during the 16th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 171.5 km between Montpellier and Mont Ventoux, southern France, on July 22, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) The pack of riders (peloton) cycles cycles during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) A grey parrot looks on from inside its cage placed along the race route as Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe team's Italian rider Gianni Moscon cycles during the 13th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 10.9 km individual time trial between Loudenvielle and Peyragudes, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 18, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Spectators jump in a makeshift swimming pool set up along the race route as the pack of riders (peloton) cycles past, during the 9th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 174.1 km between Chinon and Chateauroux, central France, on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) The pack of riders (peloton) cycles past 'Geants du Nord', giant figurines of northern French folklore, at the start of the 2nd stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 209.1 km between Lauwin-Planque and Boulogne-sur-Mer, Northern France, on July 6, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) MORE PICTURES: Swimmers brave winter cold for polar dip at Ebotse
