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The Citizen
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
24 hours in pictures, 12 August 2025
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 PICTURES: Strongman challenge at Randridge Mall
Euronews
06-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Hungary's biggest festival of the year kicks off with 1,000 shows
Some are jumping into the 31st Sziget (Island) Festival full of excitement, while others are taking it a little slower. Festival director Tamás Kádár told Euronews that Hungary's biggest event of the year, will feature a number of innovations. "In general, the way we have designed the festival is the biggest change. So these zones, the way they're arranged within the festival, arranging the stages according to genre. These are changes that are a huge step for us. Venues have been replaced, shelters, so the big tents have been replaced. I think this is a huge step forward for Sziget," he said. While Sziget also offers plenty of cultural and community events, most people come for the music, especially to see the big names on the main stage. Festival-goers are mainly looking forward to mainstream acts like Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Shawn Mendes, though many are also drawn in by the electronic line-up when booking their tickets. Rising interest in electronic music has led to the addition of a new stage in the Delta District, in the northern part of the festival. Known as The Club, it recreates a full-on nightclub vibe to the island. The redevelopment of Sziget has freed up new green spaces, allowing festival-goers to camp out in even more places. Organisers believe that the reimagined Sziget is a "place to get lost again", which they say is a true festival experience. Last year, more than 400,000 people walked across the K-bridge to the festival, but this year organisers are expecting even more, although it is not clear yet how many.
