24 hours in pictures, 16 June 2025
24 hours in pictures, 16 June 2025
Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
The setting sun glows behind Salgo Castle as seen from Salgotarjan, northern Hungary, 15 June 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/Peter Komka
A Black-headed heron eats a field mouse in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, on June 11, 2025. Picture: Matrix Images / Nic Bothma Well known South African Afro-soul diva Simphiwe Dana performs at a packed Durban Playhouse opera theare in Durban over the weekend. The concert ' Simphiwe Dana: Reflections' was to celebrate 20 years of song. Dana celebrated 20 years in music with fans packed at the concert hekd at the Durban Playhouse theatre.Known for her rich vocals, poetic lyrics, and powerful activism.Dana took fans on an emotional journey through her career. The energy was electric as the crowd sang and danced along, honouring a true legend of not only a South African but a diva whose made her mark worldwide. Picture: Rajesh Jantilal Alti Fouche, from Silla Speciality Cakes, and DA Councillor Simon Lapping pose for a photograph with a cake as they celebrate the approaching third birthday of the Rondebult Road sinkhole in Boksburg. The ongoing delay in repairing the sinkhole continues to undermine the city's economy, frustrate road users, and negatively impact local businesses. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen Rise Mzanzi activists attends a commemoration event at the Hector Pieterson Memorial on June 16, 2025 in Soweto, South Africa. The ceremony will reflect on the importance of preserving the meaning of 16 June 1976. The ceremony honours the youth who led the Soweto Uprising and underscores the need to protect their legacy through continued advocacy for quality education, equality, and social justice. (Photo by Laird Forbes/Gallo Images) A girl holds a Palestinian flag during a Pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 15 June 2025. More than 55,200 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since Israel launched a military campaign in the strip in response to a cross-border attack led by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on 07 October 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 250 taken hostage. Picture: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN Children at the MK Youth League Launch at Christianenburg Stadium on June 16, 2025 in Durban, South Africa. The MK Party Youth League (MKPYL) was established to provide a platform for young South Africans to participate actively in the political process and aims to continue the fight for justice, equality, and socio-economic development in the post-apartheid era. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart) Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025. Iran unleashed a barrage of missile strikes on Israeli cities early on June 16, after Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran, with both sides threatening further devastation. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) French aerobatic flying team Patrouille de France (PAF) aircraft perform a flyover during the 55th edition of the International Paris Air Show at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport, in Le Bourget, near Paris, France, 16 June 2025. The Paris Air Show, one of the largest trade fairs of the aerospace-industry and air shows in the world, runs from 16 to 22 June. Picture: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON Migrants walk in the water to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on June 16, 2025. The sun was just rising on Monday June 16, 2025, but dozens of migrants were striding along the beach in Gravelines (Nord), watched by almost as many police officers. Some of them managed to board a dinghy bound for England, leaving disappointed, haggard people behind. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP) Firefighters battle intense flames fanned by strong northerly winds as a fire that began above Boyes Drive in Muizenberg spread rapidly toward St James on June 15, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. The fire threatened to cross the scenic drive, prompting a large-scale response. SANParks Table Mountain National Park SEAM Rangers detained at least six individuals seen near the fire's origin, as investigations continue into the cause. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) The Life Guards, members of the Household Cavalry march between the spectators at the Order of the Garter service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, southern England, on June 16, 2025. The Order of the Garter is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain, established by King Edward III nearly 700 years ago (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP)
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