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24 hours in pictures, 7 April 2025

Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

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Air Force military drill between the US and the Philippines in Angeles City

A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 fighter jet on display during the Cope Thunder bilateral exercise opening ceremony inside a military airbase in Angeles City, Pampanga province, Philippines, 07 April 2025. The Cope Thunder is an annual bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States air forces featuring air and ground exercises. Picture: EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIG

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Museum workers open protective wooden cases of Venetian marble statues after wintering on the facade of the Catherine Palace in the ‘Tsarskoye Selo’ museum-reserve in St. Petersburg, Russia, 07 April 2025. The ‘Tsarskoye Selo’ museum-reserve houses one of the largest collections in Russia, including 30 sculptures and 11 pedestals. Picture: EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV
A man inspects a damaged building after a US airstrike in Sana’a, Yemen, 07 April 2025. According to the Ministry of Health in the Houthi-administrated Sana’a, at least four were killed and 25 injured in a US airstrike on a residential building in the Sha’ub district on 06 April. Picture: EPA-EFE/OSAMAH YAHYA
A woman walks past a Palestine support mural part of the Angels for Gaza initiative in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, on April 03, 2025. In Cape Town’s historic Bo-Kaap, residents have painted over 30 murals in solidarity with Palestine as part of the Angel for Gaza initiative. These powerful artworks, often depicting scenes of loss and resistance, aim to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and serve as a visual form of protest. Despite facing pushback from city authorities over by-law compliance, the community remains resolute, using their walls to voice support and draw parallels between their own history of resistance and the Palestinian struggle. Picture: Nic Bothma/Matrix Images
Revellers take part in the 17th Annual Miami Beach Pride Parade on April 6, 2025, in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Giorgio VIERA / AFP)
Forensic investigators busy with a crime scene in Mfolo, Soweto, 7 April 2025, where a taxi patrol car was shot at and three occupants died. Picture: Nigel Sibanda /The Citizen
Fishermen prepare their boats before heading out to sea at the traditional fishing port of Lampulo, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 07 April 2025. The Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, summoned a number of heads of ministries and institutions and business associations to discuss the implementation of new trade tariffs from US President Donald Trump, in accordance with the direction of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who gave directions for negotiations with the US. Picture: EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK
Sendy Lawani poses for a photograph against a graffiti backdrop at Tighy Park in Westdene, 5 April 2025, during a walkabout by the Joburg Photowalkers, a group of photography enthusiasts who meet regularly to explore Johannesburg. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
A couple pass by a mural of the Malaysian national flag in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 07 April 2025. “Malaysia will seek an ASEAN response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs”, said Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on his social media channel on 06 April. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL
Italian diver Riccardo Giovannini competes in the men’s 10-meter platform final at the 2025 Diving World Cup at the Metropolitan Aquatic Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, 06 April 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/Francisco Guasco
Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse a group of Ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a main road during a protest against the army recruitment, in Bnei Brak, Israel, 06 April 2025. The Israeli Supreme Court in June 2024 ruled unanimously that the state of Israel should recruit ultra-Orthodox Jews into the army. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
Health workers and activists hold placards during a rally in support of the Palestinians in Gaza at a busy intersection in Jakarta, Indonesia, 07 April 2025. Hundreds of health workers and activists staged a protest demanding Israel to stop the attack on civilians and humanitarian workers in Gaza. Picture: EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM
A Kimbanguist guard sits on a tree stump during a Mass celebration at the Kimbanguist Church in Goma on April 6, 2025. A Christian religion born in the Belgian Congo, the Kimbanguist Church celebrated its 100th anniversary on April 6, 2021. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)
Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro take part in a demonstration in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 06 April 2025, calling for amnesty for those convicted in the attempted coup. Brazil’s Supreme Court indicted Bolsonaro for five crimes, with a total sentence of about 40 years in prison, as part of an alleged coup attempt to overturn Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory in the 2022 elections. Picture: EPA-EFE/Isaac Fontana

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