By means of the lens: The Citizen’s Image Editors choose one of the best information images from South Africa and all over the world.
We convey you a visible snapshot of the day’s information occasions, that includes a pair standing amid the rubble of their collapsed residence after a devastating earthquake in Colombia, a household having fun with an sudden snowfall close to Pietermaritzburg, and residents surveying the injury after a fireplace destroyed greater than 500 houses on the Jika Joe casual settlement in Pietermaritzburg. These are among the compelling photos from all over the world.
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A household gathers to play in snow on Nottingham Street close to Pietermaritzburg on August 10, 2026. Elements of the South African province hit with late snow, simply forward of the southern hemisphere spring. (Picture by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
A pair stands amid the rubble of a collapsed home after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia on August 11, 2026. Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their naked fingers to seek for survivors early on August 11 after the nation’s strongest earthquake in a decade killed at the very least 169 folks and smashed dozens of buildings. (Picture by Jaime SALDARRIAGA / AFP)
Pictures by 9 Johannesburg-based photographers are featured within the “What We Don’t See” exhibition, which opened at WAM (Wits Artwork Museum) on 5 August 2026. The exhibition honours the missed and unseen and commemorates the late photographer David Goldblatt in what would have been his ninety fifth yr. The collaborating photographers are Gulshan Khan, Jabulani Dhlamini, Jo Ractliffe, Jodi Bieber, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Madoda Mkhobeni, Mark Lewis, Sabelo Mlangeni and Tshepiso Mazibuko. Image: Jessica Nkuna
An individual walks previous the Grand Central Terminal six-story arched Palladian home windows on the east of the Foremost Concourse, in New York, on August 10, 2026. (Picture by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
Members in the course of the SASHA march at Metropolis Council of Johannesburg on August 11, 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The South African Religious Healers’ Affiliation (SASHA) is asking for recognition, significant engagement, lawful regulation, safety of indigenous information, safety of cultural heritage and significant financial participation inside Joburg’s indigenous therapeutic and drugs sector. (Picture by Gallo Photos/Sharon Seretlo)
Sowetans courageous the chilly and rain at Bara Taxi Rank in Johannesburg on 11 August 2026. Johannesburg skilled chilly, moist climate, with temperatures round 4°C and light-weight rain, as extreme chilly fronts and disruptive climate warnings remained lively throughout elements of the nation. Image: Nigel Sibanda / The Citizen
A girl walks previous buildings broken by a fireplace that destroyed greater than 500 dwellings on the Jika Joe casual settlement in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, August 11, 2026. The fireplace broke out on August 9, displacing greater than 600 folks throughout a extreme chilly entrance that introduced freezing temperatures and disruptive snowfall to elements of the province. Survivors had been left stranded with out shelter, meals or blankets and depending on non-governmental organisations for help. (Picture by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
Two ladies pose for a photograph as they go to a sunflower discipline at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on August 11, 2026. (Picture by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Soweto residents use umbrellas for defense from the chilly entrance at Bara Taxi Rank in Soweto on 11 August 2026. Image: Jessica Nkuna
A girl carring her cat evacuates after an earthquake in Bogota on August 10, 2026. A robust earthquake struck Colombia on August 10 and was strongly felt in main cities corresponding to Bogota and Cali, and even in Quito and Panama, in accordance with the Colombian Geological Service and as confirmed by AFP reporters. (Picture by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
Naledi resident Tumelo Seshabela walks previous a mural of Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alongside Lekgwale Avenue in Soweto on 10 August 2026. Johannesburg has a vibrant avenue artwork scene, with giant murals throughout the inside metropolis and townships. Image: Nigel Sibanda / The Citizen
Staff on a plastic boat acquire garbage washed up on a river on the top of heavy rains enhanced by the Southwest monsoon days earlier than, close to a procuring advanced in Paranaque Metropolis, suburban Manila on August 11, 2026. Floods, landslides and accidents pushed by a nine-day downpour equal to greater than a month’s price of rain in some areas have killed at the very least 16 folks within the northern Philippines, rescuers stated on August 10. (Picture by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Ekurhuleni Cell Clinic driver Thabo Ndlovu demonstrates how the cellular clinic works after Gauteng MEC for Well being and Wellness Religion Mazibuko formally unveiled further cellular clinics at Chris Hani Baragwanath Educational Hospital in Soweto on 11 August 2026. The brand new items type a part of efforts to strengthen the Gauteng Division of Well being’s fleet of cellular healthcare items. Image: Nigel Sibanda / The Citizen
Homeless folks endure the chilly entrance on August 11, 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The impacts of the chilly entrance are being felt throughout elements of the nation, with Gauteng experiencing rain falling throughout the town and temperatures struggling to climb above freezing. The climate service issued an Orange Stage 6 warning for disruptive snowfall. (Picture by Gallo Photos/Sharon Seretlo)
South African Police Service (SAPS) officers stroll on outdoors a mine shaft in Nkaneng close to Marikana on August 11, 2026, the place 14 unlawful miners had been discovered lifeless as rescue operations are underway. A rockfall at an unlawful mine northwest of Johannesburg killed 14 miners, most of them from Lesotho, with a number of damage and others probably nonetheless caught underground, police stated Tuesday.
Hundreds of unregistered miners referred to as “zama zamas” function in South Africa, scavenging deserted mines for gold and different minerals in arduous and sometimes perilous circumstances (Picture by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)
Metropolis of Johannesburg cleaners in the course of the citywide restoration clean-up on August 11, 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Metropolis of Johannesburg continues its citywide restoration clean-up programme in Area F, with groups working throughout key areas to deal with unlawful dumping and restore cleaner public areas. (Picture by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Photos)
An aerial view exhibits yellow and brown dried timber close to Luenen, western Germany, on August 10, 2026, following hovering summer season temperatures and low rainfall. (Picture by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
Soweto residents heat themselves subsequent to a chisa nyama in the course of the chilly entrance at Bara Taxi Rank in Soweto on 11 August 2026. Image: Lerato Thooe
South Korean-made Kia Picanto vehicles are seen awaiting cargo at a automobile storage yard in Yantai, in jap China’s Shandong province, on August 10, 2026. (Picture by CN-STR / AFP)
