24 hours in pictures, 17 April 2026

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. Supporters hold their mobile phones with flash lights during the final pre-election event of Bulgaria’s former President Rumen Radev’s political coalition…

Worldcoin Falls 13% as World Expands Iris-Scanning Tech

Worldcoin fell 13.4% to roughly $0.28 on Friday as World, the identity-focused company led by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, unveiled several new integrations for its “proof of human” stack, which uses iris-scanning technology to verify identities. Video conferencing tool Zoom…