Photos of the Year 2022
Mpho Tutu, sits with the coffin of her father Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during his funeral at the St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 1, 2022. Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial equality and LGBT rights died at the age of 90. (Nic Bothma/Pool Photo via AP)
A police car burns as riot police prepare to stop protesters in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 5, 2022. Demonstrators denouncing the doubling of prices for liquefied gas have clashed with police in Kazakhstan's largest city and held protests in other cities.(AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
Water flows at the Carioca dam, after pouring rains in Para de Minas, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Jan. 11, 2022 in this picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto
A security officer walks at the scene of an explosion in the Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia, Jan. 12, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Landra Reid touches the casket of her husband, former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 12, 2022, in Washington.
Workers clean oil from Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru, Jan. 18, 2022. The Peruvian Civil Defense Institute said the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga created high waves that moved a ship loading oil into La Pampilla refinery, causing the oil to spill.
Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford holds up her certificates after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Jan. 20, 2022. The 19-year-old has set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down in western Belgium, 155 days after she departed.
Priscilla Sitienei, a 98-year-old primary school student in grade six, is helped to do an assignment by her classmates at the Leaders Vision Preparatory School in Ndalat village of Nandi County, Kenya, Jan. 25, 2022.
Relatives carry bodies of the victims of airstrikes on a detention center to be buried at a cemetery in Saada, Yemen, Jan. 25, 2022.
Medical staff in personal protective equipment keep watch at a speed skating training session for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Jan. 28, 2022.
New York police officers gather for the funeral of NYPD officer Wilbert Mora, Feb. 2, 2022 in New York. Mora, 27, along with partner Jason Rivera, were killed on Jan. 21, as they responded to a domestic violence emergency.
An aerial view of Bin village of the Mingin Township in Sagaing region, Myanmar, after villagers say it was set ablaze by the military, Feb. 3, 2022.
A woman gestures at Israeli security forces firing rubber-bullets to disperse Palestinian stone-throwers amid clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron, Feb. 9, 2022. Israeli forces killed three Palestinians on Feb. 8 during a daytime raid against what Israel described as a "terrorist cell", leaving a vehicle in the West Bank city of Nablus riddled with bullet holes.
A demonstrator keeps warm amid snowfall during a protest by truck drivers over pandemic health rules and the Trudeau government, outside the parliament of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 12, 2022.
This photograph shows an aerial view of the usually submerged ruins of the former village of Aceredo, appearing from the Lindoso hydroelectric plant reservoir due to the low water level, near Lobios, Ourense province, northwestern Spain, Feb. 15, 2022. People living in the Aceredo village were evicted from their homes in 1992 for the construction of the reservoir.
People lie in hospital beds with temperatures falling at nighttime outside the Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong, Feb. 16, 2022, as hospitals become overwhelmed with the city facing its worst Covid-19 coronavirus wave to date.
Helena, a 53-year-old teacher, stands outside a hospital after the bombing of the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022, as Russian armed forces attempt to invade Ukraine from several directions, using rocket systems and helicopters to attack Ukrainian position in the south, the border guard service said.
A Russian armored personnel carrier burns amid damaged and abandoned light utility vehicles after fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022.
People use small boats to travel through flood water in Lismore, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022. Heavy rain is bringing record flooding to some east coast areas and claimed seven lives while the flooding in Brisbane, a population of 2.6 million, and its surrounds is the worst since 2011.
Local residents cross a destroyed bridge as they evacuate from the town of Irpin, after days of heavy shelling on the only escape route, while Russian troops advance towards the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, March 7, 2022.
Masha Fesenko, from Kyiv, arrives at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 8, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has set off the largest mass migration in Europe in decades, with more than 1.5 million people having crossed from Ukraine into neighboring countries.
American actor Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Police disperse protesters during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 11, 2022. Thousands of students marched in cities across the country to protest against rumors that the government is considering postponing the 2024 presidential election to allow President Joko Widodo to remain in office beyond the two-term legal limit, calling it a threat to the country's democracy.
Pungent foam is seen in a polluted river and invaded the Los Puentes neighborhood, in Mosquera, west of Bogota, Colombia, April 26, 2022.
Ugandan police officers detain students marching towards parliament to protest against steep rise in the cost of commodities, in Kampala, May 5, 2022.
Israeli police confront mourners as they carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her funeral in east Jerusalem, May 13, 2022. Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American reporter who covered the Mideast conflict for more than 25 years, was shot dead during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin.
Dozens of migrants fall in the water while they struggle to cling to the side of an upturning boat off the waters of Tunisia, May 25, 2022.
A Somali woman stands near the carcass of her dead livestock amid severe drought near Dollow, Gedo Region, Somalia, May 26, 2022.
Police fire tear gas shells to disperse students taking part in an anti-government protest demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo, May 29, 2022.
People gather at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 30, 2022, to pay their respects to the victims killed in last week's school shooting.
A Buddhist nun falls next to a barricade after inhaling tear gas during a protest outside police headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 9, 2022.
A Ukrainian service member with a dog observes in the industrial area of the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, June 20, 2022.
A handout picture provided by the Libya Ambulance Service, June 29, 2022, shows rescuers recovering bodies of migrants found in the Libyan desert, in the southeastern region of Kufra near the border with Chad.
A man, believed to be a suspect shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is held by police officers at Yamato Saidaiji Station in Nara, Nara Prefecture, July 8, 2022 in this photo taken by the Yomiuri Shimbun.
A cow moves past a burning car that, according to fire officials, caught fire by an electrical short circuit after it was stuck in a water-logged road following heavy rains in Ahmedabad, India, July 11, 2022.
Demonstrators throw bottles of water to army personnel during an anti-government protest outside the office of Sri Lanka's prime minister in Colombo, July 13, 2022. Thousands of anti-government protesters stormed into Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, hours after he was named as acting president, witnesses said.
A police officer givers water to a British soldier wearing a traditional bearskin hat, on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London, July 18, 2022. The British government have issued their first-ever "red" warning for extreme heat when temperatures may reach 40° C (104° F) for the first time.
This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows firefighters unroll the fire hose at a forest fire at La Test-de-Buch, southwestern France, July 18, 2022.
A wildfire burns at the village of Krestena, in the western Peloponnese, Greece, July 24, 2022.
Boulders fall as a vehicle negotiates a road during an earthquake in Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines, July 27, 2022.
Police make way for an elderly woman to pass through as they guard the new coca leaf market on the third day of clashes with coca farmers in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 3, 2022.
Flames rise from a massive fire at a fuel depot sparked by a lightning strike in Matanzas, Cuba, Aug. 8, 2022.
People run away during an anti-government protest in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Aug. 10, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media.
Students attend the first day of in-person classes, at a flooded school due to high tide, in Macabebe, Pampanga province, Philippines, Aug. 22, 2022.
A classmate of Palestinian student Lian Al Shaer, 10, who was killed in recent Israel-Gaza fighting, reacts to Al Shaer's picture as a new school year begins, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 29, 2022.
Wind whips embers from a burning tree during a wildfire near Hemet, California, Sept. 6, 2022.
A woman (C) pleads for help as Kenyan security forces intervene during a stampede at the entrance of the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 13, 2022, ahead of William Ruto inauguration ceremony.
King Charles II, left, watches as The Lord Chamberlain Baron Parker breaks his Wand of Office, marking the end of his service to the sovereign, during the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in Windsor, Sept. 19, 2022. Britain's longest-serving monarch and died in Scotland on Sept. 8. She was 96.
Whales stranded on Ocean Beach at Macquarie Harbor on the west coast of Tasmania of Australia, Sept. 21, 2022.
Nasibe Samsaei, an Iranian woman living in Turkey, cuts her ponytail off during a protest outside the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul, Sept. 21, 2022, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran.
Destroyed homes and businesses on Pine Island, Florida, are seen from a U.S. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter as U.S. National Guard Bureau Chief General Daniel Hokanson tours the area by air after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Pine Island, Oct. 1, 2022.
Burkina Faso's self-declared new leader Ibrahim Traore is welcomed by supporters holding Russian's flags as he arrives at the national television standing in an armoured vehicle in Ouagadougou, Oct. 2, 2022.
Residents search for their missing relatives in the rubble of a house destroyed by a landslide during heavy rains in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela, Oct. 9, 2022. A landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 50 missing after heavy rains caused a river to overflow, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said.
An injured woman receives medical treatment at the scene of Russian shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 10, 2022. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital.
Migrants carry a smuggling boat on their shoulders as they prepare to embark on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France, Oct. 12, 2022, in a attempt to cross the English Channel.
Saul, 4, wipes the tears of his father Franklin Pajaro, after they were expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, near the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 17, 2022.
An Embera Indigenous woman carrying a child clashes with riot police while fighting for the right to land they say belongs to them, in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 19, 2022.
This UGC image posted on Twitter reportedly on Oct. 26, 2022 shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's home town in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death, defying heightened security measures as part of a bloody crackdown on women-led protests.
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, is escorted out during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct. 22, 2022.
Emergency workers and others assist people who were caught in a Halloween stampede in the district of Itaewon in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 29, 2022. More than 150 people have been killed in the stampede.
A Syrian girl stands near cooking pots placed on fire amidst the remains of asphalt at the Sahlah al-Banat camp for displaced people in the countryside of Raqa in northern Syria, Nov. 7, 2022.
People leave the area after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue Sunday, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 13, 2022.
War-displaced people flee towards the city of Goma, eastern Republic of Congo, Nov. 15, 2022.
Aymara Indigenous women pray on a day of fasting in a call for rain on the sacred Inca Pucara mountain in Chiquipata, Bolivia, Nov. 16, 2022.
A villager carries his injured daughter following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing in Cianjur, Nov. 22, 2022.
Ukrainian servicemen shoot towards Russian positions in the frontline at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Nov. 23, 2022.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pays his respects to the victims of a September stabbing spree at the James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Nov. 28, 2022.
This handout picture released by the Santa Catarina Fire Department shows the BR-367 highway blocked after a landslide in Guaratuba, Parana state, Brazil, Nov. 30, 2022.
Experts and employees of the prosecutor's office examine collected remnants of shells and missiles used by the Russian army to attack the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Dec. 7, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest demanding presidential elections and the closure of Congress after ousted Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo was detained in a police prison following his removal from office, in Lima, Dec. 8, 2022.
A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2022. The country's Taliban rulers earlier this week ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until further notice. They have banned girls from middle school and high school, barred women from most fields of employment and ordered them to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms.
Firefighters are transported in a car as black smoke rises during a fire in a hydrocarbon storage area of the Bravo Petroleum company in Barranquilla, Colombia, Dec. 21, 2022.
Argentina's Lionel Messi holds the winners trophy as he celebrates with fans after Argentina won the World Cup final soccer match against France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Dec. 18, 2022.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, react as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presents lawmakers with a Ukrainian flag in Washington, Dec. 21, 2022.
Rohingya refugees receive medical treatment at a temporary shelter in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, De. 26, 2022,