{"id":14987,"date":"2023-12-20T19:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T03:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14987"},"modified":"2025-11-15T23:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:19:14","slug":"issue-of-the-week-war-human-rights-environment-economic-opportunity-hunger-disease-population-personal-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14987","title":{"rendered":"Issue of the Week: War, Human Rights, Environment, Economic Opportunity, Hunger, Disease, Population, Personal Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/planetearthfdn.org\/news\">Back to News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-topper-01-ftbk\/2023-yip-topper-01-ftbk-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-topper-05-ftbk\/2023-yip-topper-05-ftbk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-topper-08-ftbk\/2023-yip-topper-08-ftbk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-september-02-chlg\/2023-yip-september-02-chlg-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-topper-03-ftbk\/2023-yip-topper-03-ftbk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-09-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-09-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-topper-02-ftbk\/2023-yip-topper-02-ftbk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-topper-07-ftbk\/2023-yip-topper-07-ftbk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-topper-06-ftbk\/2023-yip-topper-06-ftbk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere is here again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never a moment yet, arguably, more fraught with dread for life on the planet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve used the metaphor often, on the razor&#8217;s edge between light and dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York Times posted its 2023 year in pictures, with commentary, yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one does the year in pictures like the Times. It&#8217;s been a mainstay from us for years. So here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1\">2023 THE YEAR IN PICTURES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A Weary World&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BY MARC LACEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past year saw plenty of suffering before the morning of Oct. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The war in Ukraine continued to rage. A wildfire tore through a historic town in Hawaii, and the earth shook violently in Turkey. Mass shootings took life after life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, on Oct. 7, Hamas gunmen stormed across the border of Gaza into Israel. And Israel struck back with force across Gaza. The suffering across the world seemed as if it would never end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, our photo editors try to capture the best photojournalism in one intense presentation. The Year in Pictures is a way to commemorate the big news events from January to December: the ones that traumatized us \u2014 and there are many of those \u2014 mixed in with some moments of bliss.Read More<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#january\">JANUARY<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#february\">FEBRUARY<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#march\">MARCH<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#april\">APRIL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#may\">MAY<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#june\">JUNE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#july\">JULY<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#august\">AUGUST<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#september\">SEPTEMBER<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#october\">OCTOBER<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#november\">NOVEMBER<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/world\/year-in-pictures.html?searchResultPosition=1#december\">DECEMBER<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JANUARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-01-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-01-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KYIV, UKRAINE, JAN. 13.<\/strong>Carolers from a neighborhood group called Susidska Slobidka celebrating the New Year in accordance with the Julian calendar. Ukrainians made a point of widely adopting ancient holiday traditions as the war raged around them.Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-04-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-04-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x-v4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, JAN. 7.<\/strong>Representative Kevin McCarthy, right, confronted Representative Matt Gaetz, who had just voted \u201cpresent,\u201d sinking Mr. McCarthy\u2019s 14th attempt to become the House speaker. He triumphed on the next vote, ending the most protracted election for the speakership since 1859.Haiyun Jiang\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was keeping my eye on both Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy, should there be any interactions between them. And sure enough, after a round of votes, the two met up. I couldn\u2019t hear what they were talking about, but the body gestures looked confrontational. It definitely was a moment of foreshadowing.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Haiyun Jiang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-02-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-02-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x-v4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DNIPRO, UKRAINE, JAN. 14.<\/strong>A Russian strike tore through this nine-story apartment building, killing at least 46 people and trapping dozens. A fire burned in the aftermath, and much of the block was reduced to rubble.Nicole Tung for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe missile hit on a Saturday afternoon. Children were playing in the park in the courtyard, people had been out shopping and were returning home. Over the next few days, volunteers set up camp to assist emergency services in that same courtyard, the playground now filled with aid and the recovered belongings of families who survived.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Nicole Tung<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-03-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-03-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DNIPRO, UKRAINE, JAN. 18.<\/strong>Olha Afanasieva, 49, recovering in the hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a Russian strike on her apartment building. She and her husband were sitting at their kitchen table when the missile hit.Lynsey Addario for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was looking at her from the right-hand side and I was trying to photograph her eyes and the injuries, and it wasn\u2019t coming together. Suddenly she turned and the other side of her face was a patchwork. It just spoke to me, and symbolized all of these lives and faces, and everything that has been torn in the country.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Lynsey Addario<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-add-lcmj\/2023-yip-january-add-lcmj-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MADISON, WIS., JAN. 22.<\/strong>On the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that was overturned in 2022, abortion-rights supporters crowded into the rotunda at the Wisconsin State Capitol during the marquee event of the annual Women\u2019s March.&nbsp;Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-05-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-05-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALHAMBRA, CALIF., JAN. 27.<\/strong>Pricilla Wong at the Joslyn Adult Recreation Center, with flowers she bought in memory of Diana Man Ling Tom, one of the 11 people who were killed after a gunman opened fire at two ballroom studios in this Asian American enclave.Li Qiang for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPricilla and Diana shared a close friendship, and had danced together at the center earlier on the day of the shooting. When Pricilla learned of the tragedy, her heart was shattered. The scene captured is deeply poignant. As nostalgic music began playing, the elder dancers, for the first time since the tragedy, resumed dancing. This moment reflected their resilience.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Li Qiang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-08-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-08-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SACRAMENTO, JAN. 9.<\/strong>Lloyd Robertson at a homeless encampment threatened by rising waters and falling trees along the American River. Fierce storms put many of California\u2019s 170,000 homeless people at risk.&nbsp;Max Whittaker for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-09-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-09-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x-v4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REDCREST, CALIF., JAN. 13.<\/strong>The Avenue of the Giants, which runs through Humboldt Redwoods State Park, was closed because of flooding. An unrelenting series of pounding storms left no part of the state untouched.Alexandra Hootnick for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was during a break in the storm. There was an eerie sense, but also a peaceful sense and a powerful sense. I kept thinking about how small and fragile we are as humans. Some of the old-growth redwoods are 1,000 years old. These trees have lived through so much.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Alexandra Hootnick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-january-07-kjvc\/2023-yip-january-07-kjvc-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POKHARA, NEPAL, JAN. 16.<\/strong>Emergency workers pulled a body from the wreckage of a plane crash that killed at least 69. The country has had several crashes in recent decades, attributed in part to difficult terrain, inadequate regulation and aging fleets.Prakash Mathema\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/7d4d25948eaa75963d184fa9b8003af4.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FEBRUARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-01-chtf\/2023-yip-february-01-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, FEB. 6.<\/strong>A plume of smoke rose from a derailed train carrying toxic chemicals. Residents were ordered to evacuate amid a controlled burn of the chemicals, which the authorities said were at risk of exploding.Gene J. Puskar\/Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-02-chtf\/2023-yip-february-02-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEAR LVIV, UKRAINE, FEB. 6.<\/strong>Russian prisoners of war at a detention camp where many captured enemy soldiers were sent. Some would be returned to Russia in prisoner exchanges.&nbsp;Nicole Tung for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-07-chtf\/2023-yip-february-07-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WARSAW, FEB. 21.<\/strong>President Biden speaking just before the first anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u201cOur support for Ukraine will not waver, NATO will not be divided and we will not tire,\u201d he said.Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw he was giving a speech behind bulletproof glass my adrenaline went down, because it\u2019s hard to shoot through glass. I finally found this one spot on the side. Then I realized I could go up an inch and get the double reflection. We always talk about Washington being a game of inches for photographers.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Doug Mills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-march-03-zgck\/2023-yip-march-03-zgck-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EASTERN UKRAINE, FEB. 25.<\/strong>A helicopter from the 18th Sikorsky Brigade deployed countermeasure flares after firing rockets during a combat mission. One year into the war, against all odds, Ukraine\u2019s helicopter brigades were still operational.Daniel Berehulak\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI stood in a snow-covered field as the brigade prepared for battle. The air was thick with anticipation. This photograph, taken by a remote camera on board, captures a poignant moment at the heart of the conflict, encapsulating the unwavering courage and determination of these soldiers. Despite a year of relentless warfare, these helicopters, though technologically aged, remain a steadfast force.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Daniel Berehulak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-08-chtf\/2023-yip-february-08-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>QUINAMAY\u00d3, COLOMBIA, FEB. 18.<\/strong>Girls playing the role of angels waited to join a Christmas procession. For nearly 200 years, this city\u2019s Afro-Colombian residents have celebrated Christmas 40 days after the traditional date, a custom that dates back to the era of slavery.Ja\u00edr Coll for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-09-chtf\/2023-yip-february-09-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, FEB. 25.<\/strong>Facing off in a battle rap tournament. The battles have a simple structure: three rounds in which two M.C.s try to out-rap each other with a cappella verses crafted specifically for the opponent.Christopher Lee for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was kind of the moment where we were seeing the pinnacle of what battle rapping can get you to. People would react to a barb or insult that really hit and the whole place would go wild, but if an insult didn\u2019t land people would boo and laugh. And each of the rappers would feed off that energy.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Christopher Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-10-chtf\/2023-yip-february-10-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUTSIDE PAGE, ARIZ., FEB. 5.<\/strong>A boat launch ramp that no longer reaches the water at Lake Powell. Overuse of water and a 23-year drought made worse by climate change threatened to provoke a water and power catastrophe across the West.Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-05-chtf\/2023-yip-february-05-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KAHRAMANMARAS, TURKEY, FEB. 7.<\/strong>A 3-year-old girl was rescued from the rubble of a building destroyed by a devastating quake. All told, the temblor and aftershocks killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.Emin Ozmen for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was shocked by the scale of the destruction. There were many people looking for their loved ones in the destroyed buildings. I saw that a group of rescuers were working on this collapsed building. After about an hour, they found a child under the rubble. She was alive and the rescuers were shouting, they were so happy and relieved.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Emin Ozmen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-06-chtf\/2023-yip-february-06-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ANTAKYA CITY, TURKEY, FEB. 9.<\/strong>A displaced woman rested under an olive tree on a hillside in the ancient capital of Hatay Province, the region hit hardest by the worst earthquake in the country in nearly a century.&nbsp;Emily Garthwaite for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis scene is in Turkey but it\u2019s a Syrian family. There was anger at the Syrian diaspora \u2014 people were saying not to give away tents to them but to save them for Turkish families. The blanket laid beneath this olive tree is where the women had been praying. It was a point of peace and reflection.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Emily Garthwaite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MARCH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-february-04-chtf\/2023-yip-february-04-chtf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ANTAKYA, TURKEY, MARCH 3.<\/strong>The ruins of an apartment complex, called Guclu Bahce, which collapsed during a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. The developers had boasted that the complex, which failed its final inspection, offered unparalleled safety.Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-march-09-zgck\/2023-yip-march-09-zgck-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NASHVILLE, MARCH 27.<\/strong>A child wept aboard a bus leaving the Covenant School after a heavily armed assailant opened fire there, killing three children and three staff members. The assailant, who was killed by the police, had once attended the school.Nicole Hester\/The Tennessean, via Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t look at the photographs at first. It wasn\u2019t until I was filing that I saw this. I gasped and had to take a minute. It was hard for me to look at. I was covering the aftermath of the shooting while this image was already in my head. And it stayed there, and she\u2019s been in my head since.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Nicole Hester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-march-05-zgck\/2023-yip-march-05-zgck-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KOLKATA, INDIA, MARCH 20.<\/strong>Mary Mondal, 23, with her mother. Ms. Mondal\u2019s parents had no education, but she went to college and now works for an Indian technology giant. Only 23 percent of Indian women are in the labor force.Atul Loke for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-march-02-zgck\/2023-yip-march-02-zgck-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KYIV, UKRAINE, MARCH 7.<\/strong>Taras Haidukevych, 4, described nightmares in which Russian tanks would roll up to his house and open fire, burying his mother in debris. For many in Ukraine, even dreams offered no haven as the war dragged on.Emile Ducke for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTaras and his mother were in the basement of their home where they had sheltered from an air raid earlier that morning. It was sad to see how a year into the war, it was always present, both during the daytime in the form of air raid alarms, but also in their dreams at night.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Emile Ducke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-march-01-zgck\/2023-yip-march-01-zgck-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BAKHMUT, UKRAINE, MARCH 17.<\/strong>Medics helping a Ukrainian soldier who was injured by shrapnel on the front line. The fight for the city, which Russia later captured, was one of the deadliest clashes in the war.Tyler Hicks\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-march-04-zgck\/2023-yip-march-04-zgck-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ROLLING FORK, MISS., MARCH 27.<\/strong>Cody Sellars surveying the damage from a tornado. This small town was nearly obliterated by the storm system, which scraped a trail of destruction across Mississippi and Alabama, killing at least 26.Brad J. Vest for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had seen this house multiple times while I was photographing around town. It was as though it had been directly cut in half. Cody was the friend of the person who owned it. In this photo he was taking a smoke break in what used to be a living room, or maybe it was a bedroom. It was surreal.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Brad J. Vest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-march-06-zgck\/2023-yip-march-06-zgck-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DAKAR, SENEGAL, MARCH 19.<\/strong>Frolicking on Yoff Beach. More than a third of the world\u2019s young people will live in Africa by 2050. The implications of this \u201cyouthquake,\u201d as some call it, are immense yet uncertain.Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI spent time with communities of young people, talking to them about their hopes, as well as the challenges for their future. I wanted to understand how they saw themselves. Among the most exciting things for me was portraying the sea change that they are bringing about. This is a population that is changing the world.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Hannah Reyes Morales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">APRIL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-W1T2\/2023-yip-april-slide-W1T2-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ZARIA, NIGERIA, APRIL 27.<\/strong>Young women took part in a program for adolescent mothers at the Center for Girls Education, an American-funded program that has helped as many as 70,000 girls to stay in school, and ultimately to have smaller families.Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-SZSU\/2023-yip-april-slide-SZSU-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NASHVILLE, APRIL 6.<\/strong>State Representatives Justin Jones, left, and Justin J. Pearson, both Democrats, after they were reinstated to their seats in the legislature. Republicans had expelled them for leading a gun control protest on the House floor.Jon Cherry for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-W8QC\/2023-yip-april-slide-W8QC-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DETROIT, APRIL 23.<\/strong>A scene from the Cotillion Society of Detroit Educational Foundation\u2019s annual ball, which continues the legacy of Black debutantes in the city. It is a culmination of eight months of etiquette lessons, leadership workshops, community service projects and cultural events.Miranda Barnes for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been fond of coming-of-age gatherings, especially within Black spaces. A majority of the girls have had a mother or older sister do this, or some connection to it. It\u2019s a passing down of ritual. The event goes on all night. At the end, everyone was racing to get out of their dresses and have fun with their friends.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Miranda Barnes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-GQA7\/2023-yip-april-slide-GQA7-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TORONTO, APRIL 25.<\/strong>Striker the Samoyed, a fan favorite who retired after the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2022.May Truong for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStriker was the goofiest dog. His tongue was constantly out of his mouth. I was trying so hard to get him to sit and not have his tongue sticking out, and it was just impossible. Finally, I decided I was just going to lean into this. This tongue is the main focus of his entire being.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014May Truong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-GP5A\/2023-yip-april-slide-GP5A-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, APRIL 4.<\/strong>Former President Donald J. Trump arriving at Manhattan Criminal Court, where he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts stemming from what prosecutors said was a hush-money deal with a porn star.Dave Sanders for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-april-add--vlgp\/2023-yip-april-add--vlgp-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, APRIL 4.&nbsp;<\/strong>Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, supported Mr. Trump in a protest outside the courthouse. Months later, Mr. Santos faced his own legal woes, accused of spending campaign funds on luxury goods, casino trips and Botox.Mark Peterson for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-DXSI\/2023-yip-april-slide-DXSI-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BROOKLYN, APRIL 21.<\/strong>Bangladeshi men filled nearly a whole block of McDonald Avenue during Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. This part of the Kensington neighborhood, where Bengali is more common than English, has officially been given the name Little Bangladesh.Jonah Markowitz for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy the time I made this image, I had been working with the community there for nearly two years. I had heard that Bangladeshis from all over New York City come to the intersection for Eid prayer. The tradition had grown so large that they now had to shut down McDonald Avenue to accommodate the crowds.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Jonah Markowitz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-B24C\/2023-yip-april-slide-B24C-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MOSCOW, APRIL 18.<\/strong>Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage, appearing in court. From inside a glass defendant\u2019s cage, he declared his innocence.Maxim Shipenkov\/EPA, via Shutterstock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-april-add-02-qzvf\/2023-yip-april-add-02-qzvf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MIDLAND, TEXAS, APRIL 22.<\/strong>A group of chambelanes before a quincea\u00f1era. The nation\u2019s second most populous state has long been defined by demographic change, particularly its growing Hispanic population.Desiree Rios\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-april-slide-1AW2\/2023-yip-april-slide-1AW2-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:560px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UVALDE, TEXAS, APRIL 19.<\/strong>Caitlyne Gonzales, 11, dancing to Taylor Swift songs at the grave of her friend Jackie Cazares, who was one of the 19 students killed last year in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCaitlyne did what she would have done with Jackie if she were alive, scrolling through TikToks and dancing. I was struck by how normal this seemed for her. As she danced, I couldn\u2019t help but see a child trying to hang on to her innocence. I saw a kid trying to be a kid against the brutal backdrop of American reality.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Tamir Kalifa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MAY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-HPL1\/2023-yip-may-slide-HPL1-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EL PASO, MAY 10.<\/strong>Hundreds of migrants at a makeshift camp waited to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection during a wind storm on the eve of the expiration of a pandemic-era expulsion policy known as Title 42.&nbsp;Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was taking photos from across the Rio Grande at ground level. We had been out there for about three hours. I said what photographers often say: \u2018One more photo.\u2019 This one frame was so different \u2014 dark, ugly yellow lights and dusty.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Ivan Pierre Aguirre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-SGP8\/2023-yip-may-slide-SGP8-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YUMA, ARIZ., MAY 10.<\/strong>Janine, 4, and her father, Javier, waiting to be processed by the Border Patrol. Before arriving at the southern border, they were kidnapped, along with about 130 other migrants, and held captive for five days in Mexico.Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-RIXC\/2023-yip-may-slide-RIXC-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, MAY 17.<\/strong>A tender moment at a community center run by the Dignity Association, a local L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy group. The country is one of more than 30 African nations \u2014 over half the continent \u2014 that criminalize same-sex relations.Malin Fezehai for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-B5AO\/2023-yip-may-slide-B5AO-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MOSCOW, MAY 21.<\/strong>Children in front of a bust of Stalin. The Soviet past is ever-present in the country, whose president, Vladimir V. Putin, has largely rehabilitated Stalin\u2019s reputation.Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFamilies visited Lenin\u2019s Mausoleum, and passed by the graves of Soviet leaders. Children and adults streamed past in droves, but everyone stopped to take photos only in front of Stalin\u2019s grave. One child asked: \u2018Why are there so many flowers on Stalin\u2019s grave and not on the others?\u2019 To which a boy replied: \u2018Because Stalin was the greatest.\u2019\u201d\ufeff\u2014Nanna Heitmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-0WOS\/2023-yip-may-slide-0WOS-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BAKHMUT, UKRAINE, MAY 19.<\/strong>The smoldering remains of Bakhmut, just days before Russia claimed victory there. It took the Kremlin almost a year and cost the lives of thousands of soldiers to capture the city.Tyler Hicks\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite having seen military photographs of the devastation of Bakhmut, to actually be in control of a drone and fly up to the edge of the city and see it, live, really solidified in my mind how much the city had been destroyed and how many lives had been lost in the process. It was personally quite shocking.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Tyler Hicks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-ED1S\/2023-yip-may-slide-ED1S-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SYNYAK, UKRAINE, MAY 15.<\/strong>Mourners at the funeral of Dmytro Konobas, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed while fighting in the Luhansk region.Nicole Tung for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-21F0\/2023-yip-may-slide-21F0-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOS ANGELES, MAY 2.<\/strong>Members of the Writers Guild of America on the first day of a strike in which screenwriters demanded increased streaming residuals and protections against the threat of artificial intelligence. The 148-day strike contributed to a shutdown of TV and film production.Mark Abramson for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-HT2T\/2023-yip-may-slide-HT2T-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LONDON, MAY 6.<\/strong>King Charles III on the day of his coronation. He became Britain\u2019s first new monarch in over 70 years during an ancient ceremony that incorporated some modern touches. \u201cI come not to be served, but to serve,\u201d he said.Andrew Testa for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-AD1O\/2023-yip-may-slide-AD1O-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHOCTAW, OKLA., MAY 29.<\/strong>Ann Brown, left, soothed her daughter, Shawn Armstrong, who had recently tried to hang herself after learning that her son, Josh Askins, an addict, had been arrested and charged with murder in the fentanyl death of a friend.Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShawn said she had trouble sleeping since her son was arrested and what really soothed her was having her mom rub her arm until she fell asleep. We as photographers come in during some of the worst moments of people\u2019s lives and ask them to share it with us. It\u2019s a gift and I do not take it for granted.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Erin Schaff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-may-slide-9O1X\/2023-yip-may-slide-9O1X-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, MAY 17.<\/strong>The conductor Gustavo Dudamel leading the New York Philharmonic in a rehearsal of Mahler\u2019s Ninth Symphony. He had recently been named the Philharmonic\u2019s next music director, starting in 2026.James Estrin\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JUNE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-june-slide-33ZF\/2023-yip-june-slide-33ZF-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE, JUNE 15.<\/strong>Ukrainian soldiers rested inside a destroyed building on the outskirts of this newly liberated but desolate village, one of seven that Ukraine said it had retaken during the first week and a half of a counteroffensive against Russia.David Guttenfelder for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was a quiet moment for these soldiers who had been through hell, surrounded by destruction. What you can\u2019t see is how loud it was outside, with shrieking low-flying aircraft and outgoing fire. It was interesting \u2014 the contrast with this restful moment of having liberated the nearby town and having survived, and sitting in what\u2019s left of this staging area.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014David Guttenfelder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-june-slide-VEAG\/2023-yip-june-slide-VEAG-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KYIV, UKRAINE, JUNE 1.<\/strong>Young patients of Okhmatdyt Children\u2019s Hospital, their faces painted, gathered in the shelter of the hospital complex. At this point in the war, according to the United Nations, at least 535 children had been killed and 1,000 others injured.Nicole Tung for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe girls were getting their faces painted as part of the International Children\u2019s Day event the hospital staff organized. Kyiv had endured days of Russian attacks on the city. The staff hoped to put smiles on their current and former patients\u2019 faces by organizing music, games and mascots to come in to entertain the children.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Nicole Tung<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-june-slide-3XNB\/2023-yip-june-slide-3XNB-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KHERSON, UKRAINE, JUNE 7.<\/strong>A flooded neighborhood after Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam. The disaster displaced thousands of people from one of the world\u2019s largest reservoirs, which was vital for irrigating farmland considered the breadbasket of Europe.Mauricio Lima for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-june-slide-THOA\/2023-yip-june-slide-THOA-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BROOKLYN, JUNE 7.<\/strong>For days, the Brooklyn Bridge, along with much of the Midwest and East Coast, was shrouded in reddish haze from wildfires in Quebec and Ontario. New York experienced its worst air quality on record.&nbsp;Dave Sanders for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-june-slide-VH09\/2023-yip-june-slide-VH09-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, JUNE 26.<\/strong>William Dorsey, a firefighter and emergency medical technician, lifting a migrant woman with heat exhaustion onto a stretcher as a scorching early-summer heat wave brought record-breaking temperatures to the South.Kaylee Greenlee Beal\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wanted to show how serious the heat in Texas is and how it\u2019s really affecting people \u2014 that it\u2019s more than just kids on a summer day in the water, trying to stay cool. That ends up looking fun. The woman had been vomiting and had a fever. I hadn\u2019t ever seen someone suffering from that before. It was really concerning.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Kaylee Greenlee Beal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-june-slide-C32Z\/2023-yip-june-slide-C32Z-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>QUEENS, JUNE 21.<\/strong>Dead &amp; Company fans at Citi Field during the final tour of one of rock\u2019s beloved acts. This permutation of the Grateful Dead included three of the Dead\u2019s original members and featured the singer-songwriter John Mayer.Peter Fisher for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was a dream assignment for me as a Deadhead. What\u2019s really cool about this scene is it\u2019s timeless. You look at this photo and you\u2019re like, Dude, what time period is this? You lose yourself in the music and you have these little moments in these big chaotic spaces where you feel like the band is playing to you.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Peter Fisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-june-slide-3O3I\/2023-yip-june-slide-3O3I-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, JUNE 27.<\/strong>Yusef Salaam on the night of the Democratic primary for a Harlem City Council seat. Mr. Salaam, whose wrongful conviction in the Central Park Five rape case was overturned, won the race and ran unopposed in the general election.Jeenah Moon for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JULY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-01-bhzc\/2023-yip-july-01-bhzc-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMWOOD, WIS., JULY 30.<\/strong>Participants gathered before the parade for U.F.O. Days, an annual three-day festival inspired by a local legend that holds that the town is a favorite visiting place of extraterrestrials.Erinn Springer for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese were locally elected royalty \u2014 teens from the town. I loved the dynamic between the classic Americana float presentation and their U.F.O. costuming. It was this really understated sense of humor in the moment. You almost miss it if you\u2019re not paying attention.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Erinn Springer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-02-bhzc\/2023-yip-july-02-bhzc-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., JULY 30.<\/strong>Fans dressed in their \u201cRenaissance\u201d best, right down to the manicure, for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s two performances at MetLife Stadium. The singer\u2019s tour became a cultural movement, and generated an estimated $4.5 billion for the American economy.Amir Hamja\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-04-bhzc\/2023-yip-july-04-bhzc-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SALEM, N.M., JULY 18.<\/strong>Amid a record-breaking heatwave, farmworkers harvested onions in the dark, hours before sunrise, when the labor of picking them would become too intense.Paul Ratje for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was taken at 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. They are not uncomfortable working at that time of day; it\u2019s really not that hot at that hour. It\u2019s just a matter of the scheduling problems. People\u2019s lives are turned upside down so they can work.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Paul Ratje<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-add-wfzp\/2023-yip-july-add-wfzp-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MIDDLEBURY, VT., JULY 14.&nbsp;<\/strong>\ufeffLauren Rowley and her daughter Ursula, 2, next to Otter Creek, swollen amid devastating flooding in the state. A two-day storm brought as much as eight inches of rain to some areas.&nbsp;Hilary Swift for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-03-bhzc\/2023-yip-july-03-bhzc-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, JULY 11.<\/strong>Senator Dianne Feinstein of California using a wheelchair at the Capitol, soon after returning to the Senate after an absence during which she was treated for shingles. Ms. Feinstein, the oldest sitting senator, died two months later at 90.Kenny Holston\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-05-bhzc\/2023-yip-july-05-bhzc-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHANTILLY, FRANCE, JULY 5.<\/strong>A parade of ethereal Valentino gowns at sunset against the backdrop of the Ch\u00e2teau de Chantilly, a palatial 16th-century property, during the designer\u2019s fall Paris Couture Week show.Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the runway, you could see where the sun was falling. Thank God everyone got there on time so we didn\u2019t miss the light. The whole time I was shooting the show I was entranced by the setting and these beautiful pieces coming down the runway, and was thinking to myself just how phenomenal the whole experience was.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Simbarashe Cha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-06-bhzc\/2023-yip-july-06-bhzc-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TEL AVIV, JULY 24.<\/strong>Demonstrators blocked traffic on a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government to overhaul the country\u2019s judicial system and limit the authority of the courts.Oded Balilty\/Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-july-07-bhzc\/2023-yip-july-07-bhzc-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUTSIDE MAKARIVKA, UKRAINE, JULY 26.<\/strong>The body of a Russian soldier in the Zaporizhzhia region, where Ukraine was waging a counteroffensive. In two months, Ukrainian troops had advanced less than 10 miles at any point along the region\u2019s 100-mile front.Tyler Hicks\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI saw what I originally thought was just a uniform that had been discarded on the road, but on closer inspection I realized it was a body. There had been no effort made to move the body. He\u2019d been run over so many times that he became impacted to the point that the body had become part of the road.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Tyler Hicks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AUGUST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-01-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-01-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACAND\u00cd, COLOMBIA, AUG. 2.<\/strong>Thousands of migrants were led by a guide through a river in the Dari\u00e9n Gap, the only land route to the United States from South America. Local politicians and entrepreneurs have turned the migration rush into a profitable industry.Federico Rios for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we saw was massive. Like, biblical. You never expect that amount of people fleeing a country, risking their lives, going into a jungle. They don\u2019t even know they\u2019re going to come out of there alive. Each one of them is carrying the engine of hope of making it to the United States and the chance of a new life.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Federico Rios<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-02-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-02-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, AUG. 22.<\/strong>Yusmary Sanchez, originally from Venezuela, and her daughter arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on a bus from Brownsville, Texas. The state has sent over 50,000 migrants to cities across the country, helping to provoke a shelter crisis.Todd Heisler\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-03-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-03-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW YORK HARBOR, AUG. 16.<\/strong>Migrants from Afghanistan passing the Statue of Liberty en route to Ellis Island to fill out asylum applications. Arezo Mohammadi, at rear in a white head scarf, texted her sister, \u201cShe\u2019s very big, you can see her, she\u2019s incredible.\u201dTodd Heisler\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople were excited. They were dressed up, and it felt optimistic. In doing stories on migration we usually catch people in the middle of their journey or right when they get off the bus, and they\u2019re tired and probably scared and have been through a lot. So it was nice to catch people at a different point in their journey.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Todd Heisler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-04-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-04-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LAHAINA, HAWAII, AUG. 11.<\/strong>One home stood untouched by flames in a neighborhood razed by the brutal wildfires that tore across Maui, killing at least 100 people.Max Whittaker for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was in a helicopter, and I was struck by the one surviving home amid the devastation. It had a metal roof. I know from covering other wildfire aftermaths that metal roofs make such a difference. Embers just slide right off them. Fifteen years ago, fires were all deep in the woods or mountains, but increasingly they are in communities.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Max Whittaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-06-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-06-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>QUEENS, AUG. 11.<\/strong>During a performance of Merce Cunningham\u2019s \u201cBeach Birds\u201d on Rockaway Beach, dancers with outstretched arms skimmed across the sand like gliding birds, soundless against the pressing wind.Amir Hamja\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-07-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-07-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF., AUG. 3.<\/strong>Gabbi Jones, who had traveled from Michigan with her mother, before seeing Taylor Swift perform in Los Angeles on her 13th birthday. The pop star\u2019s Eras Tour became a cultural phenomenon.Maggie Shannon for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was at the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, which was doing Taylor Swift events. I met Gabbi there; I was just drawn to her. She had on a really cute outfit. I asked her what she\u2019d feel like when she saw Taylor for the first time, and her face just lit up with this big smile.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Maggie Shannon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-08-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-08-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ATLANTA, AUGUST.&nbsp;<\/strong>Police photographs, clockwise from top left, of: Rudolph W. Giuliani, former President Donald J. Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Mark Meadows, all of whom were facing charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.Fulton County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-05-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-05-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PORTLAND, ORE., AUG. 12.<\/strong>Michael Bock, a private security guard, saving a man who had overdosed. As cities face soaring rates of homelessness, drug overdoses, violent crime and psychosis, private security guards like Mr. Bock have become a solution of last resort.Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of Michael\u2019s colleagues had called and said \u2018I\u2019m about to give someone Narcan.\u2019 Michael sped through downtown to get to the scene, and when he saw that the guy was not breathing, he ran and got a one-way breathing valve from his car. They are reversing overdoses multiple times a day. This man did end up coming to, thankfully.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Erin Schaff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-09-hgcz\/2023-yip-august-09-hgcz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BROOKLYN, AUG. 4.<\/strong>Gorgeous Femmie vogued at a memorial for O\u2019Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old dancer and choreographer who was fatally stabbed after a dispute over his vogueing at a Brooklyn gas station. A suspect in the hate crime was charged with second-degree murder.Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey were walking through the Mobil station and were kind of protesting and vogueing at the same time. I felt the conflict \u2014 I didn\u2019t know if this should be fun or this should be sad. But they thought this was a way to show respect.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-august-slide-H7RN\/2023-yip-august-slide-H7RN-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RENK, SOUTH SUDAN, AUG. 27.<\/strong>A crowded ship of South Sudanese returning to their home country. Many South Sudanese fled to Sudan years ago because of conflict, but now war is raging there, too.Joao Silva\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-august-add-gbmf\/2023-yip-august-add-gbmf-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, AUG. 29.&nbsp;<\/strong>Hundreds of police officers and National Guard troops surrounded the Porokhovskoye cemetery, where Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the Russian mercenary boss, was buried two months after he led a brief mutiny against Russian military leadership.Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEPTEMBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-september-01-chlg\/2023-yip-september-01-chlg-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DOUAR TNIRT, MOROCCO, SEPT. 11.<\/strong>A man sat in front of his destroyed house in the Atlas Mountains after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake devastated rural towns near the southwestern city of Marrakesh and killed nearly 3,000 people.Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFamilies were digging for bodies. The first day the sun was going down and we had to leave, and they didn\u2019t manage to retrieve any. We came back the second day and there was a guy who was quite old but still helping the family dig through the rubble. Here he was resting at the gate of his own home.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Sergey Ponomarev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-september-02-chlg\/2023-yip-september-02-chlg-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SIMI VALLEY, CALIF., SEPT. 27.<\/strong>From left, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy were among the seven candidates who sparred in the second Republican presidential primary debate. Donald J. Trump, the front-runner, declined to participate.Damon Winter\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis image came from what is known as a \u2018photo spray.\u2019 About two dozen photographers get herded to the foot of the stage as the candidates enter from the wings. As they smile awkwardly and wave, the photographers, a tumbling ball of chaos, jostle for position to photograph a group of politicians towering above them, doing not much of anything.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Damon Winter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-september-07-chlg\/2023-yip-september-07-chlg-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>QUEENS, SEPT. 9.<\/strong>Coco Gauff, 19, collapsed on the court after defeating Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus to win the women\u2019s singles title at the U.S. Open. With a stirring, three-set, back-from-the-dead victory, Gauff captured her first Grand Slam title.Karsten Moran for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-september-03-chlg\/2023-yip-september-03-chlg-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE, SEPT. 14.<\/strong>A Ukrainian soldier prepared to release a drone to fly over Russian-occupied territory in search of heavy weapons and air defense installations. In a counteroffensive often reliant on small advantages, a fleet of inexpensive drones provided one for the Ukrainians.Lynsey Addario for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we approached the team of soldiers, they were hiding in the bushes. We heard Russian drones flying overhead, and it was terrifying. Most of the war at this point is fought by drone. There\u2019s nothing you can do, just hope you are hidden well enough. The soldier released the drone and we ran back into the bushes.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Lynsey Addario<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/11\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-september-05-chlg\/2023-yip-september-05-chlg-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>blob:https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/ea9952bb-23ad-4205-b255-33429c1a5db9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KORNIDZOR, ARMENIA, SEPT. 25.<\/strong>These refugees were among the tens of thousands who fled Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan claimed control of the Armenian enclave in its territory, reshaping in two days a conflict that has resulted in two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union.Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter a long, bloody conflict, the people left everything behind and traveled wherever they could find space, crammed into various means of transport. The boy in the picture is hiding from the rain with his family in an open dump truck in which they traveled for more than 24 hours.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Nanna Heitmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OCTOBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-07-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-07-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ASHKELON, ISRAEL, OCT. 7.<\/strong>Evgenia Simanovich ran to her home\u2019s concrete shelter moments after a rocket siren sounded. Hamas infiltrated Israeli towns and army bases, stormed a music festival, kidnapped civilians and soldiers, and fired thousands of rockets toward cities.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had barely engaged Evgenia in conversation when another rocket siren sounded. She yelled for me to follow her, and I lifted my camera to my eye as we sprinted to her home. Rocket sirens are relatively common in Ashkelon during cycles of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, but we could all feel that this time it was profoundly different.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Tamir Kalifa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-06-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-06-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GAZAN BORDER, OCT. 7.<\/strong>Palestinians used earth-moving equipment to breach the border fence between Gaza and Israel. Hamas gunmen surged into Israel by land, sea and air in a surprise attack that prompted a full-blown war.Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-vtjm\/2023-yip-october-vtjm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KFAR AZZA, ISRAEL, OCT. 10.<\/strong>Israeli soldiers checked body bags filled with the remains of villagers killed in the Hamas assault. \u201cIt\u2019s not a war or a battlefield; it\u2019s a massacre,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Itai Veruv, an Israeli commander at the scene.Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was the first day journalists were allowed to enter kibbutzim that were destroyed. We came to this basketball playground where bodies were lined up and were waiting to be loaded into a truck, but the truck was already full. They didn\u2019t want to stack bodies on top of bodies, so they were waiting for other trucks to come.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Sergey Ponomarev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-09-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-09-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GAZA CITY, OCT. 7.<\/strong>Palestinian children playing in a courtyard paused to look skyward at the sound of airstrikes. Israel launched an intense bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Hamas assault.Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI took this on the first day of the war, when people were already seeking shelter at U.N.-run schools like this one. The sound of the airstrike was really loud nearby, and we could see the plane overhead. The kids were really scared. I was scared, too. In war, the schools become shelters in Gaza, not places of education.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Samar Abu Elouf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-17-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-17-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NORTHERN GAZA, OCT. 29.<\/strong>Seen from Sderot, Israel, smoke billowing after an Israeli airstrike. Israel warned more than a million Palestinians to evacuate their homes in northern Gaza and move south; those who fled found that the south, too, was perilous.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-01-lzcf\/2023-yip-october-01-lzcf-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA STRIP, OCT. 23.<\/strong>A woman mourned the loss of her brothers and sisters who were killed in Israeli strikes. The death toll in Gaza rose sharply as Israel intensified its air operation.Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis woman was going from body to body, searching for her killed siblings. When she found her pregnant sister, she started talking to her and saying, \u2018You were scared of giving birth and now you are rested before you had to go through it.\u2019 She was talking to her dead brothers and saying their names and their positive attributes.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Samar Abu Elouf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-12-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-12-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HERZLIYA, ISRAEL, OCT. 14.<\/strong>Friends and relatives of Maya Regev, 21, and her brother Itay Regev, 18, watching a news segment about the Israelis kidnapped by Hamas. The siblings, who were later released, had attended the Tribe of Nova festival, where gunmen massacred hundreds of young people and abducted others.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe family had spent little time alone that first week as friends and relatives held a near-constant vigil to support them as the days went by. The family, like so many others across Israel, were trapped in the agony of the unknown, waiting in limbo for any information on the whereabouts or the condition of their children.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Tamir Kalifa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-14-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-14-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BE\u2019ERI, ISRAEL, OCT. 17.<\/strong>Blood stained the floor of a child\u2019s bedroom. Scores of people were killed, including children, and several hostages were taken in a Hamas raid on the village.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-02-lzcf\/2023-yip-october-02-lzcf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REHOVOT, ISRAEL, OCT. 13.<\/strong>Israelis took cover after a siren warned of incoming rockets. Israel called up 360,000 reservists as it amassed forces on the Gazan border in preparation for a ground invasion.Dor Kedmi\/Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI went with my son to a military base where my sister is serving, to bring her clothes and food. As we approached the base, we heard the alarm. While trying to protect my son, I noticed this father desperately shielding his children. He had five, so he had to choose only one. Within seconds, loud explosions began.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Dor Kedmi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-16-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-16-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, OCT. 24.<\/strong>With beds scarce, new arrivals at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza often ended up on the floor, and, without anything to lean on to take notes, doctors sometimes had little choice but to use the patients themselves.Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-add\/2023-yip-october-add-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GAZA CITY, OCT. 7.<\/strong>The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike. \u201cWe are exhausted; every war is like this,\u201d one Gaza resident said as she fled with her family. \u201cEvery war we flee from home to home.\u201dSamar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-15-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-15-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA STRIP, OCT. 22.<\/strong>Khaled Joudeh, 9, mourning over the body of his 8-month-old sister, Misk. He had already said goodbye to his mother, father, older brother and sister, all killed in Israeli airstrikes.Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKhaled was crying and asking, \u2018Where is my mom?\u2019 The scene was heartbreaking. I was also crying while I took the photos. I couldn\u2019t help it \u2014 it was one of the most difficult moments I have photographed in this war. It really hit me as a mother. I wanted to embrace him and make it easier for him, but I couldn\u2019t.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Samar Abu Elouf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-10-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-10-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GAZA CITY, OCT. 12.<\/strong>Wounded children arrived at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza\u2019s largest medical complex, after an airstrike on the Shati refugee camp. Hospitals relied on generators after Israel blocked water, electricity and fuel from entering Gaza.Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat day I photographed many wounded children. Many were alone, like this girl, and not quite understanding what had happened yet. When they come in after they have been dug out from the rubble or wounded in the strikes, they are drowsy and confused. You can see ash on their clothes and bodies, and you can smell burned skin.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Samar Abu Elouf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-03-lzcf\/2023-yip-october-03-lzcf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, OCT. 17.<\/strong>Inas Abu Maamar, 36, held the body of her 5-year-old niece, Saly, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.Mohammed Salem\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis photo made me torn between two choices: to stop taking such pictures so I would not be more affected, or to continue to tell the truth. Death and grief knocked on the door of almost every house in Gaza. I\u2019ve covered a lot of conflicts around the world, but this has been the worst one I have ever seen.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Mohammed Salem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-11-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-11-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x-v4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FROM THE PROJECT \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/11\/03\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-attack-survivor-photos.html\">PORTRAITS OF SURVIVORS<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They ran, they hid, they ultimately escaped. But for many, the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas will bring a lifetime of trauma. Clockwise from top left: Shaylee Atary, 34, with her month-old baby, Shaya; Stav Nitzan, 8; Roni Keidar, 79, with her husband, Ovadia, 82; and Ori Sobol, 10.Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn these portraits, I wanted to use the natural light of whichever location we were at. Stav looked as if he was in shock. I was trying to figure out how I could ask about how he was feeling without taking him back to the attack, but when I looked into his face I felt as if I knew the story.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Avishag Shaar-Yashuv<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-02-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-02-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, OCT. 24.<\/strong>Former President Donald J. Trump, flanked by his lawyers, appeared in court at his civil fraud trial. He has been accused of inflating his riches by more than $2 billion to obtain favorable deals with banks.Maansi Srivastava\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was selected as part of a small pool of photographers. As I was setting my stuff down, I turned and I was face to face with Donald Trump. It was the closest I\u2019d ever been to him. The courtroom was in complete silence. I saw the intensity of his expression, his anger and frustration rolling off in waves.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Maansi Srivastava<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-03-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-03-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, OCT. 24.<\/strong>Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, a little-known Republican hard-liner, after being elected House speaker, concluding a bitter three-week battle that paralyzed the chamber in the wake of Kevin McCarthy\u2019s ousting from the speakership.&nbsp;Damon Winter\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-04-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-04-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OCT. 21.&nbsp;<\/strong>A foundry worker sliced into the head of a statue of Robert E. Lee. The statue, which once stood in Charlottesville, Va., and became the center of protests over Confederate monuments, was melted down at an undisclosed location, to be turned into public art.Eze Amos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a crazy, surreal rush of all different kinds of emotions seeing this statue that brought so much pain and so many feelings and, I dare say, trauma to the city. It was so powerful to see the workers use plasma torches to cut off the face. It was a big and fitting end to this story.\u201d&nbsp;\u2014Eze Amos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NOVEMBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-october-01-bfgm\/2023-yip-october-01-bfgm-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIF., NOV. 1.<\/strong>Visitors admired the sunset at Badwater Basin, a usually dry salt bed where a lake formed almost overnight in August when Tropical Storm Hilary dumped 2.2 inches of rain, the most that had ever fallen in the park in a single day.Mette Lampcov for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeeing this lake appear in one of the driest and hottest places on Earth said a lot to me. When I got to the scene, it just blew my mind. There were no trees, barely any plant life. It was magical and profound. To me, there was beauty, and a realization of the extremes that climate change produces.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Mette Lampcov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-november-06-mkqw\/2023-yip-november-06-mkqw-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, NOV. 4.<\/strong>Logan Rutberg, 8, visited the National Zoo days before its elderly giant pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji, were transported back to China, signaling a freeze in that nation\u2019s long practice of panda diplomacy.Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-november-07-mkqw\/2023-yip-november-07-mkqw-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANHATTAN, NOV. 8.<\/strong>Sophia Yoo, middle on the left, and other students at the School of American Ballet, which serves as the training academy for the New York City Ballet. This year, Sophia made her debut as an angel in \u201cGeorge Balanchine\u2019s The Nutcracker.\u201d&nbsp;OK McCausland for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-november-add-gvjk\/2023-yip-november-add-gvjk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, NOV. 4.<\/strong>A view on Pennsylvania Avenue as thousands of demonstrators marched in support of Palestinians. Rallies across the country reflected the many groups calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.Amir Hamja\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-november-02-mkqw\/2023-yip-november-02-mkqw-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RAFAH, GAZA STRIP, NOV. 20.<\/strong>Premature babies were prepared to be transported across the border to Egypt for medical care. Some had been born to mothers who had been killed in airstrikes or who had died shortly after giving birth, doctors said.Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe doctors put wool blankets under and on top of the babies to keep them warm and prepare them for transport. This one baby kept his eyes open and was looking around, maybe wondering what was going on. I was glad the babies were sent abroad for treatment, rather than facing the possibility of dying if they stayed in Gaza.\u201d&nbsp;\ufeff\u2014Samar Abu Elouf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-november-01-mkqw\/2023-yip-november-01-mkqw-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, NOV. 3.<\/strong>A Palestinian man cried over the loss of his daughter, who was killed in Israeli airstrikes. Civilian deaths in Gaza fueled anger in the region and beyond, with the United Nations declaring that \u201cnowhere is safe\u201d in the territory.Yousef Masoud for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-november-03-mkqw\/2023-yip-november-03-mkqw-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RAMALLAH, WEST BANK, NOV. 26.<\/strong>Omar Atshan, 17, embraced his mother after he was released from an Israeli prison. During a weeklong pause in hostilities, Israel released 240 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for 105 hostages held by Hamas.Daniel Berehulak\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DECEMBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/20\/multimedia\/2023-yip-december-add-tkmh\/2023-yip-december-add-tkmh-mobileMasterAt3x-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, DEC. 18.<\/strong>The coffin of Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, who died on Dec. 1, arriving at the Supreme Court, where her body was to lie in repose. As the first woman on the court, she made a series of influential rulings and inspired women across a range of fields.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-december-02-jcpk\/2023-yip-december-02-jcpk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, DEC. 4.<\/strong>Palestinians carried a body from the rubble of a home that was destroyed in airstrikes. Israel told civilians to leave parts of Khan Younis, southern Gaza\u2019s largest city, as it prepared to widen its ground campaign.Yousef Masoud for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn our way to Khan Younis, we saw a house that had just been hit. I asked the driver to stop the car and ran in my slippers to the scene. I started taking pictures but realized that the memory card was full. Then I remembered that I had a spare one in my pocket, and I took this photo.\u201d\ufeff\u2014Yousef Masoud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/multimedia\/2023-yip-december-01-jcpk\/2023-yip-december-01-jcpk-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HERZLIYA, ISRAEL, DEC. 4.<\/strong>Maya and Itay Regev arrived at their family home after they were released by Hamas. \u201cEvery day there is like hell,\u201d Ms. Regev later said of her captivity in Gaza.Oren Ziv\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-december-slide-UXAZ\/2023-yip-december-slide-UXAZ-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KYIV, UKRAINE, DEC. 10.<\/strong>Children participating in a light therapy activity during Hanukkah celebrations at Halom, a Jewish community center.Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/12\/24\/world\/2023-yip-december-slide-OWPG\/2023-yip-december-slide-OWPG-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MIAMI, DEC. 9.<\/strong>During Art Basel Miami Beach, the sidewalks came alive with prints, colors and other sartorial flourishes, like this candy-floss coat.Simbarashe Cha\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CURATION<\/strong>Tanner Curtis, Jeffrey Henson Scales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>INTERVIEWS<\/strong>Dionne Searcey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DIGITAL DESIGN<\/strong>Sean Catangui, Matt Ruby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PRINT DESIGN<\/strong>Mary Jane Callister, Felicia Vasquez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PRODUCTION<\/strong>Peter Blair, Eric Dyer, Natasha King, Wendy Lu, Jessica Schnall, Hannah Wulkan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION<\/strong>Justin Baek<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NEW YORK TIMES DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY<\/strong>Meaghan Looram<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to News The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere is here again. 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