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2024 The Year in Pictures: Far From Ordinary<\/em>, The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year for many years now we have ended the year with the posting of The Year In Pictures from The New York Times. We do so again here with accompanying comments from The Times and photographers. The photos are extraordinary as always, no ordinary year indeed. If ever there was a year that embodied the words from the carol for the season, “The hopes and fears of all the years”, 2024 was it–so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is The Year In Pictures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY CAROLYN RYAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“2024 The Year in Pictures: Far From Ordinary”<\/a>, The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When shots were fired at a campaign rally for former President Donald J. Trump on a July evening in Butler, Pa., the veteran New York Times photographer Doug Mills was just a few feet from him. The Secret Service rushed toward Mr. Trump. Mr. Mills\u2019s heart pounded when he realized what was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then instinct took over. Mr. Mills kept taking pictures, at a fast shutter speed of one eight-thousandth of a second, capturing an image that illustrates the magnitude of that moment: Mr. Trump, his face streaked with blood, his fist raised in defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year was made up of such extraordinary moments. And Times photographers captured them in extraordinary images. The Year in Pictures brings you the most powerful, evocative and history-making of those images \u2014 and allows you to see the biggest stories of 2024 through our photographers\u2019 eyes.READ MORE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JANUARY<\/a>FEBRUARY<\/a>MARCH<\/a>APRIL<\/a>MAY<\/a>JUNE<\/a>JULY<\/a>AUGUST<\/a>SEPTEMBER<\/a>OCTOBER<\/a>NOVEMBER<\/a>DECEMBER<\/a>\"Migrants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JANUARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Arivaca, Ariz., Jan. 13<\/strong>Migrants climbing over the border wall between Mexico and a ranch in Arizona. When the ranch owners discovered that migrants were becoming stranded, they installed water fountains in the desert to help keep people alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rochester, N.H., Jan. 21<\/strong>A mobile billboard displaying former President Donald J. Trump\u2019s mug shot before the New Hampshire primary, which he went on to win despite facing 91 criminal charges in four cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Tully for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was covering a Trump event at the Rochester Opera House, and I was taking a back way up some steps, seeing what I could see. There was a truck that had a digital screen that was rotating through images, and that one popped up. I find that more interesting things are happening on the outskirts. All the chaos was inside.\u201d \u2014 John Tully<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luhansk, Ukraine, Jan. 21<\/strong>Russian soldiers killed on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, left behind in a maelstrom of violence where the struggle to stay alive often outweighed concern for the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Hicks\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis struck me as an image that showed how stark and cold this war can be. This scene is played out on both sides every day. And if you think about all of the battles that are happening at any given moment, you can only imagine the number of incidents like this that are costing the lives of young men.\u201d \u2014 Tyler Hicks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kharkiv, Ukraine, Jan. 20<\/strong>A group of civilian volunteers called Platsdarm collected bodies from the bloody fields and battered villages of eastern Ukraine. A cross on a chain was found on the body of a Russian soldier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iowa City, Jan. 17<\/strong>Young fans waiting to take a picture with Caitlin Clark. The basketball star shattered scoring records in both college and the W.N.B.A., where she was the No. 1 draft pick this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hilary Swift for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was amazing to go into the arena and see so many people there and such massive support for not only an Iowa team, but a women\u2019s team. There were so many little girls there who were so excited and stoked to be in Clark\u2019s presence. They can now aspire to having similarly successful careers.\u201d \u2014 Hilary Swift<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, Jan. 22<\/strong>The artist Cindy Sherman, who folds photographic nips and tucks right in with her aging subjects\u2019 wrinkles. She said she saw the disjunctions in her new work\u2019s faces almost as an exercise in Cubism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Las Vegas, Jan. 19<\/strong>Hannah Neeleman, a Utah homemaker known to her millions of online fans as Ballerina Farm, competed in the Mrs. World pageant two weeks after giving birth. She breastfed her baby backstage after the crowning of the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, Jan. 30<\/strong>Yusef Salaam, a City Council member who was wrongfully convicted in 1990 as part of the Central Park Five, explaining his vote to override the mayor\u2019s veto of two criminal justice bills. The Council passed both laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave Sanders for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSalaam said that he wondered how his life might have been different if these laws had existed in 1989. I had positioned myself in front of him, thinking it might be more personal for him than other members. He became choked up while speaking, and Avil\u00e9s, a co-sponsor of the legislation, came over to embrace him. It was a powerful moment.\u201d \u2014 Dave Sanders<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Central Gaza Strip, Jan. 8<\/strong>A destroyed Palestinian house, emblematic of the sheer destruction wrought by Israel\u2019s war in the territory and the devastation of Hamas\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tried hard to show the life there, but we couldn\u2019t see any people. So I tried to feel the life there in the houses. I wanted to show the view that was there before the war. This was a way to see the view from this house \u2014 even if it wasn\u2019t through the windows but through a broken wall.\u201d \u2014 Avishag Shaar-Yashuv<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan. 9<\/strong>Palestinians lining up for free food. Officials said that inspections, bottlenecks and safety concerns were limiting the flow of aid in the territory, contributing to a growing humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hatem Ali\/Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bakhmut, Ukraine, Jan. 22<\/strong>Wounded Russian soldiers being treated near the front line at an underground hospital, where medical personnel operate in rooms set up in a warren of tunnels that once served as a wine cellar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was standing at this particular place all night. I had dozens of frames of different patients. They were undressing the man in this photo, and it was unclear if he would make it. They brought him to the surgery room in the back to amputate his leg and arm, his hip and part of his genitals.\u201d \u2014 Nanna Heitmann<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FEBRUARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles, Feb. 18<\/strong>A construction worker covering the side of a hill with plastic tarp in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood as the region braced for an atmospheric river that was expected to bring heavy rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aboard the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feb. 20-21<\/strong>On an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, 5,000 sailors and pilots destroyed weapons storage sites, missile systems, air defense systems, radars and missile launchers before the Houthi militia could use them to wreck commercial ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Las Vegas, Feb. 11<\/strong>Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift celebrating after his team won the Super Bowl. Their relationship dominated the N.F.L. conversation all season, attracting a new audience for the league and inspiring strong emotions among fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, Feb. 2<\/strong>Marc Jacobs brought the living paper-doll look to the runway before Fashion Month kicked off. Models arrived seven hours early to get ready, and a team of 50 dressers helped them into the show\u2019s 47 looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simbarashe Cha\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khan Younis, Gaza, Feb. 9<\/strong>Shaymaa Shady, 5, left, and Sarah Yusuf, 5, center, were among a group of 16 young people airlifted to hospitals in Italy after suffering grievous injuries in the course of Israel\u2019s campaign against Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trostyanets, Ukraine, Feb. 19<\/strong> After nearly two years, the family of Serhiy Hrebinyk, a Ukrainian marine captured by the Russians in Mariupol, still hoped he would come home. His sister Kateryna wore a dog tag featuring his image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Guttenfelder for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI went with Serhiy\u2019s sister and mom to the church to light candles for him, and I noticed the tag around her neck. There was something touching about the relationship between the brother and sister, with the siblings so close in age. I photographed it up close so we could see his face.\u201d \u2014 David Guttenfelder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Feb. 2<\/strong>President Biden honoring three Army reservists who were killed in an attack on a base in Jordan. Their bodies were returned to the United States in a ceremony known as a dignified transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenny Holston\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was a combat photographer for the Air Force, and this is something I had covered while I was still in the military. I tried to give depth to a serious, sad and solemn situation. The principals standing at the back of the plane with their heads down \u2014 that was a picture that I knew would drive the point home.\u201d \u2014 Kenny Holston<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rafah, Gaza, Feb. 28<\/strong>Children in a burned-out car. A United Nations official said that at least a quarter of Gaza\u2019s residents were \u201cone step away from famine,\u201d and that one in six children under 2 in northern Gaza were acutely malnourished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amsterdam, Feb. 17<\/strong>Aleksei Navalny, an anticorruption activist who led the political opposition in President Vladimir V. Putin\u2019s Russia, spent months in a Russian prison before his death. Memorials were held around the world, including in Dam Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Athens, Ga., Feb. 26<\/strong>Mourners attending a vigil at the University of Georgia for Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was killed on campus. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a migrant from Venezuela, was charged in her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MARCH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore, March 26<\/strong>The collapse of the cargo ship Dali\u2019s vital operating systems left the vessel adrift until it ultimately collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, knocking it into the Patapsco River and killing six people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Columbus, Ga., March 24<\/strong>A full military funeral was held for Pvt. Albert King, a Black soldier killed by a white military police officer in 1941. It was part of an Army effort to correct its record on race going back to the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alyssa Pointer for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was a reverent moment. The family is about to participate in a funeral they have been waiting years for. It was a somber experience and good to know the man was getting the respect he needed. I wanted to get as close as I possibly could to show the contrast between the hands and the flag.\u201d \u2014 Alyssa Pointer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brooklyn, March 20<\/strong>Aldryn Zea, a migrant from Venezuela, resting at a warehouse that was converted into a shelter. Its capacity grew to 4,000 as the city grappled with an influx of migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Beaufort Sea, March 16<\/strong>The U.S.S. Hampton, a nuclear-powered submarine, surfacing for Operation Ice Camp, a Navy mission aimed at sharpening sailors\u2019 combat skills in the Arctic as Russia expanded military operations there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenny Holston\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were in the middle of the Arctic on a giant floating piece of ice, and out of nowhere a submarine surfaced through the ice. It felt as if I was on a different planet. Trying to work in such harsh conditions was so challenging. I had to use hand warmers to warm up the cameras.\u201d \u2014 Kenny Holston<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, March 15<\/strong>A Ukrainian soldier taking part in a training exercise. Ukrainian troops in the region were working to defend an area created by the previous summer\u2019s counteroffensive, a 10-mile-deep semicircle pressing into Russian-held territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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APRIL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Northern Gaza, April 23<\/strong>Aid being parachuted into the Gaza Strip. Rules enforced by Israel, stolen shipments and difficult terrain made it a challenge for humanitarian groups to deliver aid in more traditional ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omar Al-Qatta\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI went to the site and found thousands of citizens gathered near the destroyed buildings, waiting for the arrival of the planes. I carefully chose a shooting angle that showed the destruction, the aid and the people together in a single frame. The joy on people\u2019s faces was evident as they received the aid and walked away, relieved and happy.\u201d \u2014 Omar Al-Qatta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Los Angeles, April 26<\/strong>Pro-Palestinian demonstrators camping out at the University of California, Los Angeles. After several days, the university declared the encampment illegal and threatened consequences if the protesters did not leave \u2014 but demonstrations continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Abramson for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese students were sitting and waiting for their professor, who was leading the class to take a midterm math exam. I had this vantage point to see the encampment from above. Rather than just the scale of the encampment itself you get \u2014 literally \u2014 a window into these two worlds colliding. It was a different way of seeing the situation.\u201d \u2014 Mark Abramson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eagle Pass, Texas, April 8<\/strong>The first total solar eclipse in seven years plunged the day into darkness across a swath of North America, reminding all in its path of Earth\u2019s place in the cosmos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the project \u201cWatching the Total Eclipse Across North America<\/a>,\u201d April 8<\/strong>As darkness raced across the sky during the total solar eclipse, people in Murphysboro, Ill.; Cuatro Ci\u00e9negas, Mexico; Fredericton, New Brunswick; and Columbus, Ohio, gathered outside to look up for a moment of reverence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clockwise from top left; Andrea Morales for The New York Times, Luis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times, Chris Donovan for The New York Times, Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Randall\u2019s Island, April 19<\/strong>People praying on Randall\u2019s Island, a strip of land in the East River that is home to one of New York City\u2019s largest migrant shelters. The city announced it would close the shelter in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Omdurman, Sudan, April 21<\/strong>Skeletal remains, apparently of a fighter for the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group. A feud between two generals dragged the country into civil war, creating one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian catastrophes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ivor Prickett for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis scene was in one of those areas that had been fiercely fought over through the previous year and had been liberated by government forces. We were touring around these heavily destroyed areas, trying to piece together what had happened. I\u2019ve seen worse, but there\u2019s something about seeing a skull \u2014 it\u2019s never not going to be disturbing.\u201d \u2014 Ivor Prickett<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hualien, Taiwan, April 3<\/strong>A magnitude-7.4 earthquake, the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 years, killed 17 and injured over 1,000 others. It caused the most damage in Hualien, where several buildings tilted as their ground-floor levels were crushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johannesburg, April 3<\/strong>Athenkosi Fani posing for photographs after graduating from the University of Johannesburg. He, like many other young people in South Africa, felt disillusioned heading into a pivotal election this year and planned not to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, April 17<\/strong>Youth America Grand Prix, a student ballet group, set out to gather a record number of ballet dancers on pointe at the same time. The group needed at least 307 \u2014 and got 353.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paris, Tenn., April 9<\/strong>Summer, who was a teenage mom and leader of the Lady Jaguars when The New York Times followed the basketball team of troubled girls more than a decade earlier, is now a mother of seven. Her youngest is Kayra, born last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, April 25<\/strong>This year, Eddie Redmayne took on the role of the Emcee, an indecorous impresario of a bawdy Berlin nightclub, in \u201cCabaret.\u201d The performance earned him a Tony Award nomination for best leading actor in a musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dana Scruggs for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes celebrities will come to get their portrait taken and it\u2019s kind of like picture day, and they\u2019re not engaged in the process. But even though I had a very short period of time, Eddie was fully engaged in making these images with me. I love this; it feels like Eddie is connecting with the person looking at the photograph.\u201d \u2014 Dana Scruggs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

East Taiga, Mongolia, May 30<\/strong>Shurentsetseg Ganbold, a health worker, treats semi-nomadic reindeer herders who follow their herd wherever it roams. She travels for hours to meet them where they are, and when no horses are available she rides a reindeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe nomads, they are scattered around, and when she visits them she rides a reindeer there, usually just for fun. But there was one nomad who lived in a hut farther away from the others. The doctor really wanted to visit her and didn\u2019t want to wait until the next day. It was getting dark, so riding the reindeer helped.\u201d \u2014 Chang W. Lee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, May 29<\/strong>Donald J. Trump leaving court during his criminal trial. The next day, he was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal, making him the first former U.S. president to be a felon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was not a pleasant time for him. Every day, every time he left the courtroom, there was a show of defiance when he would talk about the judge or the trial or the witch hunt he thought it was. It was either a vocal show of defiance or a hand gesture of defiance.\u201d \u2014 Doug Mills<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kharkiv region, Ukraine, May 14<\/strong>A bus filled with evacuees from Vovchansk and nearby small villages that were in the path of Russia\u2019s surge across the border. They were among the thousands of people heading to Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emile Ducke for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomething that struck me was that many of the evacuees had already seen their homes occupied and had lived through an occupation in the first months of the war. Now they were fleeing yet another Russian assault.\u201d \u2014 Emile Ducke<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 17<\/strong>Smoke rising from the site of a strike on industrial buildings as Russian troops advanced on the city. Ukrainian officials and military analysts described the push as an attempt to stretch Ukraine\u2019s already outnumbered forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyiv, Ukraine, May 20<\/strong>President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, his army struggling after over two years of war, beseeched the United States and Europe to do more. \u201cShoot down what\u2019s in the sky over Ukraine,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd give us the weapons to use against Russian forces on the borders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swan Lake, N.Y., May 9<\/strong>A group of men traveled to the Catskills to join a weekend-long retreat with All Kings, a New York nonprofit that aims to help men tap into stronger, kinder and more purposeful versions of themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, May 6<\/strong>Gwendoline Christie wore Maison Margiela to the Met Gala, the theme of which was \u201cGarden of Time.\u201d For the party, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was transformed by greenery and filled with musicians and dancers, creating a dreamscape just off Fifth Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landon Nordeman for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Met Gala is by far my favorite assignment of the year. There is incredible energy inside, and I am trying to make honest pictures in the midst of all of this over-the-top artistry and costume role-playing.\u201d \u2014 Landon Nordeman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greenfield, Iowa, May 22<\/strong>Cassie Marckmann, left, comforted Jeri Pickrell as she sorted through belongings after a deadly tornado tore through the small town of about 2,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Mummey for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJeri\u2019s husband had sustained serious lung damage. The basement walls had collapsed, and he had been holding the walls up from crushing them. They were $940 away from paying off their house, and now they have to start over from scratch. They\u2019re stuck in limbo. It was just really traumatic for them.\u201d \u2014 Rachel Mummey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atlanta, May 19<\/strong>A Morehouse professor turned away as President Biden delivered the commencement address at the historically Black men\u2019s college. Some students also turned their backs or wore keffiyehs or Palestinian flags in protest of his presence at the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI kept hearing about students at Morehouse not wanting Biden to come speak. They felt he had other things he could have been doing, like worrying about the war in Israel and Gaza. This was a professor at Morehouse. She stood there and held that position for minutes. It was a quiet moment.\u201d \u2014 Michael McCoy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUNE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 16<\/strong>Pilgrims arriving to perform the symbolic \u201cstoning of the devil\u201d ritual as part of the hajj. At least 1,300 people died during the pilgrimage to Mecca amid record \u200bh\u200beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nairobi, Kenya, June 25<\/strong>Outrage over proposed tax increases drove Kenyans to the streets across the country, leading to violent clashes with the police who used water cannons to disperse the protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Otieno for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a showdown between the police and the young people. The police were pressing the youths, firing water cannons at them, and tear gas, and the youths were steadfast. They were not going anywhere. It was crazy. It was chaotic. And the protests were effective: The finance bill that brought on the protests was withdrawn.\u201d \u2014 Brian Otieno<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atlanta, June 27<\/strong>In a testy, personal clash at the first presidential debate, President Biden failed to ease worries about his age as former President Donald J. Trump forcefully made his case with limited resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenny Holston\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could see right out of the gate a lot of Trump dominance. It seemed like Biden was trying to catch up and couldn\u2019t get his footing. I was trying to make pictures that captured that. The expressions on each of their faces \u2014 Trump forging forward and Biden losing his footing \u2014 that was the vibe in the debate hall.\u201d \u2014 Kenny Holston<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raleigh, N.C., June 28<\/strong>At a rally the day after his shaky debate performance, President Biden tried to beat back doubts about his fitness for office, firing up a crowd of supporters with an energetic speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon Winter\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere had been so much talk already about President Biden\u2019s age and fitness to run for a second term, but the debate intensified the calls for him to step aside. In the front row, this woman exemplified the sense of panic that gripped the party with only a few months to go before the election.\u201d \u2014 Damon Winter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parkland, Fla., June 14<\/strong>Six years after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in one of the deadliest school shootings in American history, the site of the attack was torn down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inglewood, Calif., June 19<\/strong>Kendrick Lamar, left, sharing a moment with Ab-Soul during a Juneteenth concert hosted by Lamar after he unofficially won a high-profile diss war with his hip-hop rival, Drake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JULY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toretsk, Ukraine, July 13<\/strong>An artillery unit of Ukraine\u2019s 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade firing a howitzer at Russian troops trying to capture the eastern city, which had been under relentless assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Hicks\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCoverage of the war in Ukraine is not only in the trenches, but also at artillery positions such as this one. These positions in the past have been considered a safe way to cover the war. Now, because of armed drones, they have become as dangerous as infantry positions. There is no such thing as a safe haven for anybody.\u201d \u2014 Tyler Hicks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Orleans, July 6<\/strong>Vice President Kamala Harris waiting backstage before an appearance at the Essence Festival of Culture, where she promoted the Biden administration\u2019s achievements on issues like Black maternal health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I started traveling with her about a month before she became the candidate, things were a lot slower. Then the energy ramped up incredibly quickly after she was tapped to run for president. It was a huge shift \u2014 and it became this whirlwind short campaign to define her and who she is to the American public.\u201d \u2014 Erin Schaff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adre, Chad, July 12<\/strong>Fleeing war and a looming famine, Sudanese families like Adam Omar Osman, his wife, Fatima Hassan, and their four children crossed from the Darfur region to a refugee camp in Chad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ivor Prickett for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chernivtsi, Ukraine, July 28<\/strong>Sonya Liakh, 6, gave herself medication with a syringe as she lay next to her mother, Natalia Kryvolapchuk. Sonya\u2019s treatment for eye cancer was interrupted by the Russian invasion, allowing tumors to spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are so many elements of this photograph that break my heart \u2014 Sonya\u2019s withering body as she nears the end of her life, the visible tumors emerging from her neck, the fentanyl patch on her arm, the look on Sonya\u2019s face, her mother\u2019s face, and the bags of apples and snacks she insisted on having nearby but she no longer ate.\u201d \u2014 Lynsey Addario<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guanare, Venezuela, July 17<\/strong>Barred from running for president herself, Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, the leader of Venezuela\u2019s opposition, helped galvanize support behind the candidate challenging President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was a rural area, and everyone from nearby came by to see her. I had not seen turnout like this. That town especially was really emotional; you saw a lot of people crying. You could kind of feel the desperation. In that specific moment it was chaotic. We photographers had to climb on nearby cars to take photos.\u201d \u2014 Adriana Loureiro Fernandez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butler, Pa., July 13<\/strong>A bullet streaked past former President Donald J. Trump\u2019s head during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI started sending those photos to my editor. She looked through them and said: \u2018You won\u2019t believe this. I think you actually captured the bullet flying behind his head.\u2019 I got chills. I\u2019ve talked to Trump about it a number of times. He said it\u2019s a picture he\u2019s looked at quite often since then. It was an incredibly surreal moment.\u201d \u2014 Doug Mills<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butler, Pa., July 13<\/strong>With a bloodied face and ear, Donald J. Trump pumped his fist in a defiant gesture to the crowd as he was escorted offstage by Secret Service agents after the attempt on his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI heard the loud pops. I saw him grab his ear and go down, but I didn\u2019t know how serious it was. All of a sudden he started to stand up. I was shocked, and happy to see he was alive. And then he put his fist up and pumped it \u2014 \u2018Fight, fight, fight.\u2019 That was his act of defiance.\u201d \u2014 Doug Mills<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milwaukee, July 16<\/strong>Donald J. Trump, a large bandage covering his right ear, was greeted with cheers and thunderous applause at the Republican National Convention, just days after the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was raising up his fist in what was like a coronation for him. It happened every single night. It felt like he was the king in a castle looking over his subjects. He showed up for four nights in a row, and every time people were cheering and chanting \u2018U.S.A.\u2019 and chanting his name.\u201d \u2014 Haiyun Jiang<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Al-Mawasi, Gaza, July 13<\/strong>A Palestinian woman and her children mourning her husband, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Gaza health officials said at least 90 people were killed and 300 wounded in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butte County, Calif., July 27<\/strong>A helicopter dropped water on the Park fire, which, within days, consumed hundreds of thousands of acres. It became the fourth largest wildfire in California history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Dreifuss for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teahupo\u02bbo, Tahiti, July 29<\/strong>The Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina celebrating his ride at the Paris Games, for which he earned the highest single wave score in Olympics history with a 9.90 and advanced to the men\u2019s quarterfinal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerome Brouillet\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew, like other surf photographers, that Gabriel loves Teahupo\u2019o and usually celebrates at the end of big wave rides. And that\u2019s what he did. The tricky part of the shot was that when he was about to jump out of the wave, I was totally blind because the wave passed behind the boat at this moment.\u201d \u2014 Jerome Brouillet<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paris, July 30<\/strong>Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee carrying the American flag after the women\u2019s gymnastics team won Olympic gold. It was a comeback for Biles, who withdrew from the Tokyo Games in 2021 because of a mental block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Hill for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUGUST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paris, Aug. 9<\/strong>At the Paris Olympics, iconic landmarks provided a backdrop for many events. Switzerland\u2019s win over Australia for the bronze in women\u2019s beach volleyball played out at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Berehulak\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d seen that view and seen incredible sunsets come and go. I got there and realized I had the wrong lens; it wasn\u2019t wide enough. So I raced back to the hotel and grabbed the lens I should have grabbed in the first place. Luckily, I got back up there and the sky still had color. It all fell into place.\u201d \u2014 Daniel Berehulak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paris, Aug. 6<\/strong>Team China performing in artistic swimming, one of the flashiest sports at the Olympics. Theatricality and impression are part of the score, but the need to exude constant beaming delight is a challenging element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Hill for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paris, Aug. 9<\/strong>Breaking announced itself as an Olympic sport this year, making a memorable debut powered by a backbeat. Ami Yuasa of Japan, known as B-Girl Ami, won the sport\u2019s first gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chang W. Lee\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brooklyn, Aug. 16<\/strong>The actress Margaret Qualley, who this year starred in \u201cThe Substance,\u201d a body-horror bloodbath about fame and self-hatred. \u201cI think everyone involved had to enter the eye of the storm,\u201d Qualley said of making the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thea Traff for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to convey the drama and intensity of the movie, and we also knew that Margaret used to dance. I asked her to move in a way that was reminiscent of the dance she used to do. It was very subtle movement. There was this moment where the light perfectly framed her eyes that felt so moody and perfect.\u201d \u2014 Thea Traff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicago, Aug. 22<\/strong>Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party\u2019s nomination four weeks after President Biden dropped out of the race, capping a Democratic convention unlike any in modern history. Her great-niece, Amara Ajagu, watched her from below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Heisler\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are scripted events, but there are moments of authenticity to be found within that. I try not to overthink these situations and overdo it with symbolism. My editor asked me to look for any reaction from the family, but I had fairly low expectations since I was behind them and wouldn\u2019t see their faces. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this connection.\u201d \u2014 Todd Heisler<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vinhedo, Brazil, Aug. 10<\/strong>Forensic workers examined the wreckage of VoePass Flight 2283, a S\u00e3o Paulo-bound passenger plane that fell from 17,000 feet, killing all 62 people on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kavumu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Aug. 24<\/strong>Nathalie Minani, 7, being treated for mpox at a remote hospital overwhelmed with patients. The disease spread across the country and beyond, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Aug. 1<\/strong>Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was freed in a prisoner swap after 16 months in a Russian prison on what were widely seen as fabricated charges of espionage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEPTEMBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Swannanoa, N.C., Sept. 27<\/strong>Two trailers and several cars blocked a road after Hurricane Helene swept through, causing catastrophic flooding. The storm was among the deadliest in U.S. history, killing more than 200 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Belleme for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOvernight, the hurricane came through, and I live in that neighborhood. I didn\u2019t go out with shooting in mind; I went out with checking on my neighbors in mind. There was a trailer that this guy named Danny had, and it had washed up and landed right in the middle of the road. Even by foot you couldn\u2019t get around it.\u201d \u2014 Mike Belleme<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ra\u2019anana, Israel, Sept. 1<\/strong>Nira Sarusi at the funeral of her son, Almog Sarusi, one of six hostages whose bodies were found in Gaza by the Israeli Army. The discovery set off a fresh wave of grief and anger in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was a really hard day. Everyone was broken here in Israel. The moment I saw the mother screaming and the father alongside her was really hard. I can actually feel the pain still.\u201d \u2014 Avishag Shaar-Yashuv<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, Sept. 11<\/strong>Inside the Roosevelt Hotel, which became a symbol of New York\u2019s flagging aspirations and mounting struggles to respond with open arms to an influx of migrants. City officials called it the \u201cnew Ellis Island.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Heisler\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt night I would always see someone looking out the windows, and I thought to myself, I want to know what that experience is like inside. The boy was looking out the window, just kind of fascinated with this landscape of this wall of windows across the way and the Manhattan streets. I was finally able to see that perspective.\u201d \u2014 Todd Heisler<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dekle Beach, Fla., Sept. 26<\/strong>The wreckage of houses piled up along the shoreline southeast of Tallahassee. Dozens of homes in the small community were decimated when Hurricane Helene passed through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Ratje for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, Sept. 27<\/strong>Mayor Eric Adams outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan after pleading not guilty to bribery and fraud charges. He asked New Yorkers to give him a chance to defend himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mount Vernon, N.Y., Sept. 26<\/strong>Alexander Reben, OpenAI\u2019s first artist in residence, used a 16-foot robot outfitted with a cutting tool to create an alienlike sculpture \u2014 designed by artificial intelligence \u2014 from Italian marble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amir Hamja for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 22<\/strong>Families displaced by gang violence took shelter at a converted school. More than 700,000 people who fled their homes after gang attacks on their communities were still unable to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWere these children ever going back to school? For them to go back to school they will have to leave here, and they have nowhere else to go. Their homes have been burned and taken over by gangs. They are going through all this, but they play. They were jumping rope, and others were playing soccer with a tiny pen cap.\u201d \u2014 Adriana Zehbrauskas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 19<\/strong>Hezbollah supporters mourning the deaths of two people killed when pagers and walkie-talkies used by the militant group exploded in waves across the country on two successive days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 29<\/strong>Families sought refuge at Ramlet Al Baida beach after fleeing Israeli airstrikes on the city\u2019s southern suburbs. Years of crises left the country in no shape to withstand a sharply escalating conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn these kinds of moments, you realize you\u2019re trying to find scenes to illustrate the story, but at the same time we\u2019re not vultures. If we want to humanize or illustrate the consequences, we need to do it with respect. I wanted to portray how war affects the innocents in a way that is universal all over the world.\u201d \u2014 Diego Ibarra Sanchez <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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London, Sept. 14<\/strong>The outfits on and off the runway at London Fashion Week \u2014 which was celebrating its 40th anniversary \u2014 felt more mature than usual. Some enchanting attire even conjured the wardrobe of Cinderella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simbarashe Cha\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCTOBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Juneau, Wis., Oct. 6<\/strong>Former President Donald J. Trump at a rally at Dodge County Airport, one of the many campaign stops where he made his closing argument, a slurry of polarizing disinformation and unfounded personal attacks on his opponent in the presidential race, Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was trying to figure out where to be to get an interesting photo. As soon as he\u2019s onstage, it\u2019s a performance. But that moment going down the stairs, you\u2019re vulnerable, and the silhouette shows that. It was a real moment. That\u2019s a moment that they are not behind the seal and the microphone.\u201d \u2014 Jamie Kelter Davis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, Oct. 29<\/strong>Vice President Kamala Harris reviewing her last major speech of the presidential campaign. Later in the day, she delivered it at the Ellipse, the park where Donald Trump encouraged supporters to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m most interested in seeing who politicians are when they\u2019re not onstage performing for the public. And one thing is that she plays a big role in writing and editing her speeches, and she will go line by line on a speech, reworking it with staff, debating the meaning of a single word, and the grammar, and what her voice is.\u201d \u2014 Erin Schaff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manhattan, Oct. 24<\/strong>A young New York Liberty fan celebrated the team\u2019s first-ever championship at a ticker-tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, the third time such an honor has been bestowed upon a women\u2019s sports team in New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiroko Masuike\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese kids were at the very beginning of the parade. Everybody was screaming, but those three girls especially were crazy screaming to each player that was coming. I thought, This is the moment I have to capture. These kids\u2019 eyes were shining; I could see some hope or dreams in them.\u201d \u2014 Hiroko Masuike<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christchurch, New Zealand, Oct. 12<\/strong>Sara Saumanaia, 15, in an area near her home that became uninhabitable after an earthquake in 2011. For teenagers around the world, the global-warming crisis is upending their adolescence \u2014 and will define their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tatsiana Chypsanava for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBehind these trees is a bike ramp where Sara goes with her siblings. We found this little island in the middle of a flooded area, and I asked her to sit down in a dry spot. It looks a little like her world is upside down. I wanted to show that in this area you can\u2019t really run from climate change.\u201d \u2014 Tatsiana Chypsanava<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 11<\/strong>The aftermath in the Ras el-Nabaa neighborhood after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 22 people and wounded over 100. The strikes spread fear that nowhere was safe from Israel\u2019s military onslaught against Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Guttenfelder for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe power of the Israeli bombardment is hard to grasp without seeing it with your own eyes. It brings down entire buildings, and city blocks are reduced to a smoldering pile of stones. They were digging to find victims all day and all night; when they pulled the cranes out, people were able to go and retrieve whatever they could find.\u201d \u2014 David Guttenfelder <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the project \u201cOut of Gaza<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>Israel\u2019s invasion and bombardment of Gaza left many with life-changing injuries. Some made it out for treatment. They included, clockwise from top left: Mahmoud Ajjour, 9, who lost both hands; Ruba Abu Jibba, 19, who lost her eye; and Nusaiba Kleib, 9, whose leg was amputated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I started photographing the story, I could not imagine the amount of sadness I would share with my subjects. I felt very heavy. I cried a lot and felt all the pain they went through. No one in the world deserves to go through what they did. I cry every time I remember all of the horrors they endured.\u201d \u2014 Samar Abu Elouf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 5<\/strong>Nathan and Danielle Clark, whose 11-year-old son, Aiden, was killed in a crash caused by a Haitian migrant. His death inspired conspiracy theories, campaign lies and anti-immigrant hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey wanted to share who Aiden really was as a person because all of the sentiment was antithetical to what their family believes, and also to the compassion and kindness their son had when he was alive. This is a photo of them in his room holding his baby blanket, which he had still used, and which still smelled like him.\u201d \u2014 Erin Schaff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allentown, Pa., Oct. 3<\/strong>Members of the Valley Elite All Stars, a cheerleading team aiming to make it to Cheerleading Worlds. Competitive cheer is popular yet dangerous, and dominated by a single company: Varsity Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dina Litovsky for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was there for the team\u2019s practice, and it was one of the hardest shifts I\u2019ve ever had. It was complete pandemonium. They were jumping, somersaulting and doing flips, and I was just trying to get out of the way and not get kicked in the head. They were giving me their hardest material. They are very serious athletes.\u201d \u2014 Dina Litovsky<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lakeland, Fla., Oct. 10<\/strong>Donna Clark, 64, was rescued from floodwaters with her dog, Jack, after Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida\u2019s western coast, just two weeks after Hurricane Helene had devastated the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicole Craine for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe had her eyes closed, dog in her hand, trash bag filled with her items and a carrier with the cat inside. She was so grateful she had gotten out of there, and so terrified. I had mixed feelings about taking that photo. I knew I was going to be headed home and she wasn\u2019t sure where she was going.\u201d \u2014 Nicole Craine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stonecrest, Ga., Oct. 20<\/strong>Congregants praying over Vice President Kamala Harris at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, an Atlanta-area megachurch that has hosted numerous politicians. Ms. Harris visited several churches in the final weeks of the election campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was a moment at the worship service when leaders said, \u2018Now we\u2019re going to pray for the vice president,\u2019 and I was on a balcony far away, holding a camera over my head, just hoping I was capturing the moment. What I like about that image is the visualization of people literally having her back.\u201d \u2014 Erin Schaff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOVEMBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 5<\/strong>Waiting for election results at a Trump watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center. They came faster than expected, with former President Donald J. Trump declared the winner early the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Peterson for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was before people knew Trump was going to win. It was shortly after they let a lot of the public in. They could have been waiting hours in line. They kept filing in and filling up the chairs until all of them were full. They were all dressed so alike. I took five frames and that was that.\u201d \u2014 Mark Peterson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philadelphia, Nov. 4<\/strong>Vice President Kamala Harris made her final pitch to voters from the museum steps made famous by the movie \u201cRocky,\u201d calling it \u201ca tribute to those who start as the underdog and climb to victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Schaff\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe energy was high, and she had really hit her stride in terms of what her character was as the lead face of the Democratic Party. One of the things she had incorporated in the final few days was raising up her fist at the end. There was a lot of energy, and a lot of tension and exhaustion.\u201d \u2014 Erin Schaff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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West Memphis, Ark., Nov. 5<\/strong>A sticker was given to a voter outside a polling place at Lehr Arena on Election Day. Donald J. Trump won Arkansas\u2019s six electoral votes with 64.2 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad J. Vest for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDr. Alfreda Robinson was running for Ward 1, a local government position, and she was out there campaigning and noticed they weren\u2019t handing out stickers inside polling places. So she started to print out her own \u2018I Voted\u2019 stickers to hand out. Everybody who votes loves a good sticker afterward.\u201d \u2014 Brad J. Vest<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, Nov. 6<\/strong>Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris waiting to hear her concession speech. Many were grappling with disorienting disappointment after Donald J. Trump\u2019s quick and decisive victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon Winter\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plains Township, Pa., Nov. 6<\/strong>Members of the group Bikers for Trump gathered to celebrate at D\u2019s Diner. When approached by a Harris voter, Dave Ragan, an Army veteran, stood up and told him: \u201cWe changed the world!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip Montgomery for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe man congratulated them and in a sarcastic tone remarked that he \u2018hoped it all worked out.\u2019 My decades of chronicling the American experience have been marked by frequent encounters with deep societal divisions, often manifesting at protests or organized gatherings. This moment felt unique in that it unfolded spontaneously in a mundane public place as people went about their lives.\u201d \u2014 Philip Montgomery<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boston, Nov. 16<\/strong>Anthony Kunz of Buffalo paused to pray before he and dozens of other men marched against abortion. Counterprotesters clashed with the demonstrators as they made their way through the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Park for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greenwood Lake, N.Y., Nov. 10<\/strong>The Jennings Creek wildfire raged along a mountainous border between New York and New Jersey. It burned for 14 days across 5,300 acres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dakota Santiago for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DECEMBER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9<\/strong>Thousands of people celebrated in Umayyad Square, in the center of the capital, after rebels ended Bashar al-Assad\u2019s long and brutal reign and took control of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Berehulak\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCivilians poured into the streets, weeping in disbelief and celebrating the end of al-Assad\u2019s brutal reign. People screamed curses at the Assad family \u2014 words that would once have been a death sentence to utter out loud \u2014 as rebels fired celebratory gunfire into the air. Everyone there reveled in the fall of the regime and their newfound, if uncertain, sense of freedom.\u201d \u2014 Daniel Berehulak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Damascus, Syria, Dec. 10<\/strong>After the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime, relatives looked for lost loved ones in a hospital mortuary, where bodies discovered at a notorious prison had been taken. For over a decade, tens of thousands of people would disappear without explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Berehulak\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Damascus, Syria, Dec. 12<\/strong> The neighborhood of Jobar six years after it was destroyed by President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime in an operation to drive out rebels. The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toppled the Assad regime on Dec. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicole Tung for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seoul, Dec. 7<\/strong>Protesters took to the streets outside the National Assembly as lawmakers voted on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he briefly imposed martial law. The vote failed to meet the required two-thirds threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chang W. Lee\/The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 9<\/strong>Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, being taken into the Blair County courthouse to be arraigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Wisniewski for the New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paris, Dec. 6<\/strong>Five years after a fire devoured its roof and nearly collapsed its walls, Notre-Dame Cathedral reopened with the clanging of its centuries-old bell. It was an emotional rebirth for one of the world\u2019s most recognized monuments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was during rehearsal so they were testing the lighting, and I had a chance to shoot it several times. This picture was taken from a bridge where tourists go. I wanted to take this iconic view of how people see it. A lot of Parisians are still so much in love with their city. They never tire of it.\u201d \u2014 Dmitry Kostyukov<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tanner Curtis, Jeffrey Henson Scales<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dionne Searcey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natasha King<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Ruby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Print Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Jane Callister, Felicia Vasquez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Blair, Eric Dyer, Wendy Lu, Nancy Ramsey, Jessica Schnall, Hannah Wulkan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Diamond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times Director of Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaghan Looram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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