Fisherman Omerserik Ibragimov heads out to place his nets within the water of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan on Aug. 7. Click on right here for the total story.
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The occasions of 2024 unfolded around the globe with experiences of resilience, celebration and grief. There was devastation with the continued conflicts within the Center East and Ukraine, and the continued escalation of local weather change.
Whether or not on the entrance strains of those pivotal tales or on the scene of quieter however no much less momentous occasions, photographers have been there to bear witness. They make clear the occasions that formed the previous yr, typically at private danger.
Here’s a choice of images made and commissioned by NPR from 2024.

Camilo Garcia peeks by way of a curtain of his home on the morning of March 9, within the city of Juntas, Buenaventura, Colombia. The group gathers throughout Holy Week to have a good time the Manacillos pageant, an ancestral ritual originating within the higher a part of the Yurumangui River. Click on right here for the total story.
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The group cheers on the Democratic Progressive Celebration’s Rally on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 11. Click on right here for the total story.
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Rachel Mukantabana talks concerning the legacy of the Rwandan genocide she survived, 30 years later, on April 8. Click on right here for the total story.
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Rachel Mukantabana talks concerning the legacy of the Rwandan genocide she survived, 30 years later, on April 8. Click on right here for the total story.
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Noor Assi, 15, sits on his mattress whereas watched by his 5-year-old sister Jenna within the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, on Feb. 23. Click on right here for the total story.
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Family members of Amal Hassan al-Durr, a 5-year-old lady, lay her physique to relaxation on the cemetery in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, on Feb. 22. She misplaced her life throughout an Israeli assault. Click on right here for the total story.
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Family members of Amal Hassan al-Durr, a 5-year-old lady, lay her physique to relaxation on the cemetery in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, on Feb. 22. She misplaced her life throughout an Israeli assault. Click on right here for the total story.
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Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage in Gaza for 51 days after the Hamas-led assault on Israel of Oct. 7, 2023, locations a flower behind her eight-year-old granddaughter Yali Tiv’s ear as they go for a stroll close to Kibbutz Gazit on March 26. Click on right here for a full story.
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Search-and-rescue groups carry a physique recovered from the rubble on the web site of an Israeli strike on a central Beirut neighborhood in Lebanon on Nov. 23. Click on right here for the total story.
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Jordanian air power personnel inside a C-130 plane after airdropping pallets of support over Gaza on Feb.29. Click on right here for the total story.
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Jordanian air power personnel inside a C-130 plane after airdropping pallets of support over Gaza on Feb.29. Click on right here for the total story.
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A gaggle of Syrian youngsters with their dad and mom return residence within the cabin of a truck, after greater than eight years taking shelter within the Rukban camp for displaced individuals in al-Tanf, Syria, close to the border with Jordan, Dec. 14. Click on right here for the total story.
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Rafaias Villan thought of leaving his residence on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela, following disputed election outcomes on Aug. 7. Click on right here for the total story.
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Members of bate-bola (“ball-beaters”) crew Bem Feito, carrying clown-like costumes, exit throughout Carnival celebrations in Pedra de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 11. Learn the total story right here.
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Ilia Reyes Aymani, a researcher and instructor, has written brief songs in Ckunsa, a once-extinct Indigenous language, to show colours and numbers to the native youngsters. She stands for a portrait in San Pedro de Atacama in Antofagasta, Chile, on April 15. Click on right here for the total story.
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A instructor leads a category at a faculty for women administered however the primary U.N. company for Palestinian support, UNRWA, in Qalandia refugee camp, close to Ramallah, within the West Financial institution, on Nov. 14. Click on right here for the totally story.
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A police officer appears to be like by way of injury attributable to a shell on the Omdurman Maternity Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan, on Sept. 7. Click on right here for the total story.
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A Ukrainian man from the town of Pokrovsk goes to board a bus in Pavlohrad, Ukraine, to hunt security within the western a part of the nation or elsewhere in Europe, on Oct. 19. Click on right here for the total story.
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An aerobics class is in session on Aug. 17 at a Ukrainian sanatorium, the place the main target isn’t just on health, but additionally on discovering moments of normalcy and pleasure amid difficult occasions. Click on right here for full story.
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Yulya Dmytrieeva and her husband Vadym, who’ve been collectively for over a decade, embrace within the snow in Sloviansk, Ukraine, the place they spend just a few days collectively whereas he has a break from the trenches on the entrance strains in February. Click on right here for the total story.
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Yulya Dmytrieeva and her husband Vadym, who’ve been collectively for over a decade, embrace within the snow in Sloviansk, Ukraine, the place they spend just a few days collectively whereas he has a break from the trenches on the entrance strains in February. Click on right here for the total story.
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After rocket strikes, staff at a Ukrainian thermal energy plant restore the power to revive energy as temperatures drop, Oct. 4. Click on right here for the total story.
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After a rehearsal, members of the Hutsul Theater troupe have drinks and share some meats and cheeses collectively on Nov. 3 in Krasnoillya, Ukraine. Click on right here for the total story.
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