Lava crosses the main road to Grindavik and flows on the road leading to the Blue Lagoon, in Grindavik, Iceland, on Feb. 8.Marco Di Marco—AP
Medical workers treat a victim after a Russian missile attack heavily damaged residential buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 23.Sofiia Gatilova—Reuters
Palestinians emerge from the rubble and dust after an Israeli attack hit the Abu Aisha family’s house in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on June 14. Ali Jadallah—Anadolu/Getty Images
Journalist Evan Gershkovich approaches colleagues covering his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Aug. 1. After being wrongfully detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service in March 2023, he was released in a prisoner exchange that involved seven nations and two dozen detainees.Al Drago—Bloomberg/Getty
Humanitarian aid is dropped from a Jordanian Air Force plane flying over northern Gaza, on April 23.Moises Saman—Magnum Photos
People pick up oranges as mutual aid groups distribute food and clothes under cold weather near the Migrant Assistance Center at St. Brigid Elementary School in New York City, on Jan. 20.Andres Kudacki—AP
Linda Jackson washes her hair at her home in the Navajo Nation, on July 11.Elliot Ross for TIME
People flee after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade in Kansas City, Missouri, on Feb. 14.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images
Yulia Navalnaya, center, widow of Alexey Navalny, stands in a queue with other voters at a polling station near the Russian embassy in Berlin, on March 17.Ebrahim Noroozi—AP
Asinate Lewabeka, a woman who makes an income washing and sorting cans, plastic bottles and other materials for recycling, burns trash near her home in Vunato settlement, Lautoka, on Viti Levu, Fiji, on May 9. Adam Ferguson for TIME
Israeli female soldiers pose for a photo on a position on the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, on Feb. 19. Tsafrir Abayov—AP
Women near a building damaged during Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, on July 8.Valentyn Ogirenko—Reuters
Workers put down large plastic tarps to cover the side of a hill in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, Feb. 18, in preparation for heavy rains and potential flooding.Mark Abramson— The New York Times/Redux
A child looks through a broken window in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 21. An estimated 1.5 million Palestinians displaced by the war took refuge in Rafah, as Israeli forces moved through the Strip in the war against Hamas. Fatima Shbair—AP
Sudanese women and children register with Chadian authorities upon arrival as refugees in Adre, Chad, a border town in the Ouaddaï province on June 10.Nicolò Filippo Rosso
In August, a large fire front advances over the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland on the planet. The South American region, located largely in southwestern Brazil, has been facing a historic drought due to human actions and climate change. Lalo de Almeida—Panos Pictures
A view of downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from a Kenyan security force patrol vehicle, on Sept. 25. Despite the deployment of a Kenyan-led international police force, many parts of Port-au-Prince remain deserted because of the fear of gangs. Adriana Zehbrauskas—The New York Times
Layan Harouda, 15, floats in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Qatar, on May 21. She fled Gaza with her family in November and wonders if they will ever be able to return home. She protected her younger siblings when airstrikes pounded her hometown of Gaza City late last year. She says the scenes of the wars she has lived through haunt her daily. ‘I was robbed of my youth, we have lived through things no one ever should,” she said. Tanya Habjouqa