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A girl pays her respects at a memorial site at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, in the US. Victims of the May mass shooting have filed a $27 billion (R467 billion) class action against public entities and officials, seeking damages for ongoing trauma. Photo: Marco Bello / Reuters
The year 2022 saw the world embroiled in a war, its citizens protest for their rights, a volcanic eruption and a lot more suffering. Despite the world opening up after Covid-19, the world seems a more isolated place.
This is a glance at the international images that made us pause in our tracks:
In the southern port city of Mariupol, a Ukrainian flag hangs from a wire in front an apartment building destroyed during the conflict arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited troops in the frontline city of Bakhmut and thanked them for their ‘courage, resilience and strength’ since the invasion, which began on February 24. Photo: Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters
Actors Samuel L Jackson and Denzel Washington embrace as Jackson accepts an honorary Oscar during the 12th Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles, California, in March. Photo: Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
Also at the Oscars, and what might be called the most shared image of 2022, Will Smith hits at Chris Rock as Rock spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters
An abortion rights demonstrator dressed in a Handmaid’s Tale costume protests outside the US Supreme Court after the court ruled in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmarkRoe v Wade abortion decision of 1973. Experts predict that the uncertainty will continue in the coming year, as cases wend their way through courts and as state legislatures consider new restrictions, potentially drawing new battle lines in the fight over abortion rights. Photo: Evelyn Hockstein / Reuters
Tina Ekiro – from the Turkana pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to failed rainy seasons – gives goats water from an open well dug in a dry riverbed in Loyoro village in Kalokol in Turkana, Kenya. About 22 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia face high levels of acute food insecurity due to the drought – a number that is projected to rise to 26 million by February. Photo: Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
Britain’s King Charles III and members of the royal family follow the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II – draped in the Royal Standard, with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s Orb and Sceptre – as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey after her state funeral in London. Photo: Danny Lawson / Reuters
People wearing protective masks, following the Covid-19 outbreak, pray at a temple in Shanghai, China. As of Monday, China has officially reported 5 242 Covid-related deaths during the pandemic, a tiny fraction of its 1.4 billion population, while new analyses by various modelling groups predicted the reopening could result in as many as 2.1 million deaths. Photo: Aly Song / Reuters
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they pray at the Great Mosque of Mecca during the annual Hajj in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. About 1 million Muslims attended this year’s Hajj season after two years of major disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Mohammed Salem / Reuters
Aerial photo captured during an overflight of the Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, US in November. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting for the first time since 1984, ending its longest quiet period in recorded history. Photo: USGS / Civil Air Patrol / Handout via REUTERS
Asylum-seeking migrants from Nicaragua pull a child under the border fence after crossing the Rio Grande River into the US from Mexico. About 1 500 people crossed the river on December 14. Photo: Go Nakamura / Reuters
