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Berlingske – Denmark | Photographer Niels Ahlmann Olesen; picture editor Søren Lorenzen
As bombs fall above them in Kharkiv, Ukraine, girls from Princess Ballet group rehearse in an underground shelter in January 2025. During the lesson, the alarm goes off four times
Photograph: Niels Ahlmann Olesen/Ritzau Scanpix/c/o Visa pour l’Image
De Volkskrant – Netherlands | Photographer Daniel Rosenthal; picture editors Gabriel Eisenmeier and Rowin Ubink
Akram Aljnidi, 24, a Syrian-Dutch citizen, with his mother, Mariam, 51 at the Syria–Jordan border control in January 2025. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the pair were returning to see what was left of their homeland. Aljnidi looks surprised at the newly constructed reception hall at the Syrian border. He and his family fled to the Netherlands via Egypt at the start of the war
Photograph: Daniel Rosenthal/De Volkskrant/c/o Visa pour l’Image
El Periódico – Spain | Photographer Manu Mitru; picture editor Barbara Favant
Children play in front of a Franco-era building in Badia del Vallès, Catalonia, in July 2024
Photograph: Manu Mitru/c/o Visa pour l’Image
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – Germany | Photographer Frank Röth; picture editor Henner Flohr
People stock up on supplies at the Rock Store at the Rock am Ring festival in Nürburg, Germany, in June 2024. The three-day music festival hosts 80,000 fans
Photograph: Frank Röth/c/o Visa pour l’Image
Helsingin Sanomat – Finland | Photographer: Mikko Suutarinen; picture editor Markku Niskanen
Matti Saari, from the village of Pekkala in Rovaniemi, who has built a ski jumping ramp in his own backyard, November 2024
Photograph: Mikko Suutarinen/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
L’Humanité – France | Photographer Nicolas Cleuet; picture editor Gina Le Denemat
The funeral of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine, at Beirut Sports City, Lebanon, in February 2025
Photograph: Nicolas Cleuet/Le Pictorium pour L’Humanité/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
Le Monde – France | Photographer Mary Gelman; picture editor Pauline Eiferman
Vera, 42, a funeral celebrant and palliative care worker, in Koryakovo village, Kostroma region, Russia, in March 2025
Photograph: Mary Gelman for Le Monde/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
La Croix – France | Photographer Philémon Barbier; picture editor Isabelle de Lagasnerie
A Syrian National Army military police checkpoint on the road between Manbij and the frontline with Kurdish forces in Aleppo governorate, Syria, in January 2025
Photograph: Philémon Barbier/Hors Format/Philémon Barbier
The Guardian – UK | Photographer Tom Jenkins; picture editor Fiona Shields
The USA’s Hughes and Cheng and Germany’s Muller and Tillmann warm up for their women’s beach volleyball match under the Eiffel Tower at the Olympic Games in Paris
Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Le Parisien – France | Photographer Olivier Arandel; picture editor Aurélie Audureau
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: led by their captain, Frédéric Villeroux, the French blind football team became champions against the formidable Argentinians
Photograph: Olivier Arandel/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
Libération – France | Photographer Jehad Alshrafi; picture editor Lionel Charrier
Two children on a rooftop in Khan Younis, Gaza, in September 2024
Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
New York Times – US | Photographer Daniel Berehulak; picture editors Meaghan Looram and Becky Lebowitz Hanger
People inside the Sednaya prison in Syria search for any information about their missing relatives in December 2024. Tens of thousands of Syrians disappeared into the Assad regime’s detention system during the civil war
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times
L’Orient Le Jour – Lebanon | Photographer: Mohammad Yassine; picture editor Fouad Khoury Hélou
Israel-Hezbollah war; a woman from the village of Aïta el-Chaab holds roses amid the rubble in January 2025
Photograph: Mohammad Yassine/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
EFN – Sweden | Photographer Niclas Hammarström; picture editor Marcus Wallén
M23 soldiers patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in March 2025. Life has begun to return to the city and people are venturing out on to the streets again after the rebel group took control of large parts of eastern Congo. A girl selling bananas hurries along at dusk. When darkness falls, the city is not as safe. Civilians testify to nighttime armed robberies and executions
Photograph: Niclas Hammarström/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
Le Figaro – France | Photographer Paloma Laudet; picture editor Adrien Guilloteau
Members of the Congolese Red Cross at a mass grave burying bodies found in the streets of Bukavu after the capture of the city by M23 rebels in February 2025
Photograph: Paloma Laudet/Collectif Item
The New Republic – US | Photographer: Paola Chapdelaine; picture editor Stephanie Heimann
In October 2024, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Carl Jones Sr rides his mobility scooter down a debris- and dust-covered street in Swannanoa, North Carolina, to pick up his medication at a nearby pharmacy
Photograph: Paola Chapdelaine/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
StreetPress.com – France | Photographer: Hervé Lequeux; picture editor Clara Monnoyeur
Alpha, a young Guinean migrant, returns to his tent, which he set up under a bridge due to a lack of accommodation
Photograph: Herve Lequeux/Hans Lucas/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
Les Échos – France | Photographer Philip Poupin; picture editor Thierry Meneau
Gold mines in Senegal. Protected by tarpaulin, prospectors pull up bags of earth that may contain gold in December 2024. The stones will be separated and crushed to extract the gold using mercury
Photograph: Philip Poupin/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
Le Télégramme – France | Photographer Lionel Le Saux; picture editor Samuel Petit
Scallop fishing in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Sailors use the dredges to catch scallops, which are then brought to the auction in Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Photograph: Lionel Le Saux/Le Télégramme/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
Politiken – Denmark | Photographer Mads Nissen; picture editor Peter Hove Olesen
Noemi Jara, 12, crouches silently, hiding from US immigration patrols. Her family fled gang violence in Ecuador but now risks capture, exploitation and deportation
Photograph: Mads Nissen/Polfoto/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
