AFP 1 | Dimitar DILKOFF
September 1, 2022 – Pokrovske, Ukraine
Antonina, 9, looks through a shrapnel-broken window after an online lesson on the first school day at her home.
AFP 2 | Yasin AKGUL
September 21, 2022 – Istanbul, Turkey
Nasibe Samsaei, an Iranian woman living in Turkey, cuts her ponytail off during a protest outside the Iranian consulate, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran.
AFP 3 | Tony KARUMBA
September 28, 2022 – Lodwar, Kenya
A young woman from the Turkana community waters goats from a shallow well dug into a dry riverbed on the western shore of Lake Turkana which is on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade.
AFP 4 | Khalil MAZRAAWI
September 30, 2022 – Ad Disah, Jordan
Camels riden by robot jockeys take part in a race at the Sheikh Zayed race track in Jordan's southern Wadi Rum desert.
AFP 5 | Julien DE ROSA
September 30, 2022 – Paris, France
US model Bella Hadid is dressed by spraying Fabrican Spray-on fabric during the Coperni Spring-Summer 2023 fashion show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week.
AFP 6 | Ina FASSBENDER
October 5, 2022 – Neurath, Germany
A lignite-fired power station operated by German energy giant RWE in western Germany will bring forward its exit from coal power by 2030.
AFP 7 | Sébastien ST-JEAN
October 8, 2022 – East Bolton, Quebec, Canada
Aerial view of Baker Lake surrounded by Fall colors.
AFP 8 | Marco LONGARI
October 9, 2022 – Mateka, Lesotho
Malefakome, 54, one of the last residents of the Kome Caves site, poses in front of dwellings.
AFP 9 | Money SHARMA
July 6, 2023 – Outskirts of Dhanbad, India
A girl burns raw coal to make it usable for further sale near an open cast mining site.
AFP 10 | Luis TATO
October 12, 2022 – Samburu reserve, Kenya
Elephant keeper Kiapi Lakupanai plays with two calves at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary. The worst drought in 40 years is causing an influx of orphaned calves, lost or abandoned by their exhausted mothers.
AFP 11 | Luis ACOSTA
October 13, 2022 – Membrillo, Panama
A Venezuelan migrant girl is helped by her mother as they arrive in Panama, after their journey through the Darien Gap at the mercy of snakes, swamps and drug traffickers.
AFP 12 | Patrick T. FALLON
July 7, 2023 – Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Charlotte Hornets' Nick Smith Jr. (L) holds the ball as San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama (R) guards him during their NBA Summer League game at the Thomas and Mack Center.
AFP 13 | Aris MESSINIS
March 08, 2023 – Near Bakhmut, Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman takes cover in a trench during shelling next to a 105mm howitzer.
AFP 14 | Josep LAGO
October 2, 2022 – Tarragona, Spain
Members of the "Jove de Tarragona" team attempt to form a "castell" (human tower) during the 28th edition of the "castells" competition at the Tarraco arena.
AFP 15 | Yuichi YAMAZAKI
February 28, 2023 – Katsuura, Japan
Japanese ornamental dolls (hina dolls) are displayed on the stone steps at Tomisaki shrine during the Katsuura Big Hinamatsuri festival in Katsuura city of Chiba.
AFP 16 | Noah SEELAM
March 7, 2023 – Hyderabad, India
People smeared with "Gulal" or coloured powder during celebrations of Hindu spring festival "Holi".
AFP 17 | Loïc VENANCE
March 15, 2023 – Nantes, France
A protestor holds an umbrella to protect from teargas during a demonstration against the government's proposed pensions overhaul.
AFP 18 | Guillermo ARIAS
March 29, 2023 – Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Migrants cross the Bravo river seen from the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border. About 200,000 people try to cross the border from Mexico into the United States each month, most of them fleeing poverty and violence.
AFP 19 | Sai Aung MAIN
January 14, 2023 – Yangon, Myanmar
Waste collectors paddle polystyrene boats as they look for plastic and glass to recycle in Pazundaung Creek.
AFP 20 | Adem ALTAN
February 7, 2023 – Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who died in the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicentre, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast.