Eight Stunners From TIME’s Top 100 Photos Of 2022

The photos were chosen by the outlet's eight-person team of photo editors and "aim to show in pictures that this year was indeed different".

[imagesource: Diego Reyes / AFP / Getty Images]

People, rejoice – they are finally here.

You know it’s getting close to that time when friends ask about your December plans and the internet fills up with hundreds of ‘best of 2022’ lists.

Let us get in on that action nice and early with TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Photos of 2022 list, published yesterday because we all know that any photo taken from late November onwards is shite.

The photos were chosen by the outlet’s eight-person team of photo editors and “aim to show in pictures that this year was indeed different”.

That photo above, taken by Diego Reyes (AFP / Getty Images), is captioned “a demonstrator sits under an umbrella while blocking an access route to Iquique, Chile, during a regional strike called by different organizations against illegal immigration, on Jan. 31”.

Let’s do seven more, some of which are pretty grim. 2022 hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park.

Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 5. Emilio Morenatti—AP

Emergency workers and others assist people who were caught in a Halloween stampede in the district of Itaewon in Seoul, on Oct. 29. More than 150 people were killed in the stampede. Albert Retief—AFP/Getty Images

Albert is actually a South African living in South Korea – follow him on Instagram here.

The silos were damaged in the 2020 Beirut blast, on July 22. Part of the silos collapsed on July 31, following a weeks-long blaze. Myriam Boulos—Magnum Photos for TIME

Fans celebrate the final countdown next to the 2022 World Cup countdown clock before the start of the World Cup opening match between Qatar and Ecuador at the Doha’s Corniche promenade, in Doha, on Nov. 20. Patricia De Melo Moreira—AFP/Getty Images

Vixen, a Golden Retriever, is groomed before competing at the 146th annual Westminster Kennel Club show in Tarrytown, NY on June 22. Sinna Nasseri

Members the Territorial Defense Forces who guard a large checkpoint briefly played a game of checkers with Molotov cocktails, as seen on the eastern outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 5. With few vehicles passing because of the nighttime curfew, Territorial Defense members can have a moment of quiet while remaining on high alert for any suspicious activity. Nicole Tung for Harper’s Magazine

Family of Ukrainian soldier Ivan Lipskiy grieve at his casket during a military service of 5 Ukrainian soldiers in Odessa, Ukraine, on March 29. Lipskiy was killed on March 18 during a Russian airstrike that hit the 36th Ukrainian Naval Infantry Brigade killing more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Mykolaiv. Salwan Georges—The Washington Post/Getty Images

Sorry to end on such a gut-wrenching image. We can’t talk about 2022 without Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coming to mind.

See TIME’s full list here.

[source:time]

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