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Millions of images pass through our system over the course of a year, and towards the end of each one we begin the overwhelming process of trying to select some of our favourite photographers who, staff and freelancers alike, support our journalism visually from international and overseas press agencies.
These talented visual journalists have created outstanding reactive news work, features and stories of their own and made the breadth of our photographic coverage of world events possible.
Paula Bronstein is an American photojournalist based in Bangkok for Getty Images. She has spent most of 2022 in Ukraine covering the conflict there, but also spent time in Afghanistan.
Evgeniy, 24, smokes a cigarette before his transfer onward to Dnipro along with other military patients after a traumatic amputation to his foot caused by an exploding mine on 7 October 2022 in Donetsk District, Ukraine
Ukrainian soldier Nikolai Skelsarov hugs his mother, Elena Skelsarova, watched by brother-in-law Kobilsky Taras. The soldier was returning home from eight months on the battlefield on 15 November after Ukrainian forces reclaimed Kherson
Evgeny Maloletka
An explosion is seen in an apartment building after a Russian army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, on 11 March
Early in the war on Ukraine in March, Maloletka was one of the few photographers who showed the world what was happening in the city of Mariupol, documenting the brutal siege by Russian troops for Associated Press.
Yehor, 7, stands holding a wooden toy rifle next to destroyed Russian military vehicles near Chernihiv, Ukraine on 17 April 2022
Left: Mariana Vishegirskaya, an injured pregnant woman, walks downstairs in a maternity hospital damaged by shelling in Mariupol on 9 March. Right: Mariana lies in a hospital bed after giving birth to her daughter, Veronika, in Mariupol on 11 March.
Leah Millis
Firefighters attempt to put out a fire allegedly caused by a shelling in the Nemyshlianski district, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on 20 June
Reuters photographer Leah Millis is based in Washington DC covering international stories and projects in addition to the domestic US political beat. Millis travelled to Ukraine this year, to South Korea and Japan with vice-president Kamala Harris and covered the political turmoil and protest in the US.
Abortion rights protesters stand in front of anti-abortion protesters, following the leaked supreme court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v Wade abortion rights decision, in Washington DC on 14 May
Emilio Morenatti
Emilio Morenatti is a Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist and chief photographer for Associated Press. He has covered the conflict in Ukraine extensively since the beginning of the war, the passing of the Queen in the UK, and returned to Spain to cover environmental issues such as the summer heatwave and a river drying out in Catalonia.
A view of the Ter river running dry toward a reservoir near Vilanova de Sau, Catalonia, Spain on 23 November
Clodagh Kilcoyne
Reuters photographer Clodagh Kilcoyne is based in her native Ireland, but also travelled to Ukraine to cover the war there, and to Romania to cover the refugee story caused by the war. She also covered politics extensively over the course of the year in Ireland and the UK, and sport including the Women’s Euro.
Romanian Orthodox monk Father Mikhail departs after mass at the Church in Putna monastery, Putna, Romania on 8 March
Fida Hussein
Photojournalist Fida Hussein is based in Mubai, India and his remarkable coverage of the disastrous flooding in Pakistan stood out. Over 33 million people in Pakistan have been affected by the flooding, brought on by record monsoon rains that have swamped a third of the country, causing at least 1,300 deaths.
A man along with a youth use a satellite dish to move children across a flooded area after heavy monsoon rainfalls in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, on 26 August
Arlette Bashizi
Theopiste Maloko, 42, a local health official, and a nurse collect skin samples from Angelika Lifafu, 6, to test for monkeypox, at the Yalolia health centre, in Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo on 3 October
Born in Bukavu, Arlette works for Reuters and is based in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This year she has covered the civil conflict in DRC extensively as well as producing a powerful feature on monkeypox.
A Congolese army pick up carrying troops heads towards the frontline near Kibumba in the area surrounding the North Kivu city of Goma on 25 May, during clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels
Dan Kitwood
Dan is a staff photographer for Getty images based in London. A varied portfolio of work for the year covered the heatwave of the summer, and a tumultuous year for UK politics.
Two women dip their heads into the fountain to cool off in Trafalgar Square on 19 July in London. The Met Office issued its first red extreme heat warning in England, from London and the south-east up to York and Manchester
Silvia Izquierdo
Pitches where young players sharpen their soccer skills are illuminated at the Complexo do Alemao favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 17 November
Silvia Izquierdo is Associated Press’s chief photographer for Brazil and has covered a tumultuous year there.
A land-art fresco made with biodegradable paint of charcoal, chalk, water and milk proteins, by French-Swiss artist Saype, covers Copacabana beach as part of the artist’s worldwide project titled Beyond Walls in Rio de Janeiro, 15 July
Left: foreigners and Brazilians practice with the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro on 3 February. Right: Women dance during the gay pride parade along Icarai Beach, in Niteroi on 7 August
Brian Inganga
Maasai children stand beside a zebra that local people said died due to drought, as they graze their cattle at Ilangeruani village, near Lake Magadi, in Kenya on 9 November
Brian is a photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Kenya covering east Africa. He has covered a number of stories for Associated Press, such as the drought in Kenya.
Letoyie Leroshi, a Samburu man, gives cows water from a well in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya
Alessandra Tarantino
England’s Chloe Kelly, right, celebrates after scoring her side’s second goal during the Women’s Euro 2022 final soccer match between England and Germany at Wembley stadium in London on 31 July
An Associated Press photographer based in Rome, Italy, Alessandra Tarantino is included not only for her coverage of both the FIFA Women’s World Cup and its more controversial mens event in Qatar later in the year but also for her work covering domestic news, including the election of right-wing and first ever female prime minister of the country Giorgia Meloni
France’s Kylian Mbappé on the ball during the World Cup match between France and Denmark, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar on 26 November
Iran fans protest in Doha. A female fan holds up a jersey bearing the name of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian girl who recently died in suspicious circumstances after being arrested by police for not wearing her hijab. Right, security staff speak with the woman – the shirt was confiscated.
Dinuka Liyanawatte
Dinuka Liyanawatte works for Reuters based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His images from the country’s dramatic economic crisis, which culminated in July in the storming of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence, have stood out.
Eloisa Lopez
A woman wades through a chest-deep flood after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Ildefonso, Bulacan province, the Philippines on 26 September
Eloisa Lopez is based in the Philippines and covered the flooding there, elections and also the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
US vice-president Kamala Harris watches as fishers carry buckets of tuna at Tagburos village, a fishing community, in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, the Philippines on the 22 November
Roman Pilipey
Roman is a Ukrainian photographer with the European Pressphoto Agency, currently working in Ukraine.
Actors perform during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing China on 4 February
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