As the end of the year approaches, here is a look back at some of the major news moments of 2022. Events covered in this essay (the first of a three-part photo summary of the year) include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the infamous slap at the Oscars, a protest against vaccine mandates in Canada, and much more. Check back later this week for parts two and three, and be sure to see our earlier “Top 25 News Photos of 2022.”
2022 in Photos: How the First Months Unfolded
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Stanislav, 40, says goodbye to his 2-year-old son, David, 2, and his wife, Anna, 35, on a train to Lviv at Kyiv station in Ukraine on March 3. 2022. Stanislav stayed to fight while his family left Ukraine to seek refuge in a neighboring country, during the early days of Russia's invasion. #
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A technician disinfects official balls before the Group F Africa Cup of Nations 2021 football match between Mauritania and Gambia at Limbe Omnisport Stadium in Limbe, Cameroon, on January 12, 2022. #
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A person carries items collected from the train tracks as a Union Pacific locomotive passes by on January 14, 2022. The tracks were littered with thousands of opened boxes and packages stolen from cargo-shipping containers targeted by thieves as the trains stopped in downtown Los Angeles, California. #
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Cleaning teams work to remove oil from a rocky shoreline after an oil spill in Ventanilla fouled the beaches of Callao province, near Lima, Peru, on January 20, 2022. About 6,000 barrels of oil were spilled on January 15, during the unloading of crude oil from a ship at the La Pampilla Refinery. #
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Spain's Rafael Nadal, photographed during his fourth-round match against France's Adrian Mannarino at the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, on January 23, 2022 #
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Lexie Stroiney, 6, curls up in the plethysmography chamber during a break in her pulmonary-function test at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2022. Lexie had COVID-19 and is part of a NIH-funded multiyear study to look at impacts of COVID-19 on children's physical health and quality of life. #
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Mariana Jaglo, mother of three, holds her Ukrainian Zbroyar Z-15 rifle during an interview in the kitchen of her flat in Kyiv on January 28, 2022. As fears grew of a potential invasion by Russian troops amassed on Ukraine's border, this 52-year-old army reservist insisted that she was willing to fight to defend her country. #
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Vehicles make their way through fallen trees in a wooded area outside Edzell, Scotland, on January 31, 2022. The area was hit by two storms in quick succession, leaving tens of thousands of people without power. #
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New York police officers gather for the funeral of NYPD officer Wilbert Mora on February 2, 2022, in New York City. Mora, 27, and partner Jason Rivera were killed on January 21, as they responded to a domestic-violence emergency. #
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Chinese athletes Dinigeer Yilamujian (left) and Zhao Jiawen wave while holding the Olympic flame in the middle of a giant snowflake during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on February 4, 2022. #
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Supporters cheer as a member of the Senegalese football team raises a trophy in Dakar on February 7, 2022, after winning, for the first time, the Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal's President Macky Sall declared the day a public holiday to celebrate the national football team's first-ever African Cup of Nations crown. #
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From left: Artists Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg perform during the halftime show of Super Bowl LVI, between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on February 13, 2022. #
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People lie in hospital beds outside the Caritas Medical Center as nighttime temperatures fall in Hong Kong on February 16, 2022. Hospitals were overwhelmed by the city's worst COVID-19 wave to date. #
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Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters performs onstage at the after-party for the Los Angeles premiere of Studio 666 at the Fonda Theatre on February 16, 2022, in Hollywood, California. Hawkins died on March 25, 2022, at the age of 50. #
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A shirtless protester participates in a blockade of downtown streets near the Parliament building as a demonstration led by truck drivers opposing vaccine mandates continued on February 16, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. #
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A model presents a creation during the Moschino catwalk show for the Fall/Winter 2022–23 collection on the third day of Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on February 24, 2022. #
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In London, England, people demonstrate in support of Ukraine in Whitehall outside Downing Street, the residence of the U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on February 25, 2022. #
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Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 9, 2022. The woman was taken to another hospital, but did not survive. #
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The Dragon of Calais carries members of the public along the renovated seafront in Calais, France, on March 11, 2022. The mechanized dragon breathes fire and steam, and is controlled by a team of puppeteers. #
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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2022, in Washington, D.C. #
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Ukrainian army soldier Dasha, 22, checks her phone after a military sweep to search for possible remaining Russian troops after their withdrawal from villages on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 1, 2022. #
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The body of a woman, who, according to residents, was killed by Russian army soldiers, lies on the street in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 2, 2022. The Ukrainian government has accused Russian forces of a "deliberate massacre" during their brief occupation of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv. Hundreds of bodies were found in the days after Ukrainian forces regained control of the town. This photo became widespread on social media, and the woman's makeup artist reportedly identified the victim as 52-year-old Iryna Filkina, based on the distinct styling of her nails. #
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Jon Batiste poses with Grammy Awards won for Best American Roots Performance, for "Cry"; Album of the Year, for "We Are"; and Best American Roots Song, Best Music Video, and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, for “Soul," at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 3, 2022. #
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Inmates compete for cash during Convict Poker, known as the "Wildest Show in the South," at the Angola Prison Rodeo, in Angola, Louisiana, on April 24, 2022. The last inmate seated wins cash. This was the first rodeo at Angola since the beginning of its COVID shutdown two years ago. #
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Actor Johnny Depp stands for the jury to leave the courtroom during a recess amid his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 27, 2022. #
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Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies dunks the ball against the Minnesota Timberwolves during Round 1, Game 5, of the 2022 NBA Playoffs at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 26, 2022. #
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