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 last of a three-part photo summary of the year) include protests against Iran’s leadership and its morality police, the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London, the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Florida, a new eruption of a Hawaiian volcano, and much more. Be sure to see the first part, the second part, and our “Top 25 News Photos of 2022.”
2022 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year
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Brazil's former president and presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva raises his fist at an election-night gathering on the day of the Brazilian presidential election runoff, in São Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. Lula was elected president of the republic for the third time, beating the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the second round. #
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The actor Timothée Chalamet signs autographs as he arrives for the screening of the film Bones and All, part of the 79th Venice International Film Festival, at Lido di Venezia in Venice, Italy, on September 2, 2022. #
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Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon (center) is led away from a New York court in handcuffs on September 8, 2022. Bannon was indicted on state charges of money laundering, conspiracy, and fraud related to an alleged online scheme to raise money for the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. #
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Mourners watch the state hearse of Queen Elizabeth II as it drives along the Long Walk ahead of the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022, in Windsor, England. The committal service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle took place following the state funeral at Westminster Abbey. A private burial in the King George VI Memorial Chapel followed. Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, on September 8, 2022, and was succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. #
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A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police, on İstiklal Avenue in Istanbul on September 20, 2022. Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital when she was detained on September 13 by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, including the wearing of the headscarf in public. She was declared dead on September 16 by state television after having spent three days in a coma. #
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Yurii Voitenko plays with a dolphin named Zeus through an underwater viewing window fortified with sand bags in the pool of the dolphinarium Nemo in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on September 21, 2022. #
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People clear debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on September 30, 2022. Ian struck as a Category 4 hurricane and was one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the United States. #
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Officers stand guard as a group of women gather to protest femicide in Ecuador in front of the police headquarters in Quito, on October 1, 2022. The demonstration followed the recent murder of a woman named María Belén Bernal, who disappeared after entering a police-training facility and whose suspected killer—Bernal's husband, the police lieutenant Germán Fernando Cáceres—remains at large. #
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In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, on October 1, 2022. #
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People looking for their relatives inspect photos of victims of the soccer-match stampede that occurred the day before in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on October 2, 2022. Panic at the soccer match left more than 100 people dead, most of whom were trampled to death after police fired tear gas to prevent violence. #
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Members of the Jove de Tarragona team work together to form the base of a "castell" (human tower) during the 28th castells competition at Tarraco Arena in Tarragona, Spain, on October 2, 2022. #
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Reporters are reflected in the sunglasses of President Joe Biden as he speaks to the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 6, 2022. #
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Black smoke billows from a fire after an explosion on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, near Kerch, on October 8, 2022. The explosion and fire badly damaged Russia's sole land link with annexed Crimea. The Ukrainian government has denied responsibility for the attack. #
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A drone approaches during an attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 17, 2022. Early in the day, Ukraine’s capital was struck four times as Russian forces attacked using unmanned Iranian-made kamikaze drones, according to Ukrainian officials. The drone attacks were part of a barrage of Russian missile strikes that hit several cities across Ukraine, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure. Residents in Kyiv reportedly noticed the loud buzzing of the incoming drones, and some opened fire as they passed overhead, trying to shoot them down. At least four people were killed in the city. #
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Saul, age 4, wipes tears from the face of his father, Franklin Pajaro, after they were expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, near the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on October 17, 2022. #
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People walk toward Tower Rock to check out the formation typically surrounded by the Mississippi River and accessible only by boat, in Perry County, Missouri, on October 19, 2022. Foot traffic to the rock formation has been made possible because of near-record-low water levels along the river. #
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The belongings of some of the victims of a deadly Halloween-celebration stampede are shown in a gym on November 1, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. At least 151 people were killed and another 150 were injured on October 29 in Seoul's Itaewon district, after huge crowds of people gathered for Halloween parties, according to authorities. #
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Two girls take pictures in Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2022. Nationwide protests began in Iran in September following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's controversial morality police. Amini was arrested for not wearing a hijab properly. Protests continue in Iran even as authorities warn protesters to leave the streets. #
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Horses are pictured during the championship of Kokpar, a traditional game between two teams of horsemen competing to throw a goat dummy into a scoring circle, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 5, 2022. #
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A Border Patrol agent points his flashlight toward asylum-seeking migrants from Central America as they prepare to climb the bank of the Rio Grande river after being smuggled from Mexico to Roma, Texas, on November 6, 2022. #
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A woman takes a picture of artwork made by the British street artist Banksy on a building destroyed by fighting in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on November 13, 2022. #
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A protester clashes with riot police officers during a demonstration against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit 2022, near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 18, 2022. #
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A small plane rests on live power lines after crashing on November 27, 2022, in Montgomery Village, a northern suburb of Gaithersburg, Maryland. The pilot and his passenger were stranded for hours, but they were later rescued and taken to a hospital to be treated for serious injuries. #
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Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing, China, on November 27, 2022. Protesters angered by strict antivirus measures called for China's powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations that represented a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party. Blank sheets of paper have become a form of silent anti-government protest. #
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Three stowaway migrants sit on the rudder blade of the fuel tanker Althini II, having traveled for 11 days from Nigeria, before being rescued by the Spanish coast guard near the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, Spain, on November 28, 2022. #
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An aerial photograph of a fissure erupting on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa, sending lava as high as 25 meters into the air, seen on Hawaii's Big Island early on November 29, 2022. Mauna Loa erupted for the first time since 1984, spewing lava and hot ash starting on November 28. Scientists are keeping a close watch on developments in case the lava flow threatens populated areas. #
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Morocco's head coach, Walid Regragui, is thrown into the air by his team as they celebrate qualifying for the knockout stages of the World Cup after the Canada-Morocco match at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on December 1, 2022. #
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A view from NASA's Orion spacecraft on day 20 of the Artemis I mission, looking toward the moon on December 5, 2022. Orion is scheduled to return to Earth on December 11, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. If all goes according to plan, the next mission, Artemis II, will take a four-person crew on a lunar fly-by and return trip in May 2024. #
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