2024 in pictures  2024 年图片

Extraordinary images from around the world
来自世界各地的非凡图像

Extraordinary images from around the world

By the Visual Journalism team      News
作者：视觉新闻团队新闻

The devastating toll of war, the challenges of artificial intelligence and the joy of a baby hippo were among the many moments documented by news agency photographers in 2024.
2024 年，通讯社摄影师记录下了众多瞬间，其中包括战争造成的毁灭性损失、人工智能的挑战以及小河马的欢乐。

These are some of the most striking photos of the year:
这些是今年最引人注目的一些照片：

Anton Brink/EPA  安东·布林克/EPA

Lava flows across a road near Grindavik, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, 21 November 2024.
Lava flows across a road near Grindavik, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland
熔岩流过冰岛雷克雅内斯半岛格林达维克附近的一条道路

Jerome Brouillet/AFP  杰罗姆·布鲁耶/法新社

Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the 5th heat of the men's surfing round 3, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on 29 July, 2024.
Brazil's Gabriel Medina celebrates after catching a large wave in the surfing event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti
巴西选手加布里埃尔·梅迪纳 (Gabriel Medina) 在 2024 年巴黎奥运会冲浪比赛中在法属波利尼西亚塔希提岛的蒂胡波奥 (Teahupo'o) 冲浪比赛中冲浪后庆祝

The summer of 2024 was a celebration of sport as the world came to Paris for the Olympics and Paralympics.
2024 年夏天是体育界的盛事，全世界齐聚巴黎参加奥运会和残奥会。

Christian Hartmann/Reuters
克里斯蒂安·哈特曼/路透社

The moon is pictured with the Olympic cauldron and the Eiffel Tower
Sporting events were held around France and in Paris, often in the shadow of famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower
体育赛事在法国各地和巴黎举行，通常在埃菲尔铁塔等著名地标的阴影下举行

Aytac Unal/Anadolu/Getty Images
艾塔克乌纳尔/阿纳多卢/盖蒂图片社

Sunisa Lee of United States competing during the artistic gymnastics women's team final on the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena in Paris.
Sunisa Lee of United States competing during the artistic gymnastics women's team final
美国选手苏妮莎·李 (Sunisa Lee) 参加艺术体操女子团体决赛

Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters  贡萨洛·富恩特斯/路透社

Gang Sun of China and Piers Gilliver of Britain face off in the gold medal bout for the Men’s Epee Category of Wheelchair Fencing during the Paris 2024 Paralympics, September 6, 2024.
Gang Sun of China and Piers Gilliver of Britain face off in the men's epee category of wheelchair fencing
中国选手孙罡与英国选手皮尔斯·吉利弗在轮椅击剑男子重剑比赛中展开对决

People also found the time to look up and enjoy nature’s spectacles, like solar eclipses...

and meteor showers and volcanoes.

2024 was a year of conflict for some, with civilians often caught in the middle.
对于一些人来说，2024 年是冲突的一年，平民常常陷入困境。

Hatem Khaled/Reuters  哈特姆·哈立德/路透社

Displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 7, 2024.
In Gaza, close to two million people have been forced to flee their homes to escape the fighting between Israel and Hamas, which continues more than a year after the 7 October attacks
在加沙，近 200 万人被迫逃离家园，以躲避以色列和哈马斯之间的战斗，这场战斗在 10 月 7 日袭击后持续了一年多

Mohammed Salem/Reuters  穆罕默德·塞勒姆/路透社

A Palestinian woman waits to receive aid from a UNRWA distribution centre which was hit in an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip 13 March.
A Palestinian woman waits to receive aid from a UN distribution centre which was hit in an Israeli strike in southern Gaza
一名巴勒斯坦妇女等待从联合国配送中心领取援助物资，该中心在以色列对加沙南部的袭击中遭到袭击

Ronen Zvulun/Reuters  罗南·兹维伦/路透社

A protester surrounded by smoke from a flare holds up a poster, featuring a 7 October hostage on a Day of Disruption by anti-government protest groups in Shoresh, Israel May 20 2024
A protester holds up a poster featuring a hostage who was kidnapped during the deadly Hamas 7 October attacks on Israel
一名抗议者举着一张海报，上面画着一名在 10 月 7 日哈马斯对以色列发动致命袭击期间被绑架的人质

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images  丹·基特伍德/盖蒂图片社

Newly arrived Sudanese refugees at a relocation camp on April 24, 2024 near Adre, Chad.
More than 10 million people have been forced to flee their homes by the conflict in Sudan, with women and children a high proportion of those arriving as refugees in Chad
苏丹冲突导致超过 1000 万人被迫逃离家园，其中妇女和儿童作为难民抵达乍得

Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP  尤里·迪亚奇辛/法新社

A woman in a shop during a partial blackout in Lviv on November 28, 2024, following Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure,
In Ukraine, a woman sits in a shop during a partial blackout in Lviv following Russian strikes on the country's energy infrastructure
在乌克兰，俄罗斯袭击该国能源基础设施后，利沃夫局部停电，一名妇女坐在一家商店里

It's been a big year for democracy, with more than half of the world’s population, in over 80 countries, choosing new leaders.
对于民主来说，今年是重要的一年，80 多个国家超过一半的世界人口选出了新领导人。

Ihsaan Haffejee/Reuters  伊萨安·哈菲吉/路透社

A drone view shows people queuing to vote during the South African elections, in Johannesburg, South Africa 29 May 2024.
In South Africa, the ANC - the party that led the struggle against white-minority rule and has been dominant for three decades - lost its parliamentary majority
在南非，非洲人国民大会——领导反对白人少数统治的斗争并一直占据主导地位三十年的政党——失去了议会多数席位

Henry Nicholls/AFP  亨利·尼科尔斯/法新社

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, soaked in rain, pauses as he delivers a speech to announce July 4 as the date of the UK's next general election, at 10 Downing Street in central London, on May 22, 2024.
Elections in the UK and the US both saw a change of leadership, with Labour ending 14 years of Conservative rule
英国和美国大选均出现领导层变动，工党结束了保守党14年的统治

Henry Nicholls/AFP  亨利·尼科尔斯/法新社

Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer walks to the podium to address the nation after his general election victory.
Britain's new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer walks to the podium to address the nation after his general election victory
英国新首相凯尔·斯塔默爵士在大选胜利后走上讲台向全国发表讲话

Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters  布伦丹·麦克德米德/路透社

Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris embraces US President Joe Biden on stage during Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024.
Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris embraces US President Joe Biden on stage in Chicago
民主党总统候选人、美国副总统卡马拉·哈里斯在芝加哥舞台上拥抱美国总统乔·拜登

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
On a stunning night for the Republican Party, Donald Trump said his election victory handed him an “unprecedented and powerful” mandate to govern
在共和党的一个令人惊叹的夜晚，唐纳德·特朗普表示，他的选举胜利赋予了他“前所未有的强大”执政权力

Protests, unrest and anger have shaken those in power and questioned social values.
抗议、骚乱和愤怒动摇了当权者，并对社会价值观提出了质疑。

Kim Hong-ji/Reuters  金洪吉/路透社

People hold candles and signs during a candlelight vigil to demand the resignation of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law which was reversed hours later, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 5, 2024.
South Korea's president is facing impeachment proceedings after a failed attempt to impose martial law
韩国总统因戒严尝试失败而面临弹劾程序

Omar Haj Kadour/AFP  奥马尔·哈吉·卡杜尔/法新社

Students drag a toppled statue of late president Hafez al-Assad on the street during a rally near the campus of the Damascus University in the Syrian capital on December 15, 2024.
Syria's long-serving president Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebel forces following 13 years of civil war
叙利亚长期执政的总统巴沙尔·阿萨德在经历了13年的内战后被叛军推翻

Miguel Medina/AFP  米格尔·梅迪纳/法新社

Gisele Pelicot outside the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 10, 2024.
In France, resilience shone through - with Gisèle Pelicot becoming an inspiration to many after waiving her anonymity during the trial of her husband and 50 other men who raped and abused her
在法国，坚韧的精神熠熠生辉——吉赛尔·佩利科 (Gisèle Pelicot) 在她的丈夫和其他 50 名强奸和虐待她的男子受审期间放弃匿名，成为许多人的灵感来源

Severe weather caused havoc around the world, including tropical storms in North Carolina and unprecedented floods in Spain.

Wildfires ravaged South Africa and Greece.

Other disasters also made the headlines.
其他灾难也成为头条新闻。

Reza Saifullah/AP  礼萨·赛弗拉/美联社

Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat, 21 March 2024.
Indonesian rescuers found 69 Rohingya people sunburnt and dehydrated floating on a rusty hull off the coast of Aceh. Around 80 others are believed to have been swept away - feared dead
印度尼西亚救援人员在亚齐海岸附近的一艘生锈的船体上发现了 69 名被晒伤和脱水的罗兴亚人。据信还有大约 80 人被冲走——恐已死亡

Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images
里泰什·舒克拉/盖蒂图片社

Relatives mourn outside of the home of three victims of same family who died in a stampede on July 03, 2024 in Sokna village in Hathras, India.
Grieving relatives gather outside the home of three family members who died in a deadly stampede. More than 121 lives were lost in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India
悲痛的亲属聚集在三名在致命踩踏事件中丧生的家庭成员的家外。印度北部一次宗教集会发生挤压事件，造成超过 121 人丧生

Science has taken humanity one step closer to the future as artificial intelligence starts to integrate into more areas of everyday life. Human skin tissue has been used to cover face moulds as robots get ever more life-like.

Social media, at times, provided some light relief.
社交媒体有时会带来一些轻松的缓解。

Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
劳伦·德西卡/盖蒂图片社

Moo Deng splashes in a bucket of water in her enclosure at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo on November 11, 2024 in Pattaya, Thailand.
Unexpectedly, a baby hippo called Moo Deng became a viral sensation. Moo Deng - a name that roughly translates to "bouncy pig" - is a female pygmy hippo who drew thousands of visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand
出乎意料的是，一只名叫 Moo Deng 的小河马引起了轰动。 Moo Deng——这个名字大致翻译为“弹跳猪”——是一只雌性侏儒河马，在泰国 Khao Kheow 开放动物园吸引了数千名游客

John G. Mabanglo/EPA

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce kisses US singer Taylor Swift following the Chiefs' victory in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 11 February 2024.
Surrounded by football fans, cameras and confetti, Taylor Swift shared an on-field kiss with boyfriend Travis Kelce after the American football star earned a second straight Super Bowl win

Elsewhere, old customs and annual events still bring people together each year.

Albert Gea/Reuters

Group members of Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls start to form a human tower in Tarragona, Spain, 6 October 2024.
A team forms a human tower called a "castell" during the biennial competition in Tarragona, Spain. The tradition of castells dates back to competitions during 18th Century Catalonian festivals

Claudia Morales/Reuters

Elena Quispe Tincuta, 26, Julia Quispe Tincuta, 35, Alicia Quispe Tincuta, 40, and Pasesa Alana Llusco, 37, the cholita climb the Huayna Potosi mountain, near El Alto, Bolivia, 28 February 2024
Aiming to reach the summit of Everest in 2025, Bolivia's cholita climbers train in the snow-capped Huayna Potosi mountain

Toyin Adedokun/AFP

Members of the Egbe Obaneye Obinrin parade to pay homage to the King, Awuja Ile of Ijebuland, during the annual Ojude Oba festival in Ijebu Ode on June 18, 2024.
Members of the Egbe Obaneye Obinrin parade to pay homage to the King, Awuja Ile of Ijebuland

Dibyangshu Sarkar/ AFP

Girls smeared with "Gulal" as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kolkata on March 25, 2024.
Girls smeared with "Gulal" as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kolkata, India

Credits

Produced and edited by Camilla Costa, Pilar Tomas, Tom Finn, Dominic Bailey and Oliver Bothwell. Development by Dan Smith and Giacomo Boscaini-Gilroy. Picture research by BBC picture desk.

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