The most shocking photos taken in 2022

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If January began with the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic, this December Argentina won the soccer World Cup.

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They called themselves the “Freedom Convoy” (“Freedom Train”) and in February they collapsed the Canadian city of Ottawa to protest against the mandatory nature of the vaccine for truckers crossing the border between the United States and Canada

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December 23, 2022 at 12:57

The BBC has chosen some of the most powerful images of the year taken by photographers from news agencies around the world.

With them we review what happened not only in Latin America, but also around the globe in 2022.

If January began with the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic, this December Argentina won the soccer World Cup.

This is the selection:

A woman from the Kirat community wearing traditional clothing dances during the Sakela festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 1.

Landslides and flooding caused by torrential rains have killed at least 15 people in southeastern Brazil. More than 28,000 people had to flee their homes in the state of Minas Gerais, where rivers burst their banks and towns were partially submerged.

Beijing became the first city to host both a summer and winter edition of the Olympic Games, and this year’s Winter Games opening ceremony was once again held at the Chinese capital’s iconic Bird’s Nest stadium. .

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face onstage at the Oscars in Hollywood, Los Angeles, after the comedian made a joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The incident overshadowed the ceremony. Smith later apologized to Rock, calling her behavior “unacceptable and inexcusable.”

An ominous time of the year: Russia invades neighboring Ukraine in late February, attacking locations across the country. In this photo we see how civilians cross the river using an improvised bridge, while fleeing the fighting in the city of Irpin, near the capital, Kyiv.

A man pushes his bike through rubble and wrecked military vehicles in Bucha, a town on the outskirts of Kyiv. In April, journalists entering the Ukrainian city, the site of fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, found the bodies of civilians abandoned in the streets.

Samburu tribal women make traditional beaded ornaments and jewelry at Sera Conservancy, Samburu County. Their crafts are sold through The Nature Conservancy, generating income for local farming families whose traditional way of life has been threatened by climate change and the decline of Kenya’s rangelands.

Protesters for abortion rights gathered at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, after the United States Supreme Court struck down the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling, which legalized abortion throughout the United States.

Several migrants are intercepted by border patrol agents in Roma, Texas, after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico. Migration to the US from Mexico continued to rise, breaking the record levels of 2021. More than 50 migrants died in June trapped in an abandoned truck on a Texas highway in the worst case of migrant smuggling deaths in the US ever. USA to date.

Rescue teams saved an elephant and her calf who had fallen into a well in Thailand. The mother had to be hoisted to a safe place.

Indigenous Aymara women play soccer during a tournament in the Aymara district of Juli in Puno, southern Peru.

The Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted on August 3 after weeks of minor earthquakes in the Meradalir Valley area of Iceland, outside the city of Grindavik.

Pagodas on Louxingdun Island were dramatically exposed as Poyang Lake’s water reached historically low levels during a severe drought in China’s Jiangxi province.

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, holding aloft the Imperial State Crown, to St George’s Chapel in Windsor. Britain’s longest-serving monarch died peacefully at Balmoral Castle on September 8, aged 96.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends a rally in Curitiba, Brazil, during the 2022 presidential election, in which Lula went head-to-head with Jair Bolsonaro. Two bitter rivals from opposite sides of the political spectrum. Lula won, with 50.9% of the vote, ousting current President Bolsonaro and marking a stunning political comeback.

Violent anti-government protests rock Haiti in September. Protesters were demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, after the end of government fuel subsidies sent gasoline and diesel prices soaring.

In October around the world, women came together to protest against the Iranian government by cutting their hair. This photo is from what happened in Istanbul. The protests began after the death in custody in Tehran of Mahsa Amini, a woman who was detained by Iran’s morality police for allegedly wearing the “improperly” positioned hijab.

In October, former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was removed from the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. The frail-looking 79-year-old was sitting next to President Xi Jinping when officials escorted him away. The Chinese government did not make any formal statement on the incident.

A mother cradles her son, who is suffering from severe malnutrition, in the intensive care unit of the Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, Somalia. After four consecutive failed rainy seasons, Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia find themselves in the midst of the region’s worst dry spell in 40 years.

US President Joe Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington DC, three weeks before the midterm elections in early November. The final results have left a divided government in the US Starting in January, the House of Representatives will be in the hands of the Republicans, while the Senate will be in charge of the Democrats.

The US space agency, NASA, launched the most powerful rocket ever built, Artemis 1, in November. The 100-meter craft lifted off on its maiden flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the start of a mission to send an unmanned capsule around the moon.

Lionel Messi finally got his hands on the World Cup, lifting the trophy for Argentina for the first time since the late Diego Maradona captained the team to victory in 1986. Argentina won the shootout 4-2 against France after one game. spectacular centered on the expected confrontation between the 35-year-old Messi and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé.

Several runners dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in a charity run to raise funds to help vulnerable families, in Madrid, Spain.

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