A view of pagodas on Louxingdun Island, normally partially submerged in Poyang Lake, which was experiencing low water levels because of extreme drought conditions in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China, on August 24. The size of the lake normally fluctuates a great deal seasonally, but it hit lows this year not seen in decades. #

Israeli police clash with mourners as they carry the coffin of the slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, during her funeral in East Jerusalem, on May 13. Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American reporter who'd covered the Middle East conflict for more than 25 years, was shot dead two days earlier during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin. #

The Norwegian band Subwoolfer attends dress rehearsals ahead of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final at Reggia di Venaria Reale, in Turin, Italy, on May 13. The duo performed their song "Give That Wolf a Banana." #

Activists take part in the "Bans Off Our Bodies" march for abortion access in Washington, D.C., on May 14. Thousands of activists participated in a national day of action calling for safe and legal access to abortion. The nationwide demonstrations were a response to a leaked draft opinion showing that the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority was considering overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling guaranteeing abortion access. #

The Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke disrupts a press conference held by Governor Greg Abbott on May 25, the day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. #

Dozens of migrants fall in the water as they struggle to cling to the side of a capsizing boat in the waters off Tunisia early on May 25. Some 110 people were rescued by the nongovernmental organization Open Arms during a mission in the Mediterranean Sea. #

Jordan Costa, Giffords community violence initiative project manager, walks through a field of flowers representing deaths from gun violence at the Giffords Gun Violence Memorial in front of the Washington Monument on June 7 in Washington, D.C. #

Jon Greene, defense adviser to New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, carries Kodak the bear to decorate the senator's office on Capitol Hill to raise awareness about New Hampshire, while intern Roderick Emley takes calls, in Washington, D.C., on June 7. #

A ballet dancer is seen onstage during a performance of Giselle in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 10. The Lviv National Opera resumed performances in May for both ballet and opera. The theater's bomb shelter can hold only 300 people, so tickets were limited in case a siren went off during a performance. #

The body of a dead addict lies covered by a shawl in an area inhabited by drug users under a bridge in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 15. Drug addiction continues to be a problem in Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of opium and heroin. #

A structure used as park-employee housing starts to fall into the raging Yellowstone River near Gardiner, Montana, on June 13. Several days earlier, heavy rains and melting snow near Yellowstone National Park combined, causing rivers to overflow, farms and ranches to flood, and roads and bridges to wash out, as well as forcing the park to close. #

A photograph of a noose is displayed as Representative Bennie Thompson, chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, delivers opening remarks during the third hearing of the January 6 investigation in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 16. #

Firefighters operate at the site of a wildfire in Pumarejo de Tera, near Zamora, Spain, on June 18. Firefighters were battling multiple fires in Spain, one of which ravaged nearly 50,000 acres of land, on the last day of an extreme heat wave that crushed the country. #

Team Italy competes in the preliminaries of the women's team highlight artistic swimming event during the FINA World Championships at the Alfred Hajos Swimming Complex in Budapest on June 23. #

The Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu skids upside down across the track after a collision with the Mercedes driver George Russell (unseen) during the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor-racing circuit in Silverstone, England, on July 3. Zhou's car ended up stuck between barriers, and it took some time to extract him, but he was removed and later cleared by medical personnel. #

The abortion-rights supporter Sam Scarcello, covered in fake blood, sits in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on July 4. Protests took place across the country following the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade at the end of June. #

People crowd into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 11, the day after it was stormed by protesters demanding his resignation amid the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory. Rajapaksa ended up in Singapore, where he submitted his resignation by email. #

Residents take a dip in a small pool to cool off outside their home in Leeds, England, during a heat wave on July 19. Record-breaking temperatures exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in parts of England as the Met Office issued its first red extreme heat warning. #

Pope Francis receives a headdress from Indigenous people during his visit to Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, on July 25. The Pope was visiting Indigenous communities across Canada to apologize for the Church's role in the abusive residential-schools system that lasted for decades, starting in the late 1800s. #

A Perry County school bus, along with other debris, sits in a creek near Jackson, Kentucky, on July 31. Heavy rains caused flooding across much of eastern Kentucky, beginning July 27, killing at least 25 people. #

The U.S. Women's National Basketball Association player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted to a courtroom to hear the court's final decision in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia, on August 4. Griner was found guilty and sentenced to nine years in jail, as tensions soared between Moscow and Washington over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which sparked international condemnation and a litany of Western sanctions. #

Former Kenyan Vice President Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka delivers a speech during a campaign rally for the Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) in Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium, in Kisumu, on August 4, ahead of the country's general election. #

Melissa Guerrero, a U.S. citizen of Mexican origin, wearing traditional wedding makeup and clothing, is prepared for her wedding ceremony in the village of Donje Ljubinje, near Prizren, Kosovo, on August 5. #

People watch a plume of smoke rise from the Matanzas supertanker base, where a deadly fire started during a thunderstorm the night before in Matanzas, Cuba, on August 7. #

A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former U.S. President Donald Trump's Florida estate, which was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30. Investigations and legal proceedings regarding Trump's handling of classified and defense-related government documents continued throughout the year. #