From tragedy to celebration, from promising beginnings to somber farewells, these images capture a momentous 2018.
Through photographers’ lenses, we saw traumatized students led from
bloody classrooms and watched California burn. We said goodbye to the
world’s last male northern white rhino, and looked in the eyes of
political leaders under scrutiny in a divisive time.
Amid the adversity and conflict, there were moments of inspiration,
too: a royal wedding that showed a modern marriage; an Olympic athlete
flying breathtakingly high.
Photographers pointed their cameras in every direction around the
world to reveal these scenes — at times risking their own safety — and
brought us along as virtual witnesses. Here, TIME’s photo editors
present an unranked selection of the 100 best images of the year. Warning: Some of the following images are graphic in nature and might be disturbing to some viewers.
A group of Central American migrants near the
El Chaparral crossing in Tijuana climb the fence between Mexico and the
U.S. on Nov. 25, a day of turmoil at the border.Pedro Pardo—AFP/Getty Images
As the U.S. opened a new embassy in Jerusalem
on May 14, violence erupted just miles away at the Gaza border, where
Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian protesters like this injured
man, who was evacuated by horse cart. Emanuele Satolli for TIME
Jeff Flake, center, listens to fellow GOP
Senator Lindsey Graham, right, on Sept. 28, moments after Flake called
for a delay in Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation. His change
of heart proved brief; eight days later he joined a slim majority to
elevate Kavanaugh to the bench.David Butow—Redux for TIME
A resident flees his home in Thousand Oaks,
Calif., on Nov. 9 with only the clothes on his back. Wildfires erupted
in Northern and Southern California in early November, forcing an
estimated 160,000 to evacuate.Stuart W. Palley
An abandoned walker on a cul-de-sac inside a devastated mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 15.Renée C. Byer—The Sacramento Bee
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and the Duchess
of Sussex Meghan Markle hold hands during their post-wedding carriage
procession in Windsor, England, on May 19.Yui Mok—WPA Pool/Getty Images
A view from above shows the catastrophic force
of a fast-moving lava flow from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, seen here on
May 19. The eruption destroyed nearly 700 homes and displaced thousands.Bruce Omori—Paradise Helicopters/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
A Honduran child plays with a mask near train tracks in Arriaga, Chiapas, southern Mexico, on Oct. 26.Fred Ramos—El Faro
Naomi Osaka of Japan hits against Simona Halep of Romania during the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 22.David Gray—Reuters
Kim Prahinog competes in a transgender beauty
pageant in the Philippines on April 6. The country, which is heavily
Catholic, has earned a reputation for being one of the most
LGBTQ-tolerant in Southeast Asia.Hannah Reyes Morales—The New York Times/Redux
Chairman Chuck Grassley during the Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing for Christine Blasey Ford to testify about
sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M.
Kavanaugh in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27.Gabriella Demczuk—Pool/AFP/Getty Images
A U.S. Border Patrol spotlight shines into a field as agents search for undocumented immigrants near McAllen, Texas, on Feb. 22.John Moore—Getty Images
This image of 7-year-old Amal Hussain in
October drew global attention to the humanitarian crisis caused by the
Saudi-led war in Yemen, where the U.N. says 14 million could be on the
edge of starvation. On Nov. 1, Amal’s family said she had died in a
refugee camp.Tyler Hicks—The New York Times/Redux
Migrant children file through a tent city in
Tornillo, Texas, on June 18. The U.S. houses unaccompanied minors at the
detention facility, which came under scrutiny amid controversy over the
Trump Administration’s family-separation policy, which was later
reversed.Mike Blake—Reuters
In a historic summit, President Trump appeared
friendly with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, whom he had ridiculed as
“Little Rocket Man.” But since the June 12 meeting in Singapore,
progress on denuclearization talks has stalled.Kevin Lim—The Straits Times/Reuters
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump
hold hands during a ceremony as the late evangelist Billy Graham lies in
repose at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 28.Shawn Thew—Pool/Getty Images
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's
nominee for the Supreme Court, adjusts his tie while he waits to meet
with Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on July
30.Erin Schaff—The New York Times/Redux
Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria plays a backhand in
his quarter-final match against Kyle Edmund of Britain on Day 9 of the
Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 23.Scott Barbour—Getty Images
Midshipmen listen as President Trump speaks
during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy
in Annapolis on May 25.Evan Vucci—AP/Shutterstock
Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group, holds a
rally in Portland, Ore., where they were met by anti-fascist
counterprotesters, on Aug. 4.Mark Peterson—Redux
A raccoon scurries up the side of the UBS Tower in St. Paul, Minn., on June 12.Evan Frost—Minnesota Public Radio/AP
Joseph Wachira, 26, comforts Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino on the planet, moments before he passed away in March.Ami Vitale—National Geographic Creative
Patrick Robinson of the Philadelphia Eagles is
overcome after the team defeated the New England Patriots 44-31 in Super
Bowl LII in Minneapolis on Feb. 4. The Eagles, led by backup
quarterback Nick Foles, clinched the first Super Bowl title in franchise
history, setting off confetti on the field and raucous celebrations
back home.Chris Wattie—Reuters
Boys at the Nakhimov Naval School in Murmansk,
Russia, in September. Kozyrev made this image as a co-laureate of the
Carmignac Photojournalism Award.Yuri Kozyrev—NOOR for Fondation Carmignac
Flooding passes under a Jayhawk helicopter
during a U.S. Coast Guard search-and-rescue operation, after Hurricane
Florence inundated communities, in North Carolina on Sept. 18.Hilary Swift—The New York Times/Redux
Peas and Carrots walk in their hotel room at
the Willard InterContinental Hotel after an introductory news conference
held by the National Turkey Foundation in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19.Win McNamee—Getty Images
Ukraine's Oleksandr Abramenko, seen here on
Feb. 18, won gold in the freestyle men's aerials finals at the 2018
Winter Olympics. His performance in PyeongChang made him the first
Ukrainian man to ever win a gold medal in the Winter Games.Doug Mills—The New York Times/Redux
Performers take cover from the cold as they
move along Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New
York on Nov. 22.Andres Kudacki—AP/Shutterstock
An abandoned home in the village of San Miguel Los Lotes, near the Guatemalan city of Escuintla, after a June volcanic eruption.Daniele Volpe
As the Woolsey Fire burns, llamas are tied to a lifeguard stand on the beach in Malibu on Nov. 9.Wally Skalij—Los Angeles Times/Polaris
Fire retardant is dropped on a burning hillside in Malibu on Nov. 11.Jae C. Hong—AP/Shutterstock
Lacey Carillo Quintera, 15, celebrates her
quinceañera by taking pictures with her family at the La Lomita overlook
in Culiacán, Sinaloa, in February.Kirsten Luce for TIME
Stormy Daniels enters federal court in Manhattan on April 16.Lucas Jackson—Reuters
Vice President Mike Pence catches himself when
coming up stairs to the stage during a rally hosted by the American
Conservative Union in Kansas City, Mo., in November.Charlie Riedel—AP/Shutterstock
Christine Blasey Ford swears in at a Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing for her to testify about sexual assault
allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on
Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27.Erin Schaff—The New York Times/Pool/Reuters
A volunteer member of the advance team for
President Trump blocks a camera as a photojournalist attempts to take a
photo of a protester during a campaign rally in Evansville, Ind., on
Aug. 30.Evan Vucci—AP/Shutterstock
People are brought out of Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School after a shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14.
Seventeen people were slain. Survivors of the massacre ignited a
nationwide movement against gun violence.Joe Raedle—Getty Images
Demonstrators fill Pennsylvania Avenue in preparation for the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, D.C., on March 24.Gabriella Demczuk for TIME
Stevante Clark, brother of Stephon Clark,
addresses fellow protesters in response to the police shooting of his
brother, in Sacramento on March 28. Stephon was fatally shot 10 days
earlier.Josh Edelson—AFP/Getty Images
A woman hands a Black Lives Matter sign back to
a young boy, who was readjusting his position in a tree, at Lafayette
Square in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 12.Daniel Arnold for TIME
Capital Gazette reporters Pat Furgurson,
center, and Chase Cook hug at a makeshift office in a parking garage of a
mall in Annapolis, Md., during coverage of the fatal shooting in their
newsroom on June 28. Five colleagues were killed.Thalia Juarez—Capital Gazette via AP
Survivors of a landslide make their way to
safety in the mining town of Itogon, in the northern Philippines, on
Sept. 17, two days after the supertyphoon Mangkhut triggered the
disaster.Jes Aznar—The New York Times/Redux
A shepherd in Iran's Khuzestan Province moves his flock inside a shelter during a dust storm.Newsha Tavakolian—Magnum Photos for National Geographic with support from the Pulitzer Center
Jason Coffman, center right, father of Thousand
Oaks shooting victim Cody Coffman, is comforted by Anthony Ganczewski
at a funeral service for his son in Camarillo, Calif., on Nov. 14. Cody
was among a dozen killed in a shooting at a country music bar.Jae C. Hong—AP/Shutterstock
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee
Sanders and National Security Adviser John Bolton watch President Trump
announce military strikes on Syria during a statement at the White House
on April 13. Yuri Gripas—Reuters
A Border Patrol helicopter flies over as a
group of men who crossed the U.S. border illegally and tried to run from
agents are detained in Mission, Texas, on Aug. 15.Carolyn Van Houten—The Washington Post/Getty Images
Workers take down the LeBron James banner from the Sherwin Williams building in Cleveland on July 3.Angelo Merendino—Getty Images
Mitch Haniger of the Seattle Mariners watches a
home run by Chad Pinder of the Oakland Athletics in the second inning
of a game at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 26.Abbie Parr—Getty Images
Center lane lines are partially visible along
the lava-covered road in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa,
Hawaii, on May 11.Jae C. Hong—AP/Shutterstock
A statue is wrapped in caution tape in Pioneer
Plaza by the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, during the NRA
convention, in Dallas on May 4.Gabriella Demczuk for TIME
A steeple lies next to the Elah Baptist Church
after being blown off by the strong winds of Hurricane Florence in
Leland, N.C., on Sept. 16.Mark Wilson—Getty Images
Members of New York's Chief Medical Examiner
office transport the body of designer Kate Spade from her apartment
building, after she reportedly committed suicide, in New York on June 5.Justin Lane—EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Abdul Rashid is pushed by his father, Hamisha
Gul, on a gurney before a surgery. In April, the boy was among seven
children from an extended family in eastern Afghanistan who each lost
part of one leg—two lost most of both—after an explosion near home.Andrew Quilty for TIME
The skin of a polar bear is being dried to be
prepared for clothing in Point Hope, Alaska, in May. Van Lohuizen made
this image as a co-laureate of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award.Kadir van Lohuizen—NOOR for Fondation Carmignac
A decorated fence next to a suspected minefield
inside the DMZ on March 21. A nearby sign warns not to enter, or a
person could “get killed instantly.”Moises Saman—Magnum Photos for TIME
The wreckage of a fatal crash outside of
Tisdale, Sask., on April, 7. A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey
team crashed en route to Nipawin for a game, killing more than a dozen
and sending over a dozen more to the hospital.Jonathan Hayward—The Canadian Press/AP
Young participants of a summer camp organized
by a nationalist party sit inside a tent with their rifles as they
receive instructions during a tactical exercise in a village near
Ternopil, Ukraine, on July 28.Felipe Dana—AP/Shutterstock
Members of the Sanctuary Church and the Rod of
Iron Ministries hold their rifles while listening to a sermon during a
blessing ceremony in Newfoundland, Pa., on Feb. 28.Bryan Anselm—Redux
Fans celebrate France's World Cup victory over Croatia at Le Rosalie in Paris on July 15.Laurence Geai—Sipa/AP
Members of the Law Enforcement Explorers
program, a New York Police Department program for high school students,
light candles at the makeshift memorial space for Lesandro Guzman-Feliz
in the Bronx on June 27. Hundreds attended the funeral of the
15-year-old, known as Junior, whose fatal stabbing was caught on video
and stunned the city.Demetrius Freeman—The New York Times/Redux
First Lady Melania Trump watches as President
Trump cheers with guests during an Independence Day picnic for military
families on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4.Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images
As President Trump arrived to pay his respects
to the victims of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, hundreds took to
the streets on Oct. 30 to voice their concerns about Trump's policies
and to stand up against hate.Esther Wayne—SOPA Images/ZUMA Wire
“I want to do what the President wants me to
do,” says Attorney General Jeff Sessions, seen boarding a government
plane to Washington in March. “I do feel like we’re advancing the agenda
that he believes in. And what’s good for me is it’s what I believe in
too.” Sessions was forced out in November.Philip Montgomery for TIME
Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman speaks at the
sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics team
doctor who pleaded guilty in 2017 to sexual assault charges, in Lansing,
Mich., on Jan. 19.Brendan McDermid—Reuters
A demonstration by members of pro-Palestinian
and other civil society groups outside the U.S. Consulate General in
Johannesburg on May 15, one day after dozens of Palestinians were killed
along the Israel-Gaza border on the same day the U.S. formally moved
its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.Gulshan Khan—AFP/Getty Images
White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner speaks during the dedication ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14.Ronen Zvulun—Reuters
A giant bust of Abraham Lincoln at a storage yard of presidential heads, sculpted by David Adickes, in Houston on Jan. 7, 2018.Mark Power—Magnum Photos
Shepards Smith at Fox News building during a
day of work at his TV program Shepards Smith Reporting in New York,
Thursday, March 1, 2018.Andres Kudacki for TIME
Deputy sheriff Dorothy Onikute responds to an
overdose call on Feb. 4 in Alcalde, N.M. This photo appeared in "The
Opioid Diaries," TIME's March 5 special report on the national
emergency, which killed nearly 49,000 people in the U.S. last year.
Photographer James Nachtwey and TIME's Paul Moakley traveled across the
country to interview opioid users, first responders and others directly
affected by the addiction epidemic. "The only way to make real sense of
it," Nachtwey wrote, "was to see what happens to individual human
beings, one by one." James Nachtwey for TIME
A man carries another man, who lost his legs during the battle of Raqqa, in April.Lorenzo Meloni—Magnum Photos
A handout photograph from the German government
shows a group of leaders at the Group of Seven summit, including German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Trump, in Canada on June 9.Jesco Denzel—EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
A handcuffed Harvey Weinstein is led out of a
police station in lower Manhattan following his arrest on May 25. The
initial reporting on the disgraced movie producer triggered a wave of
sexual abuse allegations from scores of women.Todd Heisler—The New York Times/Redux
Hope Hicks, the White House communications
director, leaves the Capitol on Feb. 27 after facing more than eight
hours of questions from a House committee about Russian election
interference. Hicks, a close confidante of President Trump’s, announced
plans to resign the next day.Leah Millis—Reuters
An unidentified man tries to hold back the
press as Saudi investigators arrive at the consulate ahead of Turkish
police, amid a growing international backlash to the disappearance of
journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul on Oct. 15. Khashoggi, a U.S.
resident and critic of the Saudi crown prince, was killed at the
consulate.Chris McGrath—Getty Images
Relatives wait for information outside a prison
where a riot left at least six police officers dead in the Mexican
state of Veracruz on April 1.Victoria Razo—AFP/Getty Images
Razor wire is used to help protect a shipping
container holding guns and sensitive material. After President Trump's
orders in October, some 7,000 active-duty troops began to flood border
communities from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, a deployment that
equals the troops fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.Meridith Kohut for TIME
An injured man is carried into a car as
soldiers disperse demonstrators in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Aug. 1 after
protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's historic elections.Zinyange Auntony—AFP/Getty Images
A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as
her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border in
McAllen, Texas, on June 12.John Moore—Getty Images
Contestants hopeful to be crowned Ms. Senior
America in Atlantic City, N.J., in October were judged in four
categories over the course of the three-day pageant: interview, talent,
evening gown, and philosophy of life.Rosa Polin for TIME
Nakosha Smith, a founder of the Caramel Curves,
an all-female African-American motorcycle club, burns out in New
Orleans on March 24.Akasha Rabut—The New York Times/Redux
Pura, 15, rides around her neighborhood in a
pink 1950s Chevy convertible as her community gathers to celebrate her
quinceañera in Havana in June.Diana Markosian—Magnum Photos
Participants attend Respect Rally Park City on the one-year anniversary of the Women's March in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 20.Angela Weiss—AFP/Getty Images
Aretha Franklin's casket during a viewing at
the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit on
Aug. 28. Franklin, 76, died from advanced pancreatic cancer on Aug. 16.Paul Sancya—Pool/AFP/Getty Images
Alina and Igor Leschina share a kiss during
their wedding ceremony this summer at a community center, located next
to a minefield, in Avdeevka, Ukraine.Anastasia Taylor-Lind for eyeWitness
A neighborhood in Paradise lies in ruins on Nov. 15. The Camp Fire tore through houses, apartment buildings and stores.Josh Edelson—AFP/Getty Images
An injured man rests in a bed at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on May 14.Emanuele Satolli for TIME
A piece of an American flag lays scorched on
the ground at a mobile home park following the Camp Fire in Paradise,
Calif., on Nov. 14.Gabrielle Lurie—San Francisco Chronicle/Polaris
A Honduran man and his two daughters take the road toward Tijuana, from Mexicali, on Nov. 20.Jerome Sessini—Magnum Photos for TIME
Capetonians collect water from the Kalk Bay spring on Feb. 1; at some springs, waits would drag on for hours.Mikhael Subotzky and Johnny Miller for TIME
Sen. John McCain's coffin arrives at Joint Base
Andrews in Maryland on Aug. 30. McCain died five days earlier. "At his
death," his office said in a statement, "he had served the United States
of America faithfully for sixty years."Tom Brenner—The New York Times/Redux
Earthquake damage on Vine Road, near Wasilla, Alaska, on Nov. 30.Marc Lester—Anchorage Daily News/AP
A bomb blast left scores dead and injured in
central Kabul on Jan. 27. According to the United Nations, more than
8,050 noncombatants have been killed or injured so far this year in
Afghanistan.Andrew Quilty
Civilians in a truck flee Afrin, a
predominantly Kurdish city in northern Syria, on March 18, the day it
fell to militias backed by Turkey. The city was both the latest front in
Syria's eight-year war and a showcase for the tortured politics that
are driving the conflict.Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images
A damaged building is seen after an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Feb. 8.Billy H.C. Kwok—Getty Images
Three children receive treatment after a gas attack in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, on Feb. 25.Mohammed Badra—EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Brennan Caton, center, Misty Lawson and
Courtney Caton, right, listen to the Coast Guard radio inside their home
for updates on the tsunami warnings that shook Tofino, British
Columbia, after an Alaskan earthquake on Jan. 23.Melissa Renwick—The Canadian Press/AP
First Lady Melania Trump, President Trump,
French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron prepare to have
their picture taken during a visit to Mount Vernon, Va., on April 23.Jonathan Ernst—Reuters
As a caravan of Central American migrants made
their way across Mexico in April by bus, foot and freight train,
President Trump vowed they would be turned away at the U.S. border. And
when about 150 reached the San Ysidro port of entry, the nation's
busiest, on April 29, they were told it was at capacity. The
migrants—several of whom are seen here walking to a shelter in Tijuana
five days earlier—said they feared for their lives in their home
countries, some of which have among the highest murder rates on the
globe. On April 30, a handful were allowed into the San Ysidro port to
begin the asylum application process.Meghan Dhaliwal—The New York Times/Redux
Bill Cosby departs after the first day of his
retrial for his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse
in Norristown, Pa., on April 9.Dominick Reuter—AFP/Getty Images
Gene Tabachnick, a friend of the slain brothers
David and Cecil Rosenthal, stands near their graves during a burial
ceremony in Pittsburgh on Oct. 30.Salwan Georges—The Washington Post/Getty Images
Correction, Dec. 7: The original credit for Thalia Juarez’s picture, as distributed by
the Associated Press, was incorrectly stated as the Baltimore Sun/AP. It
is the Capital Gazette, which is part of the Baltimore Sun Media Group.
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