A sunset in the Caribbean, blackouts in Ukrainian cities, swimming with sharks in Israel, a deadly earthquake in Indonesia, a Thanksgiving turkey at the White House, a coronavirus surge in Guangzhou, a memorial for the victims of a shooting in Colorado Springs, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, and much more
A competitor from the Netherlands takes part in the B-boy Red Bull BC One World Final at Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, November 12, 2022, in Manhattan, New York. Break dancing will make its debut as an Olympic sport in 2024 at the Paris Olympics. #
A member of the opera’s choir performs during a dress rehearsal for the opera Fidelio by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven at the German Opera Berlin on November 22, 2022, in Berlin. #
People watch from their balconies as the Grogu balloon floats across Central Park South during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, on November 24, 2022. #
Brazilian President-Elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) holds a child onstage at the end of his speech to members of organizations in the Brazilian community that supported him in the election, at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, on November 19, 2022, in Portugal. #
Wearing a Foo Fighters mask, Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart heads back to his net after giving up a goal to the Boston Bruins during the third period at TD Garden in Boston, on November 17, 2022. #
Fans of Team Japan gather outside Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, before the 2022 World Cup match between Germany and Japan on November 23, 2022. #
A fan takes pictures before a World Cup match in Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, on November 20, 2022. #
A worker installs a large picture of Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo on a building in Doha on November 20, 2022, during the opening day of the 2022 World Cup. #
Carolers perform during the 96th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 24, 2022. #
People visit artistic light installations along an illuminated trail during the Incanto di Luci (Enchantment of Lights) exhibition at the Botanical Garden of Rome, on November 24, 2022. #
Sun rays stream through clouds over the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 21, 2022. #
A sheep cleans her newborn lamb minutes after it was born near Ruchama, in southern Israel’s Negev Desert, on November 22, 2022. #
A turkey named Chip walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2022, following a Thanksgiving turkey-pardoning ceremony by President Joe Biden. #
A historical performer playing the role of Goodwife Billington walks through a replica 17th-century English colony at the Plimoth Patuxet Museums ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on November 21, 2022. #
A person with a fishing net walks in a shallow section of the Ganges River in Prayagraj, India, on November 18, 2022. #
From left: Tyler Johnston; his fiancé, Keenan Mestas-Holmes; and Altas Pretzeus embrace while paying their respects at a memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 20, 2022. #
A woman cries at a cross erected for one of the victims of last Saturday’s fatal shooting at Club Q during a candlelight vigil on a corner nearby, on November 21, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. #
Disabled dancers perform in the contemporary production Ubuntu, at the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, on November 18, 2022. The annual winter show promotes itself as an inclusive dance performance that focuses on dancers’ abilities to express themselves, instead of their physical challenges. #
An aerial display takes place ahead of the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on November 20, 2022. #
An aerial view of Lake Powell with dramatically declined water levels, along the Colorado River near Page, Arizona, on November 19, 2022 #
Water buffaloes seek out water in the marshes of Chibayish, following a summer of severe water shortages in Dhi Qar, Iraq, on November 19, 2022. #
A couple swims next to a sandbar shark in the Mediterranean Sea near the northern Israeli coastal city of Hadera, on November 22, 2022. Dozens of sandbar and dusky sharks gathered off the coast of northern Israel, where the waters of the Mediterranean are warmer, because of the impact of the Orot Rabin Power Plant. #
Refugees and migrants stand aboard a boat at the town of Paleochora, Crete, on November 22, 2022, following a rescue operation. #
In Guangzhou, China, medical staff with protective clothing walk inside a quarantine barrier on November 18, 2022. According to recent reports, the COVID-19 situation in Guangzhou is at a critical stage, and the number of infected people is rising. #
Students look at houses that collapsed during Monday’s earthquake in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, on November 23, 2022. The 5.6-magnitude quake killed more than 270 people. #
Residents battle a blaze that destroyed many shacks in Masiphumelele township in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 21, 2022. #
Ukrainian soldiers fire an artillery round at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on November 20, 2022. #
A destroyed building at the Kherson International Airport, in the village of Chornobaivka, seen amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, on November 19, 2022 #
Ukrainian tanks and military vehicles travel down a road in Kherson region, Ukraine, on November 18, 2022. #
Café visitors sit in closed pavilions lit by generators on Greek Square, during a power outage in Odesa, Ukraine, on November 23, 2022. #
People visit St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral during the Sunday service on November 20, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. #
A man takes a picture of a doll representing the Child of the Miracles, dressed in the Mexican national soccer team’s uniform, at the Parroquia San Gabriel Arcangel in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 21, 2022, one day before the World Cup match between Mexico and Poland. #
Workers with the telecommunications company Orange Belgium stand in a hallway near a small robot as they mark their signing the DigitAll charter for digital inclusion in Brussels, Belgium, on November 21, 2022. #
Ocean Rebellion demonstrators protest outside the International Maritime Organization against the use of fossil fuels in the shipping industry, in London, on November 21, 2022. #
People watch the sunset on the beach in Le Carbet, on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, on November 24, 2022. #
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Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photography competition
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