The year in pictures – The Mail & Guardian

Tragedy: A man carries his son’s body after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed at least 162 people, injured hundreds and left more missing in Cianjur, Indonesia, on November 22.

Tragedy: A man carries his son’s body after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed at least 162 people, injured hundreds and left more missing in Cianjur, Indonesia, on November 22.
George Keburia says goodbye to his wife Maya and their children as they board the train to Lviv at a train station in Odessa, Ukraine, on March 5. Hundreds of women and children – along with men who had come to say goodbye to their families before returning to fight the Russian army – were at the train station trying to leave before the violence of the war reached the city. Photo: Aditya Aji/AFP and Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Ritual: Taliban members row on August 12 in one of the lakes in Afghanistan’s Band-e Amir National Park, a popular weekend destination. The collapse of the Afghan economy and the freezing of Afghan and donor funds after the Taliban took over the country in August 2021 created a humanitarian crisis. Most arts, culture and entertainment have been banned.
The Sangomas participated in the twasa ceremony of their fellow Sangomas in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape.
Indonesian Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at Parangkusumo beach on May 2 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr with a feast to mark the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. Photo: Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images, Paul Botes and Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images.
Hope: Nomkhosi Mchunu prays at the Mooi River in July, a year after looting and violence swept through KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng, leaving shops destroyed, around 350 dead, and infrastructure destroyed.
Accident: An emaciated cow stands under a pot of water that has been dry for months near the Eritrean town of Iresteno on the border with Ethiopia, on September 1. The drought in the Horn of Africa is set to worsen, with the rainy season failing for the fifth time in a row according to the United Nations weather agency, raising fears of an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.
Protest: A Chilean protester joins the action against illegal immigration. The road to Iquique, a city near Chile’s border with Bolivia, was blocked and the airport closed on January 31.
An unveiled woman stood on top of a vehicle as thousands went to Aichi’s grave in Saqez, Mahsa Amini’s hometown in Iran’s Kurdistan province, to mark 40 days since her death, defying a crackdown on women-led protests. Photo: Diego Reyes/AFP, Ryan Pierse/Getty Images and UGC/AFP/Getty Images
Culture: Jockeys practice controlling their horses in Ouagadougou on February 1. For many Burkinabe horse cultures play an important role in life, from raising animals for racing or dressage, or the Sunday horse race at the local track. A famous cowboy wins millions of West African francs from racing.
A Muslim devotee takes a picture at Ggaba’s landing site in Lake Victoria, Uganda, after performing the Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of Ramadan on May 2.
People dive into a paddling pool to cool off outside their homes on July 19 in Leeds, England. Temperatures topped 40C in parts of England as the Met Office issued its first red extreme heat warning. Record-breaking temperatures have been reached across the UK. Photo: John Wessels/AFP, Badru Katumba/AFP and Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

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