TIME’s Best Photos of 2023

By | December 22, 2023

Birds wade through polluted air in Delhi, with air quality in the “very unhealthy” category.How India Became the Most Important Country in the Climate Challenge“ January 30/February 6 issue. Credit – Sarker Protick for TIME

A. The girl who cannot have an abortion and becomes a mother before starting the 7th grade; After wildfires on Maui, all that remains of a home is a pile of twisted metal and ash; Bad Bunny, one of the year’s most intriguing artists, steps out in a pink mohair coat with a bow: These photos, all featured in TIME in 2023, create a map of where we’ve been and what we’ve seen; We are together with a bigger world. We may sometimes feel like we live and work in isolation, but this is never true: there are always those facing challenges as tough as ours, or even tougher, and there are joys to be had. These are just a few of the gifts great photos can bring us; The distance between us and others disappears.

When we see birds flying over Delhi, a city shrouded in smog that puts both animal and human health at risk, we are reminded of how our world is changing around us. A 14-year-old Georgia teenager named Malayah stares determinedly at the camera; This is a reminder that taking care of young people’s mental health will make adults happier and more harmonious tomorrow, and that one day the world will be in their hands. And a group of citizens are lighting candles for Tire Nichols, who was beaten and killed by Memphis police in January, at the skate park he frequented as a youth in Sacramento, California. We need to remember our dead, especially those whose deaths fill us. angrily – but it’s also important to remember the things that bring joy to their lives, because time flies even for those whose lives haven’t been cut short before their time.

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From left, top row: Mark Mahaney for TIME; Carlota Guerrero for TIME; Elliot and Erick Jiménez for TIME; Josefina Santos for TIME; Greg Kahn for TIME; Paola Kudacki for TIME; Inez and Vinoodh for TIME; Supranav Dash for TIME; Joshua Kissi for TIME; Mark Peckmezian for TIME; Umar Nadeem for TIME; Michal Chelbin for TIME

Taste matters, which is why we delight in the faces of those who bring art to our entertainment, from the slim, brooding beauty of Cate Blanchett to the sly wit of Martin Scorsese, whose films make us think and sometimes laugh. More than 50 years. And photographs allow us to see our country’s leaders as real people. We see Anna Paulina Luna, the Republican congresswoman from Florida whom Trump supports, wearing an AR-15 lapel pin and feeding chickens in her yard after a day’s work to show her staunch support for Second Amendment rights. And Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania sits at an outside table in a suit, tie and high-top sneakers; The iPad he used as an auditory aid while recovering from a near-fatal stroke is clearly visible. Each of us at some point faces a major challenge that we must overcome. Pictures like this remind us that we are never truly alone. They can show us faces that are already familiar or new faces whose stories need to be told. In both cases, they are the story of our lives too. —STEPHANIE ZACHAREK

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Mory Sacko. “TIME100 Next” September 25 issue.Tarek Mawad for TIME
<strong>Jalen It hurts.</strong> “<a href=TIME100 Next,” September 25 issue.Krista Schlueter for TIME” data-src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/0Yx93fmbIssuai1BmN_rWw–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDA-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/time_72/71b5fdd85cca165791a492e0f4 846506″/>
Jalen hurts. “TIME100 Next” September 25 issue.Krista Schlueter for TIME