
The Month in World Photos
The death of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, a women-led revolution in Iran, and a daring landslide rescue in China. This was September 2022.
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A child wearing a cardboard crown looks at floral tributes in Green Park near Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 13 following the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II five days earlier.
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A man carries his children through debris after Hurricane Ian tore through Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Sept. 27.
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Rescue workers evacuate a resident at the site of a landslide near Moxi town in Sichuan province, China, on Sept. 6 following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake.
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A man demands the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during a strike in Port-au-Prince on Sept. 28.
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Nasibe Samsaei, an Iranian woman living in Turkey, cuts off her ponytail during a protest outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul on Sept. 21 following the death of an Iranian woman who had been detained in Tehran for wearing a hijab improperly. Similar protests took place across Iran.
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North Korean performers mark the 74th anniversary of the nation’s founding in Pyongyang on Sept. 9.
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Colombian soldiers hang on a rope from a helicopter during an exercise at the military base in Tolemaida, Colombia, on Sept. 14.
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Birds sit in cages during a bird singing competition in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat on Sept. 21. Approximately 1,500 birds from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore were entered in the annual contest.
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Russian sailors of the Marshal Shaposhnikov anti-submarine destroyer take part in Vostok-2022 military exercises in the Sea of Japan’s Peter the Great Gulf outside the city of Vladivostok on Sept. 5.
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A choir celebrates the eve of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel in Addis Ababa on Sept. 26.
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A man sleeps on a pile of coconuts at a wholesale market in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 13.
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People sit on a section of a parched riverbed along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China, on Sept. 2.
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Vehicles wade through a waterlogged street following heavy monsoon rains in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sept. 6.
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A competitor drives his oxen during the Bay Nui ox race in Vietnam’s An Giang province on Sept. 24.
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Tatyana, 65, from the front-line city of Kupiansk, Ukraine, waits on a bus to evacuate Sept. 23.
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People riding the ferry to Ellis Island for a naturalization ceremony on Citizenship Day pass the Statue of Liberty in New York on Sept. 17.
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Workers carry a painting at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral restoration site on the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 6.
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Britain’s King Charles III (center), Princess Anne, Prince William, and Prince Harry follow the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Sept. 19.
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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II with the Imperial State Crown resting on top into St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, England, on Sept. 19.
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A Cal Fire firefighter adjusts his helmet as crew members monitor a backfire during the Mosquito Fire in Foresthill, California, on Sept. 13.
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Police officers detain a man protesting the partial mobilization of civilians to fight in Ukraine during a demonstration in Moscow on Sept. 21.
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A worker puts up a safety cordon after Typhoon Hinnamnor passed through Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 6.
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Palestinian people burn tires during a protest outside the headquarters of the United Nations Works and Relief Agency in Gaza City on Sept. 19. Protesters were demanding that the agency rebuild their houses, which were destroyed during the Israel-Gaza fighting in 2014.
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A statue of Ukrainian poet, writer, and artist Taras Shevchenko is seen in front of the destroyed Palace of Culture in the retaken city of Derhachi, Ukraine, on Sept. 20.
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A man is among dozens killed in a Russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian cars leaving Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Sept. 30. Later that day, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared four Ukrainian provinces, including Zaporizhzhia, to be officially part of Russia.
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Ahead of the inauguration of incoming Kenyan President William Ruto, security forces attempt to stop a stampede at the entrance of the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani in Nairobi on Sept. 13.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a reelection rally at the city center of Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Sept. 22.
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People displaced by flooding stand in a queue to receive food at a makeshift camp in Sehwan, Pakistan, on Sept. 13.
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Iranians wave the national flag as they march in a pro-hijab rally called for by Iran’s Islamic Development Coordination Council in Tehran on Sept. 23. Iran staged counterprotests to the violent anti-government demonstrations that have followed the death of a woman taken into custody by the morality police.
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Amid a crowd of people, a resident carries away a bag of humanitarian aid distributed in Balakliia, Ukraine, on Sept. 13.
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Stedi Scuderi looks over her Fort Myers, Florida, apartment following Hurricane Ian’s destructive landing Sept. 29.
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Pakistani naval personnel rescue people from their flooded houses after heavy monsoon rains inundated Sindh province on Sept. 7.
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A firefighter walks past a collapsed building after an earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan, on Sept. 18.
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Children play in waves at the Malecón seawall in Havana on Sept. 29 in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
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Members of the Sri Lanka Police and their dogs celebrate the 156th Sri Lanka Police Day in Colombo on Sept. 3.
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Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, mirrors the reaction of 4-year-old Theo Crompton, who presented her with a posy of flowers during a visit to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Anglesey, northwest Wales, on Sept. 27.
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The death of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, a women-led revolution in Iran, and a daring landslide rescue in China. This was September 2022.