Woman cuts off ponytail
Woman cuts off ponytail

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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Child with crown in front of flowers
Child with crown in front of flowers

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.

Phil Noble/Reuters
Man carries children amid debris
Man carries children amid debris

A man carries his children through debris after Hurricane Ian tore through Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Sept. 27.

Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
Person rescued on rope line
Person rescued on rope line

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.

China Daily via Reuters
Man screams with arms raised
Man screams with arms raised

A man demands the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during a strike in Port-au-Prince on Sept. 28.

Richard Pierrin/AFP via Getty Images
Woman cuts off ponytail
Woman cuts off ponytail

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.

Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images
Performer kicks in the air
Performer kicks in the air

North Korean performers mark the 74th anniversary of the nation’s founding in Pyongyang on Sept. 9.

Kim Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images
Soldiers hang from a rope
Soldiers hang from a rope

Colombian soldiers hang on a rope from a helicopter during an exercise at the military base in Tolemaida, Colombia, on Sept. 14.

Daniel Munoz/AFP via Getty Images
Bird cages hang on poles
Bird cages hang on poles

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.

Madaree Tohlala/AFP via Getty Images
A sailor looks out a hole in a submarine
A sailor looks out a hole in a submarine

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.

Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
A woman turns around amid a crowd
A woman turns around amid a crowd

A choir celebrates the eve of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel in Addis Ababa on Sept. 26.

Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images
A man sleeps on a huge pile of coconuts
A man sleeps on a huge pile of coconuts

A man sleeps on a pile of coconuts at a wholesale market in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 13.

Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images
Two people sit on chairs amid a parched riverbed
Two people sit on chairs amid a parched riverbed

People sit on a section of a parched riverbed along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China, on Sept. 2.

STR/AFP via Getty Images
Cars and bikes wade through deep water
Cars and bikes wade through deep water

Vehicles wade through a waterlogged street following heavy monsoon rains in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sept. 6.

Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images
A man drives oxen through water
A man drives oxen through water

A competitor drives his oxen during the Bay Nui ox race in Vietnam’s An Giang province on Sept. 24.

Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images
A woman looks out a foggy window
A woman looks out a foggy window

Tatyana, 65, from the front-line city of Kupiansk, Ukraine, waits on a bus to evacuate Sept. 23.

Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
The Statue of Liberty is seen through a ferry window
The Statue of Liberty is seen through a ferry window

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.

Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images
Workers carry a large painting
Workers carry a large painting

Workers carry a painting at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral restoration site on the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 6.

Stephane De Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
The royal family lines up
The royal family lines up

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.

Tristan Fewings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Pallbearers carry Queen Elizabeth’s coffin
Pallbearers carry Queen Elizabeth’s coffin

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.

Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images
A firefighter adjusts his helmet
A firefighter adjusts his helmet

A Cal Fire firefighter adjusts his helmet as crew members monitor a backfire during the Mosquito Fire in Foresthill, California, on Sept. 13.

Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
Police carry off a protester
Police carry off a protester

Police officers detain a man protesting the partial mobilization of civilians to fight in Ukraine during a demonstration in Moscow on Sept. 21.

Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
Waves crash as a worker unrolls a safety cordon.
Waves crash as a worker unrolls a safety cordon.

A worker puts up a safety cordon after Typhoon Hinnamnor passed through Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 6.

Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
People protest in front of burning tires
People protest in front of burning tires

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.

Mohammed Salem/Reuters
A statue sits in front of a destroyed building
A statue sits in front of a destroyed building

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.

Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
A man’s hand on a steering wheel
A man’s hand on a steering wheel

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.

Kateryna Klochko/AFP via Getty Images
People climb on a building
People climb on a building

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.

Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
Jair Bolsonaro stands amid a throng of supporters
Jair Bolsonaro stands amid a throng of supporters

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a reelection rally at the city center of Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Sept. 22.

Filipe Bispo/O Liberal/AFP via Getty Images
People line up for food
People line up for food

People displaced by flooding stand in a queue to receive food at a makeshift camp in Sehwan, Pakistan, on Sept. 13.

Husnain Ali/AFP via Getty Images
Women in hijabs rally for Iranian government
Women in hijabs rally for Iranian government

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.

AFP via Getty Images
A woman carrying food aid makes her way through a crowd
A woman carrying food aid makes her way through a crowd

Amid a crowd of people, a resident carries away a bag of humanitarian aid distributed in Balakliia, Ukraine, on Sept. 13.

Gleb Garanich/Reuters
A woman looks at her flooded apartment
A woman looks at her flooded apartment

Stedi Scuderi looks over her Fort Myers, Florida, apartment following Hurricane Ian’s destructive landing Sept. 29.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A man holding a baby is rescued from floods
A man holding a baby is rescued from floods

Pakistani naval personnel rescue people from their flooded houses after heavy monsoon rains inundated Sindh province on Sept. 7.

Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
A firefighter walks past a collapsed building
A firefighter walks past a collapsed building

A firefighter walks past a collapsed building after an earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan, on Sept. 18.

Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Children play in water
Children play in water

Children play in waves at the Malecón seawall in Havana on Sept. 29 in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images
A dog shakes his fur in the rain while lined up with police officers
A dog shakes his fur in the rain while lined up with police officers

Members of the Sri Lanka Police and their dogs celebrate the 156th Sri Lanka Police Day in Colombo on Sept. 3.

Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
A boy with flowers welcomes Princess Kate
A boy with flowers welcomes Princess Kate

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.

Paul Ellis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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