Fireworks explode next to the Arc de Triomphe with "2023" projected on the building, at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees during New Year celebrations in Paris. Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Blaine Gabbert of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up prior to their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Grant Halverson/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd gathered in St Mark's Square while crossing the square on an electric car in 2011 in Venice, Italy. Marco Secchi/Getty Images hide caption
Sebastian Fernandez rests as artist César "Yeyo" Molina tattoos his leg with an image of soccer player Lionel Messi kissing the World Cup trophy, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Victor R. Caivano/AP hide caption
A person holds a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Tempe, Ariz., Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. The jackpot for the Tuesday drawing is $785 million. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
People gather at the bottom of a hotel, which has been partially destroyed by a Russian strike in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sgt. Mykhailo (Misha) Varvarych, 28, and his fiance, Iryna (Ira) Botvynska, 19, take part in a therapeutic swimming activity at Moldova pool in Truskavets, Ukraine. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
He lost his legs fighting for Ukraine. But this story is about love through adversity
An asylum-seeking migrant woman from Peru in a wheelchair is escorted through the border wall to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 21. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
Takakudjyti Kayapó, better known as Takakre, holds up a matrinxã fish. A community fishing monitor, he will measure and weigh the fish before recording its details in a spreadsheet to be sent to other members of the team studying how the mercury used in illegal mining is affecting fish populations in the Pixaxá River. Alany Gonçalves hide caption
Jackson, Mississippi's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility's sedimentation basins in Ridgeland, Miss., shown in September. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
A boy works in a coal mine north of Kabul. Afghanistan's state-run coal industry is going strong in an otherwise shattered economy. Many underage workers are the ones who are extracting the coal. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Police officers detain demonstrators in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 21, following calls to protest against the partial mobilization announced by President Vladimir Putin. Putin called on Russian military reservists, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was "no bluff," and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Abortion rights activist Sierra Frey cries while protesting in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, after the court overturned a federal right to an abortion. The landmark decision was one of the top political stories of 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Benedict XVI greets a crowd in Venice's St. Mark's Square in 2011. Marco Secchi/Getty Images hide caption
Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson performs at the Western Folklife Center during the 28th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, on Feb. 2, 2012, in Elko, Nevada. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption