Billions of photos are snapped around the world each year. And although I’ve got nothing against a selfie, some photos are better than others. And the best ones communicate a lot via a single snap, they are nuanced, and they are always visually striking.
Which is why I enjoyed looking through the BBC’s 12 most striking images of 2024. Someone has gone through the effort of synthesising the world’s photos from 2024 down into a simple set. There is a mix of impressive, haunting, historic, and tragic in there. But all of them a reflection and representation on the year gone by.
Have a scroll and enjoy!