The best photographs of 2022 – and the stories behind them

Protesters at a Roe vs. Wade protest, New York, United States

Lynsey Addario

June 25 I was having dinner with old friends at a restaurant in Manhattan when we learned that Roe v Wade had been overturned - the precedent that gave women the right to control their own bodies through abortion. As an American I couldn't believe what was happening in my country. J I struggled to find the words to explain how I felt, when through the window, I could see a crowd of demonstrators on Park Avenue. I only had a small compact camera and my phone with me. But I had to go; I couldn't resist photographing this moment in history.

I'm so happy to have seen so many defiant and angry people. It's rare to see people in the United States show up on this scale. Once the numbers subsided, we returned to our meal. The sting of the news hadn't gone away, but knowing that thousands and thousands of people were ready to voice their displeasure gave me hope that at least we wouldn't take this in silence.

A guard treating an immigrant at the southern border, Arizona, United States

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