The Year in Pictures 2019

Sifting through images of conflict, triumph and catastrophe from around the world, our editors chose photos to represent the year.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/year-in-pictures.html

5.6 million. That’s roughly the number of images photo editors of The New York Times sift through each year to find the perfect photographs to represent the news for our readers. This collection of images is a testament to a mere fraction of the conflicts and triumphs, catastrophes and achievements and simple but poignant moments of everyday life in the past 365 days.