With the layered realities of the Soviet past looming over the war in Ukraine, editors of The New York Times pored over thousands of archival photographs to create a look back at the Soviet Union and its people. Here is their selection.

As the photography staff of the Chicago Tribune looks back on the stories of 2022, we hope the following pages of outstanding photography confirm our commitment to bring you fair and relevant images in a timely manner. Throughout the year, our photographers work in many Chicago neighborhoods and surrounding suburban communities. You see their bylines regularly and across this collection, but below are the visual editors who help shape our photography every day. — Todd Panagopoulos, Director of Content/Visuals

100 years ago, The Globe and Mail hired its first staff photographer, and nearly four dozen have followed since. Explore our curated collection of their work, more than 1,650 images, year-by-year from 1922 to 2022

James Nachtwey’s photograph from Bucha, Ukraine, is a wartime tableau cluttered with the stuff of life. Bottles and boxes sit atop of a worn floral tablecloth. A metal bowl perches precariously on a chair. The old painted door is flung open to the darkened next room. It takes a moment to notice the lifeless body of the woman who lived there, slumped beneath the table, still wrapped in a heavy coat.