With the world feeling more distant than ever, photographers were this year called on to translate their vision of the new humanity into images seen through their own eyes. Here: May. (Photo by Ami Vitale/2021 Lavazza Calendar)

A couple embraces at the railway station in Kramatorsk, on May 20, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey Shestak/AFP Photo)

American actress Joey King in the second decade of May 2024 shares a silly selfie sipping a cocktail. (Photo by joeyking/Instagram)

Celebrities Switch into their 2nd Outfits for the Met Gala After Parties on May 7, 2019. Pictured: Hailey Bieber. (Photo by DIGGZY/Splash News and Pictures)

A participant runs through foam during the Love Foam Run race in Hsinchu, Taiwan May 29, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

This May 11, 2016 photo shows the backside of a bus decorated with a provocative mural, in Acapulco, Mexico. (Photo by Enric Marti/AP Photo)

Singer Rihanna prepares for a photoshoot with photographer Annie Leibovitz in Havana, Cuba, May 28, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

US actress Alexandra Daddario attends the “Baywatch” Photo Call in Berlin on May 30, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)