A child reacts as people attend a protest organized to celebrate the announcement of the ceasefire in Gaza,at Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Yamam Al Shaar/Reuters)

People dance as they play with colored powder during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

Kids in fancy dress eat for free at Asda Cafés in Leeds, UK on Halloween on 31st October, 2025 – a real treat for families this spooky season. (Photo by Doug Jackson/PinPep)

From house breaking in Johannesburg to hippos on the loose in Tbilisi to rioters attacking a policewoman in Burundi, Reuters photographers tell the story behind some of the most iconic pictures of the year. Here: Protesters drag a female police officer accused of shooting a protester in the Buterere neighbourhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, May 12, 2015. Goran Tomasevic: Protesters started throwing stones at a group of police, who then started to run away. The policewoman in the photo, Medikintos Inabeza, 33, got left behind and then some protesters started to push her, saying that she had shot a female protestor in the stomach with an AK47 rifle. I didn't see anything of that. There were 5 or 10 protesters pushing the policewoman at first, then others came and joined in. Up to 20 or 30 protesters were surrounding her at one point. The protesters kicked and beat her very badly; I also saw a couple of knives. I thought they were going to kill her... (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Artists wearing face shields perform during a ceremony held by the Bangkok National Museum to celebrate the return of two ancient relics, believed to have been stolen from Thailand about 60 years ago, from the United States, in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Competitors make their way up Heartbreak Hill during the 2022 City to Surf on August 14, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Naked cyclists wearing masks, ride through the streets of Mexico City during the World Naked Bike Ride day, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)

Actors Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, fashion model Gigi Hadid and Hugh Jackman attend the premiere of “Deadpool and Wolverine” in New York City, New York, U.S., July 22, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)