BEST IN SHOW (photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Hadas Kalderon cries in the burned-out remains of her mother's home, following a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip on Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel, Oct. 30, 2023. Three members of her family, two children Erez and Sahar, and their father, Ofir have been kidnapped, and her mother and niece were killed.
BEST IN SHOW - STUDENT (photo by Celine Apollon) Tata Inès flips through her phone optimizing the time before power is cut to charge her phone and call potential clients as she simultaneously cares for her son, Mikael, or "Yaya Mika." As a single mother in Congo Brazzaville, everyday Tata Ines is challenged with balancing her unpaid care work for her autistic son and making ends meet through her side businesses. Despite it all, she still looks forward to always having Yaya Mika by her side.
(photo by Erin Schaff For The New York Times) Rania Mohamed, a migrant from Sudan who just crossed through a hole in the border wall into the US, lays on a pallet by a makeshift fire with her 2-year-old daughter and companions as they wait for Border Patrol. Rania is 9 months pregnant and in too much pain to walk any further outside of Arivaca, Ariz., Jan. 13, 2024.
(photo by Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press) White House director of speech writing Vinay Reddy, left, works outside El Portal restaurant, while Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, talks on the phone, as President Joe Biden attends a campaign event inside on March 19, 2024, in Phoenix, AZ.
(photo by Ana Elisa Sotelo van Oordt) One hundred women lay side by side on the shores of Sunnyside Beach, in Steilacoom, WA before entering the Salish Sea. Women were convened at sea as part of Ana Elisa Sotelo's Women of the Water documentary project.
(photo by Tierney L. Cross) Kids draw shapes in the condensation at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2024.
(photo by Amy Toensing) The city of Utica, New York, known as “the town that loves refugees,” has a vibrant refugee community with an estimated 42 different languages spoken in the public schools. Much of the recent economic growth in Utica can be attributed to the refugee and foreign-born populations. This young woman who’s family fled conflict in Somalia is modeling clothing made by Majuma Designs, a local, Somali-Bantu fashion designer on April 15, 2024.
(photo by Valerie Plesch For The New York Times) Hunter Biden leaves a House Oversight Committee meeting on Capitol Hill on Jan. 10, 2024, after making a surprise appearance which left committee members in a frenzy. The meeting was in the process of recommending that the House of Representatives find Biden in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the House Oversight Committee.
(photo by Arwen Clemans/The GW Hatchet) Students participating in a pro-Palestine encampment at George Washington University link arms outside of University Yard on the night of April 28, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
(photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for Religion News Service) A man adjusts his collar as he holds up an effigy of Jesus during a Good Friday procession organized by Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington, D.C. on Friday, March 29, 2024.
(photo by Anna Rose Layden) American and Filipino members of the Dumaluan family walk through Roman Catholic Cemetery in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines on May 2, 2024, visiting the tombs of deceased family members.
(photo by Jocelyn Augustino) Former US President Donald J. Trump hugs a flag as he enters the stage to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxen Hill, Md., Feb. 24, 2024.
(photo by Leah Millis/Reuters) A woman holding a baby yells with anger in the audience as former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association (NRA) Presidential Forum at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 9, 2024.
(photo by Allison Robbert/The Hill) A group of demonstrators raise their hands in protest behind Arielle Ericsson-White as her mother, Dr. Aprille J. Ericsson, testifies before the Senate Armed Services committee on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
(photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley meets Texas voters the day before Super Tuesday during a rally at Tannahills in Fort Worth, Texas, March 4, 2024.
(photo by Olga Jaramillo) Nine-year-old Alison P.J. takes a Spanish dictation from her mother, Claudia J., 24, at their Adelphi, MD, home on October 13, 2023. Claudia J. communicates with Alison in Spanish and does not want her to lose their native language.
(photo by Astrid Riecken) A candle light vigil for 16-year old Nex Benedict is held at the "As You Are Bar", a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community, in Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2024. Nex died on Feb. 7 after a fight with other students in the bathroom of Owasso High School, in Tulsa, Okla. Nex used the pronouns they and them and didn’t identify themselves as male or female. They were often bullied by other students.
(photo by Allison Robbert/The Hill) A group of demonstrators raise their hands in protest behind Arielle Ericsson-White as her mother, Dr. Aprille J. Ericsson, testifies before the Senate Armed Services committee on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
(photo by Rosa Pineda) A boy stands with a stray island dog on the island of Carriacou, Grenada, in the West Indies. The pair are on a beach where two separate parties are taking place. The boy darts among the adults in both gatherings, feeling safe and cared for among the strangers; he befriends the dog and the two become inseparable.
(photo by Carol Guzy/Zuma Press) Kavon Lewis is recovering from gunshot wounds and a collapsed lung as he tends to bandages at a repast for his cousin, Kylis Fagbemi at Good Vibes space in Gwynn Oak, Md., July 21, 2023. Kylis was a 20-year-old victim of the mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore that killed 2 and injured 28.
(photo by Katina Zentz/The Frederick News-Post) Bob Locicero, an assistant coach for Oakdale High School football, left, congratulates Oakdale’s Will Hodges after Oakdale High School defeated Linganore High School in the MPSSAA Class 3A State football championship at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., Dec. 2, 2023.
(photo by Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times) Former President Donald Trump faces trial for civil fraud on October 24, 2023, in Manhattan, NY. Trump went on to lose the case and owe hundreds of millions of dollars.
(photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI) First Lady Jill Biden looks on as a U.S. Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Breonna Moffett during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, De., Feb., 2, 2024. Moffett was one of three American soldiers killed in Jordan during a January 28 drone strike attributed to Iranian-backed militant groups.