Pictures of the year: America in 2022

Anti-abortion demonstrators celebrate outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, June 24. REUTERS/Evelyn...more

Former President Donald Trump, his wife Melania, Kimberly Guilfoyle, his sons Barron and Donald Jr. and his daughter Ivanka leave St. Vincent Ferrer Church during the funeral of Ivana Trump, socialite and Trump's first wife, in New York City, July...more

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, performs an abortion while a nurse assists with ultrasound during the procedure at Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022.   REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

A son and daughter embrace their father, a coronavirus patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward, before his intubation procedure at the Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, January 25.  REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Horses seek shelter as Fairview Fire burns near Hemet, California, September 5.  REUTERS/David Swanson

A woman displays her American flag-themed lips as people celebrate the 4th of July at Coney Island in New York, July 4. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is seen on a TV screen in the media room next to the courtroom as judge Elizabeth Scherer reads the jury verdict in the penalty phase of the trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort...more

A man carrying a gun walks with a family on a flooded street after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction, in North Port, Florida, September 30. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, and was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30.  U.S. Department...more

A woman cuts her hair during a protest against the Islamic regime of Iran and the death of Mahsa Amini in New York City, New York, September 27.  REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

Eminem takes a knee during the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show as Dr. Dre looks on in Inglewood, California, February 13. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage during a rally ahead of Arizona primary elections, in Prescott Valley, Arizona, July 22. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble

Employees dump ice from wheelbarrows into the pool at the Typhoon Texas Waterpark in Katy, Texas, June 26.  REUTERS/Go Nakamura

Actor Amber Heard becomes emotional while watching Raquel Pennington testify in a previously recorded video deposition during Johnny Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax,...more

Actor Johnny Depp stands for the jury to leave the courtroom during a recess amid his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool

Will Smith hits at Chris Rock as Rock spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, March 27. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

A supporter salutes during a Get Out the Vote Rally with Lee Zeldin, ahead of the midterm elections, in Chester, New York, November 5. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Agustin Sanchez poses for a portrait near Neponsit Hospital during an event called "Riis Beach Pride" at Jacob Riis Park in the Queens borough of New York City, N.Y., September 17. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, November 1. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Signs hang inside the Moose Pond Club near Minerva, New York, July 20. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket side booster lands after launch on its mission with a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force at Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 1. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Four-year-old Jackson Zoller excitedly hands family friend Elena Ozuna, 17, a doll while hunting for what he said was "treasure" in the remains of his neighbor's home which was leveled by a tornado in Arabi, St. Bernard Parish, in the outskirts of...more

Sunset is reflected in the Salton Sea as seen from Bombay Beach, California, March 15. REUTERS/David Swanson

Jodalys Vargas Aquino and their cousin Leilani Rodriguez Martinez attend their online classes while Alani Rodriguez Martinez and their sister Melani Rodriguez Martinez are on a short break during a virtual class day in Louisville, Kentucky, January...more

Lava fountains and flows illuminate the area with a glow at the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii, December 5.  REUTERS/Go Nakamura

A child reacts during a campaign rally for Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the U.S. Senate run-off election in Atlanta, Georgia, December 1.  REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer

Lake Ogleton is reflected in the window as voters cast their ballots in midterm elections at the Bay Ridge Civic Association, in Annapolis, Maryland, November 8.  REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

A woman embraces her children as she takes part in a ceremony in memory of the victims of the Robb Elementary school shooting, in which a gunman killed 19 children and two adults, in Town Square in front of the county courthouse, in Uvalde, Texas,...more

Abortion clinic escort checks on anti-abortion demonstrators through the privacy hedge at Northland Family Planning in Westland, Michigan, November 5. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, October 20. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial," smiles and waves as he leaves the courthouse after a judge overturned Syed's 2000 murder conviction and ordered a new trial during a hearing at the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse...more

A man cools off in a fountain in Washington Square Park as people take part in the Queer Liberation March in New York City, New York, June 26. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Miles K. Hubbert, a 4th grader from The Kent School in Baltimore, Maryland, asks for more information about the word he needs to spell during a preliminary round of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, May 31....more

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) scream "Build the Wall" at President Joe Biden during Biden's State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House of Representatives Chamber at the...more

Alan Orlando, 13, of Honduras, stands amid a group of youth migrants traveling without adults as they cluster for safety while being guided by a smuggler across the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Roma, Texas, June 8....more

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, are pursued by reporters after attending a moment of silence event to mark the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former...more

Local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa, Florida, September 26. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People sit along the fence outside of the White House as it is lit up orange in recognition of National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Washington, June 3. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Abortion rights protester Christa Vonderburg from Atlanta participates in nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Washington, May 14....more

People react outside the Sgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, May 24.  REUTERS/Marco Bello

Livestock is seen in a dry field while extreme weather conditions, including record-breaking heat waves, are the latest sign of climate change in the western United States, where wildfires and severe drought have emerged as a growing threat, near...more

A destroyed road is seen after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Brownville, Florida, October 4. REUTERS/Marco Bello

A person holds their hands in the shape of a heart in front of a pride flag during a march for solidarity for those affected after a mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 26. REUTERS/Isaiah J. Downing

Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, MPD officer Daniel Hodges, U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell and U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, all of whom fought rioters during the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol,...more

A tattered U.S. flag is pictured as a man walks down a road while supporters of former President Donald Trump attend a rally in Florence, Arizona, January 15.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A smuggler uses his hands to paddle on a raft full of asylum-seeking migrants from Central and South America across the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Roma, Texas, June 13.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif

An aerial view of damaged boats and buildings after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Fort Myers, Florida, September 29. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The mother of late New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer Wilbert Mora, who was killed in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call, reacts following his funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, New York, February...more

Veterans of the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy, with their family members, climb First Sergeant's Hill above the 5th Marines headquarters to mark Memorial Day at Camp Pendleton, California, May 30. REUTERS/David Swanson

People carry the coffin into the church during the funeral service for teacher Irma Garcia, one of the victims of the Robb Elementary school mass shooting, and her husband Joe Garcia who died suddenly two days later, in Uvalde, Texas, June 1....more

Faith leaders, including Rev. Stephen A. Green, are detained with students after staging a sit-in protest to urge the U.S. Senate to pass the Freedom To Vote: John R. Lewis Act, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, January 18....more

Justise McGowan, 13, pulls a baking sheet of cookies from the oven, a tradition she shared with her father, who died from the coronavirus in May 2020, at home in Matteson, Illinois, March 15.  REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

A flooded street is seen downtown as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwestern Florida, in Fort Myers, Florida, September 28. REUTERS/Marco Bello

A girl pays respects at the memorial at Robb Elementary school, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults, in Uvalde, Texas, May 28. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke disrupts a press conference held by Governor Greg Abbott the day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25.  REUTERS/Veronica G....more

Maria Hernandez, 54, and her daughters Nicole, 7, and Michelle, 12, travel on a bus on the way to Nicole’s school in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7. Hernandez's was reunited with her two daughters with whom she was separated under a...more

A woman claps in her car as abortion rights activists march to the home of United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Virginia, June 27. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

A migrant is pat-down before boarding a removal flight to Guatemala after she was determined not to have a legal basis to stay in the U.S., at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, May 17.  REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas

An abortion rights protester wears earrings made of birth control packets as protesters gather outside of the federal courthouse in downtown Houston, Texas, after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization...more

Catholic groups hold a religious service outside of Northland Family Planning to demonstrate against the ballot measure known as Proposal 3, which would codify the right to abortion, in Westland, Michigan, November 5. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Serena Williams is seen on a video monitor tribute after winning her second-round match against Estonia's Anett Kontaveit during the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, August 31. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

An aircraft drops retardant on the Fairview Fire burning near Hemet, California, September 6.  REUTERS/David Swanson

A boy tries out a 12 gauge Smith and Wesson shotgun as people attend the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, May 28. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Zack Dahhan, who identified Frank James, the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting, as the shooter, gestures outside a police precinct in New York City, New York, April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Asylum-seeking migrants climb a hill as they navigate a migrant trail after being smuggled across the Rio Grande river into Roma, Texas, August 27.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A man helps a woman next to a damaged boat amid a downtown condominium after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction, in Fort Myers, Florida, September 29. REUTERS/Marco Bello

A person performs during the 2022 NYC Pride parade, in New York City, New York , June 26. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Local resident Luke Mines takes photos as he looks at the mess on railway tracks littered with the remains of items stolen from passing freight trains, in Los Angeles. California, January 14. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian arrive at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion-themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, May 2. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Phillip Young, a local resident from Jackson, Mississippi takes a break while helping local volunteers with the distribution of bottles of water as the city of Jackson and areas around are to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely after...more

A spectator shows off her Derby hat on the day of the 148th Thurby, the Thursday before Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 5.  REUTERS/Amira Karaoud

Najib Mohammadi sits at the dining table while his son Yasar Mohammadi, 1, sleeps in a cot in the living room of their apartment in Sacramento, California, March 27. Najib hopes to be able to afford therapy to deal with trauma from his army days. He...more

Elon Musk arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion-themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, May 2. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid

Supporters of former President Donald Trump attend his rally in Youngstown, Ohio, September 17. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse

New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers speak to a resident of an encampment of homeless people in his tent on East 9th Street in Manhattan, New York City, April 6. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

A woman walks through a destroyed home in the aftermath of a tornado in Round Rock, Texas, March 22.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A man lights a candle at a memorial for victims at the scene of a shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, May 16.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

A New Jersey police officer stands guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, November 4. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Leila Jackson, daughter of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, listens next to father and Judge Jackson's husband, Patrick Jackson, as Judge Jackson appears before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol...more

A man wearing a "Defund the FBI" shirt is seen among supporters of former President Donald Trump attending his rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on September 17. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse

U.S. President Joe Biden appears on screen to meet virtually with a delegation from SK Group, led by Chairman Chey Tae-won, to talk about SK's plans for $22 billion in new investments in the U.S. in semiconductors, green energy and bioscience...more

A soldier of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) places flags on headstones ahead of Memorial Day, an annual ceremony where over one thousand soldiers place small American flags at more than 260,000 headstones at Arlington National...more

Firefighters look on as the Oak Fire burns in Darrah in Mariposa County, California, July 22.  REUTERS/David Swanson

People cheer as hundreds of vehicles including 18-wheeler trucks, RVs and other cars drive towards  Washington D.C. after some of them arrived as part of a convoy that traveled across the country to protest COVID-19 related mandates and other issues...more

Police officers attend a funeral service for NYPD officer Jason Rivera, who was killed in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, New York, January 28. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado

Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, who is accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, is escorted in the courtroom in shackles, in Buffalo, New York, May 19. REUTERS/Brendan...more

Peter Lyoya throws a flower into the grave of his son Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot and killed by a Grand Rapids Police officer during a traffic stop on April 4, during the funeral in Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 22....more

A runner high-fives spectators during the New York City Marathon, November 6. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

An aerial view of Lake Powell is seen, where water levels have declined dramatically to lows not seen since it was filled in the 1960s as growing demand for water and climate change shrink the Colorado River and create challenges for business owners...more

Yunus Siddiqui, 6, son of the late Danish Siddiqui, stands amongst the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners during a group photo after his father was part of Reuters' winning entry for Feature Photography along with photojournalists Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad...more

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia addresses the United Nations Security Council during a meeting, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, New York, April 5....more

A firefighter lights a backburn near Midpines Park along Highway 140 as the Oak Fire burns near Mariposa, California, July 22.  REUTERS/Tracy Barbutes

A person skis over the Brooklyn Bridge during a Nor'easter storm in New York City, January 29. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

A group of Amish people from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, arrive ahead of a pre-election rally by former President Donald Trump held in support of Republican candidates in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, November 5.  REUTERS/Mike Segar

Dancers watch on as other dancers perform for judges during auditions for a spot on the Rockettes line for the "2022 Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes" at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York City, April 18....more

Chenae Bullock of The Shinnecock Indian Nation holds a traditional container of water during an indigenous sunrise water ceremony on the shore of the East River on Randall's Island as Indigenous Peoples' Day is observed in the U.S., in New York City,...more

A jogger passes through a beam of sunlight in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 18. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Asylum-seeking migrants from Nicaragua pull a migrant child to pass under the border fence after crossing Rio Grande river into the U.S. from Mexico at Eagle Pass, Texas, July 14.  REUTERS/Go Nakamura

Best Actress Jessica Chastain waits to have her Oscar engraved for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" at the Governors Ball following the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, March 27. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Members of the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy salute as they stand on the flight deck of the USS Bataan, a U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, as it passes by the Statue of Liberty among a parade of ships during Fleet Week 2022 in New York,...more