Pictures of the year: 2022

After a global vaccination campaign, the dominance of the coronavirus pandemic in the headlines was replaced in February by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.?Economic turmoil was whipped up by the pandemic, and the war saw the cost-of-living crisis spiral, driving unrest from Haiti to Sri Lanka. Throughout the year, desperate scenes of flooding, famine, and fires came in the wake of decades of global inaction on the climate crisis. Reuters photographers were on the ground to capture it all as it unfolded, creating some of the year's most unforgettable images. REUTERS

(This Nov. 29 story has been corrected to change designation to prime minister, not president, in paragraph 6)

(Reuters) - After a global vaccination campaign, the dominance of the coronavirus pandemic in the headlines was replaced in February by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Economic turmoil whipped up by the pandemic and then the war saw the cost-of-living crisis spiral, driving unrest from Haiti to Sri Lanka, while anger boiled over in Iran about the treatment of women.

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe lies on the ground after apparent shooting during an election campaign for the July 10, 2022 Upper House election, in Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS

In June, years of political manoeuvring saw Roe vs Wade overturned in a blow to U.S. abortion rights.

Three months later, the death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II ushered in the arrival of 73-year-old King Charles.

Throughout the year, desperate scenes of flooding, famine, and fires came in the wake of decades of global inaction on the climate crisis.

A woman carries her cat as she walks past buildings that were destroyed by Russian shelling, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Some unexpected moments burst through - a sharp, public slap at the Academy Awards ceremony; a sudden uprising of Canadian truck drivers; the assassination of the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Reuters photographers were on the ground to capture it all as it unfolded. This year, they were the direct witness to a firebombing of an English immigration centre, the killing of Haitian journalist Romelson Vilsaint and the storming of the Sri Lankan President's House, creating some of the year's most unforgettable images.

For a selection of some of the best Reuters pictures of the year, click here.

The coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth is carried out of Westminster Abbey after a service on the day of her state funeral and burial, in London, Britain, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool

(Writing by Eve Watling; editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

Revellers gather for the opening of the San Fermin festival (Chupinazo) in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent West

British Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks to the media at the Empire State building in New York, U.S., September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool

A woman wades through chest-deep flood after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Ildefonso, Bulacan province, Philippines, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

People search debris on the beach, in the aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai, in the town of Mananjary, Madagascar, February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Ukrainian service members fire a shell from an M777 Howitzer at a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB. Oleg Smolin reacts as a nurse treats his wounds after he was injured during a rocket attack, at a hospital in Chuhuiv outside Kharkiv, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter