{"id":20302,"date":"2025-09-21T13:56:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farpics.com\/?p=20302"},"modified":"2025-09-21T16:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T16:36:25","slug":"best-photos-of-2024-part-99-240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farpics.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/best-photos-of-2024-part-99-240\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Photos of 2024 \u2013 Part 99\/240"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc0c_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510988\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/0c\/cc\/0007cc0c_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Iranian rescue workers carry the bodies of the victim of the crashed Iranian President helicopter, in the area of Varzaghan, Tabriz province, southwestern Iran, 20 May 2024. According to Iranian state media, President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others were killed in a helicopter crash in the mountainous Varzaghan area on 19 May, during their return to Tehran, after an inauguration ceremony of the joint Iran-Azerbaijan constructed Qiz-Qalasi dam at the Aras river. Iran's first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed as the country's interim president following the death of Raisi, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced in a condolence message on 20 May 2024. Mokhber will serve as caretaker president for a maximum period of 50 days before a presidential election must be held in Iran, the statement added. (Photo by Azin Haghighi\/EPA\/EFE)\" width=\"639\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Rescue workers recover the bodies of victims from the crashed helicopter of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi near Varzaghan, Iran, on May 20, 2024. Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and several officials were killed in the crash on May 19. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as interim president, who will serve until elections are held within 50 days.(Photo by Azin Haghighi\/EPA\/EFE)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc0d_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510989\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/0d\/cc\/0007cc0d_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"The British alternative rock duo Nova Twins perform on day three of the 2024 Shaky Knees music festival in Atlanta, US on May 5, 2024. (Photo by John D. Shearer\/Rex Features\/Shutterstock)\" width=\"639\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">British alternative rock duo Nova Twins perform on the third day of the 2024 Shaky Knees music festival in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 5, 2024.(Photo by John D. Shearer\/Rex Features\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc0e_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510990\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/0e\/cc\/0007cc0e_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"This picture taken on May 30, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on May 31, 2024 shows the test-firing of 600mm super-large rocket artillery at an unconfirmed location in North Korea. North Korean state media on May 31 released images of leader Kim Jong Un supervising tests of a multiple rocket launcher system, a day after Seoul accused Pyongyang of firing a volley of short-range ballistic missiles. (Photo by KCNA via KNS\/AFP Photo)\" width=\"639\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">This picture released by North Korea&#8217;s state media KCNA on May 31, 2024, shows a test-firing of a 600mm super-large multiple rocket launcher system at an undisclosed location the previous day. The release followed South Korea&#8217;s reports of North Korea firing short-range ballistic missiles.(Photo by KCNA via KNS\/AFP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc0f_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510991\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/0f\/cc\/0007cc0f_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"The Mexican Navy's Training Ship, Cuauhtemoc, prepares to set sail from Acapulco, Mexico, 06 May 2024. The training ship Cuauhtemoc, with a record number of women, will embark on a more than seven-month journey, visiting three continents and ten countries, including the United States and China. (Photo by David Guzman\/EPA\/EFE)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The Mexican Navy&#8217;s training ship Cuauht\u00e9moc prepares to depart Acapulco, Mexico, on May 6, 2024. The vessel, carrying a record number of female cadets, embarked on a seven-month voyage to visit ten countries across three continents.(Photo by David Guzman\/EPA\/EFE)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc10_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510992\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/10\/cc\/0007cc10_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Christians coming from around the world carrying wooden crosses march along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) before Easter in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on May 03, 2024. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf\/Anadolu via Getty Images)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Christian pilgrims from around the world carry wooden crosses along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City during the Good Friday procession on May 3, 2024.(Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc11_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510993\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/11\/cc\/0007cc11_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Loose paving stones and graffiti on facades on the Binnengasthuis grounds, the day after the University of Amsterdam (UvA) student protests in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 09 May 2024. The University of Amsterdam filed a report against demonstrators who occupied the Binnengasthuis grounds, citing concerns about safety in and around the buildings. The demonstrators demand transparency from the UvA regarding its ties with Israeli institutions and to severe these ties. (Photo by Ramon van Flymen\/EPA\/EFE)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Loose paving stones and graffiti mark the Binnengasthuis grounds at the University of Amsterdam a day after student protests on May 9, 2024. The university filed a report against demonstrators who were demanding it sever ties with Israeli institutions.(Photo by Ramon van Flymen\/EPA\/EFE)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc12_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510994\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/12\/cc\/0007cc12_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Priests from Intokozo Yamakrestu Church in Christ step into the sea before baptizing the faithful on a beach in Durban, South Africa, Monday, May 27, 2024. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti\/AP Photo)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Priests from the Intokozo Yamakrestu Church in Christ enter the sea to baptize congregants on a beach in Durban, South Africa, on May 27, 2024.(Photo by Emilio Morenatti\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc13_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510995\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/13\/cc\/0007cc13_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"A boy cools himself with potable water from the New Delhi Municipal Council water tanker on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The hot weather has been brutal in many South Asian countries where, science shows, climate change has brought stronger and more frequent extreme weather events. (Photo by Elke Scholiers\/Getty Images)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">A boy cools himself with water from a municipal tanker in New Delhi, India, on May 2, 2024. A severe heatwave has scorched many parts of South Asia, a region where climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.(Photo by Elke Scholiers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc14_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510996\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/14\/cc\/0007cc14_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration on May 25, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Demonstrators gathered to call for an hostage deal and to protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. Negotiations over a ceasefire deal that would halt the war in Gaza are once again stalled, while Israel appears to be preparing for an expanded ground offensive around Rafah, despite international concern.(Photo by Amir Levy\/Getty Images)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Protesters clash with police during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 25, 2024. The rally called for a hostage deal with Hamas and protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s government.(Photo by Amir Levy\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc15_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510997\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/15\/cc\/0007cc15_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"This photo taken on May 13, 2024 shows Albaert, mascot of the UEFA Euro 2024, mowing the lawn during a presentation of the trophy for the UEFA Euro 2024 European Football Championship inside the Allianz Arena that will be called Munich Football Arena during the UEFA Euro 2024 European Football Championships in Munich, southern Germany. The UEFA EURO 2024 European Football Championship will take place from June 14 to July 14 in ten stadiums around Germany including Munich Football Arena. (Photo by Alexandra Beier\/AFP Photo)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Albaert, the official mascot of UEFA Euro 2024, is pictured mowing the lawn during a trophy presentation at Munich&#8217;s Allianz Arena (to be renamed Munich Football Arena for the tournament) on May 13, 2024. The European football championship will be held in Germany from June 14 to July 14.(Photo by Alexandra Beier\/AFP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc16_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510998\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/16\/cc\/0007cc16_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Malians take part in the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building, the Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali, Sunday, May 12, 2024. The building has been on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The mosque and surrounding town are threatened by conflict. Djenne's mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the start of the rainy season in June. (Photo by Moustapha Diallo\/AP Photo)\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Residents of Djenn\u00e9, Mali, participate in the annual replastering of the Great Mosque, the world&#8217;s largest mud-brick building, on May 12, 2024. The pre-rainy season ritual maintains the UNESCO World Heritage site, which is currently on the list of Heritage in Danger.(Photo by Moustapha Diallo\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc17_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_510999\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/17\/cc\/0007cc17_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Russian military cadets attend the annual military parade dedicated to the Victory Day celebrations at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, 09 May 2024. Russia marks the 79th anniversary of the victory in World War II over Nazi Germany and its allies. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the war. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev\/EPA\/EFE)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Russian military cadets march during the annual Victory Day parade on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 9, 2024. The event commemorates the 79th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.(Photo by Anatoly Maltsev\/EPA\/EFE)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc18_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_511000\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/18\/cc\/0007cc18_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Protesters attempt to block a highway demanding the immediate release of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Tomer Appelbaum\/Reuters)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Protesters attempt to block a highway in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 8, 2024, demanding the immediate release of hostages kidnapped during the October 7 attack by Hamas.(Photo by Tomer Appelbaum\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc19_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_511001\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/19\/cc\/0007cc19_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian pilgrim, looks at the camera as she holds a candle during the procession of the Holy Fire, at the Ethiopian monks' village Deir Al-Sultan, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa\/AP Photo)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian pilgrim holds a candle during the Holy Fire procession at the Deir Al-Sultan monastery in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City on May 4, 2024.(Photo by Leo Correa\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc1a_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_511002\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/1a\/cc\/0007cc1a_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Police officers detain a demonstrator during a pro-Palestinian protest rally in Berlin, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi\/AP Photo)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Police officers detain a demonstrator during a pro-Palestinian protest rally in Berlin, Germany, on May 18, 2024.(Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc1b_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_511003\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/1b\/cc\/0007cc1b_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Paris 2024 Olympics (L) and Paralympics mascots \u201cthe Phryges\u201d pose during a presentation to the press of the Paris 2024 podium on the Trocadero Parvis des Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights square) in front of the Eiffel Tower on May 23, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Stephane de Sakutin\/AFP Photo)\" width=\"639\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics mascots, &#8220;The Phryges,&#8221; pose during a presentation of the victory podium in front of the Eiffel Tower on May 23, 2024.(Photo by Stephane de Sakutin\/AFP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc1c_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_511004\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/1c\/cc\/0007cc1c_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Handmade rockets fly over Panagia Erithiani church during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations in the village of Vrontados, on the island of Chios, Greece, on May 4, 2024. During the Orthodox Easter midnight mass service residents of two \u201crival\u201d churches, Panagia Erithiani and Saint Mark, fire handmade firework-like rockets at each other's steeples, unleashing thousands of rockets into the night sky, in a tradition going back generations. (Photo by Konstantinos Anagnostou\/Reuters)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Handmade rockets streak over the Panagia Erithiani church during the annual &#8220;Rouketopolemos&#8221; (rocket war) Easter celebration in Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios on May 4, 2024. The tradition involves two rival parishes firing rockets at each other&#8217;s church.(Photo by Konstantinos Anagnostou\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc1d_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_511005\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/1d\/cc\/0007cc1d_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Dancers in historical 19th century attire are seen dancing a French version of the Polka on May 12, 2024 in Paris, France. Twenty four dancers gather in the sumptuous building of the Mayor office in the 15th arrondissement to participate in a unique historical dancing competition dressed in traditional clothing. (Photo by Remon Haazen\/Getty Images)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Dancers in 19th-century attire perform a French version of the Polka during a historical dance competition at a mayor&#8217;s office in Paris, France, on May 12, 2024.(Photo by Remon Haazen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0007cc1e_medium.jpeg-www-farpics-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_511006\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/1e\/cc\/0007cc1e_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Participants attend the annual May Day bank holiday Jack In The Green parade and festival in Hastings, Britain, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Toby Melville\/Reuters)\" width=\"639\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ds-message _63c77b1\">\n<div class=\"ds-markdown\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Participants take part in the annual Jack in the Green parade and festival in Hastings, England, on May 6, 2024. The event is a traditional May Day bank holiday celebration.(Photo by Toby Melville\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue workers recover the bodies of victims from the crashed helicopter of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi near Varzaghan, Iran, on May 20, 2024. Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and several officials were killed in the crash on May 19. 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