2018 was an year marked by several important diplomatic developments, conflicts, natural and disasters, and of course, the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
From the icebreaking between the North and South Korea to the relocation of US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem which triggered widespread protests in Palestine, we revisit the bygone year through iconic photos that speak for themselves, capturing the horror, the misery, the joy, and the hopes that defined 2018.
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso and Sauber’s Charles Leclerc crash at the first corner during the F1 Belgian Grand Prix, August 26.
France World Cup France’s Ousmane Dembele, Presnel Kimpembe and Alphonse Areola celebrate defeating Croatia to win the World Cup at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, July 15.
Saleh Hassan al-Faqeh holds the hand of his 4-month-old daughter, Hajar, who died at the malnutrition ward of al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, November 15. Fouad al-Reme, a nurse in al-Sabeen hospital, said Hajar was conscious when she came to the hospital but she suffered low oxygen levels. “She was like skin on bones, her body was emaciated,” he said.
French President Emmanuel Macron reacts during World Cup final between France and Croatia in Moscow, July 15, 2018.
A woman reacts as she tries to find her dog, following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, July 24, 2018.
A wounded Palestinian demonstrator, Haitham Abu Sabla, 23, is hit in the face with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest marking al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip, June 8.
A woman holds a stuffed rabbit toy after it was found at her destroyed home where she said she had lost her three children, in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 7, 2018.
A Palestinian man argues with an Israeli soldier during clashes over an Israeli order to shut down a Palestinian school near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, October 15.
A man cries beside an injured girl at a hospital after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 22.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27.
A relative mourns as she carries the body of 8-month-old Palestinian infant Laila al-Ghandour during her funeral in Gaza City May 15, 2018.
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts at referee Cesar Arturo Ramos during their World Cup match against Uruguay, June 30, 2018.
A Syria Civil Defence member carries a wounded child in the besieged town of Hamoria, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria, January 6.
