The Greenlandia expedition’s boat Kamak sails between icebergs released by glaciers around Milne Land in the Scoresby Sound Fjord, eastern Greenland, in August:
March: Riot police in Paris are struck by fireworks during violent clashes over the French government’s reform of the pension system:
President of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales kisses midfielder Jennifer Hermoso during the medal ceremony of the Women’s World Cup final between Spain and England in Sydney on August 20, an incident that led to widespread condemnation and Rubiales’s resignation:
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is arrested in London during the ‘Oily Money Out’ demonstration organised by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace in October:
A boat carrying migrants drifts into English waters after being trailed by a French emergency tug, the Abeille Normandie, from the French coastline in August:
Winnie Harlow, Canadian fashion model and public spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo, attends the “La Passion De Dodin Bouffant” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes Film Festival in May:
Laila Temori searches for the remains of her relatives after a ship carrying migrants sank while trying to land on the coast of Steccato di Cutro near Crotone in Calabria, southern Italy, on March 2. At least 94 of the 200 people on board are known to have died:
The peloton passes through a field of sunflowers during stage eight of the Tour de France from Libourne to Limoges on July 8:
A man evacuates horses during a wildfire in Chasia on the outskirts of Athens on August 22. Greece’s fire brigade ordered an evacuation of the area as firefighters battled a growing wave of wildfires:
