HT Year-Ender: From bloodied Donald Trump to ‘All Eyes On Rafah’, viral images of 2024 | World News

The most viral photos of 2024:

(1.) Moments after narrowly avoiding an assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 14, a bloodied Donald Trump, encircled by Secret Service agents, raised his fist in defiance and mouthed “fight” thrice, giving us arguably the image of the year.

A photo by Doug Mills of The New York Times captured the bullet which struck Trump, whizzing past the Republican.

(2.) After an Israeli airstrike killed 45 people at a camp for displaced Palestinians in south Gaza’s Rafah on May 26, an artificially generated image with the caption “All Eyes On Rafah” went viral.

(3.) A semi-naked male performer, coloured in blue, triggered outrage as his performance was mistaken to be a satire of The Last Supper.

(4.) Also from the Olympics, an incredible shot shows Brazil’s Gabriel Medina mid-air, well above the water, his surfing board at his side.

(5.) Protestors in Dhaka stormed the prime minister’s residence after Sheikh Hasina resigned following months of a student-led uprising. A statue of Sheikh Hasina’s father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founder, was also toppled.

(6.) Syrians toppled statues of ex-President Hafez al-Assad after fighters of a rebel alliance forced Hafez’s son and successor, President Bashar al-Assad, to flee the country.

(7.) A South Korean woman grabbed the barrel of a soldier’s loaded rifle, as citizens flooded the streets to protest declaration of martial law. She was Ahn Gwi-ryeong, 35, a spokesperson for the opposition Democratic party.

(8.) A footage released by Israel shows slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s wife Samar Muhammad Abu Zamar carrying what is claimed to be a Hermes Birkin bag (worth $32,000 or ₹27 lakh).