2022 review

Take a journey with us as we look back at the posts we added to Kaleidoscope in 2022 and the interesting, topical and striking images that we chose to include in them.

Don’t forget to use the ARCHIVE link at the bottom of this page to view all our previous posts – we’re sure there will be something that will inform, educate or simply delight you.

So, get comfortable and look back in the gallery below, before it is time to begin a new year…and look forward to 2023.

Heart shape on red background. 3D rendering. Photo: Bruce Rolff/UIG
St. Moritz, Switzerland December 17, 1936. Curling is a very popular sport at St. Moritz. Photo: Underwood Archives/UIG
China: ‘Long Live Chairman Mao, Long, Long Live!’. Cultural Revolution propaganda poster, c. 1978
Icebergs at sunrise, melting due to climate change and global warming on Jokulsarlon Beach, a black volcanic sand beach in South East Iceland, Europe, background with copy space
Kufi caps for sale in shop. Dubai. United Arab Emirates.
Luca Bertozzi. The Carriage dedicated to Donald Trump during the parade. Photo: Federico Tovoli/VW PICS/UIG
George Moore’s steam man. Petrol-fired boiler operated a 1/2 hp engine. Exhaust through helmet, steam exhaust through cigar. Walking speed 7-9 mph. 1893 La Science Illustree Paris. Photo: Photo12/UIG
Dried out Campanillas River near Almogia, Malaga Province, Andalusia, Spain. Photo: Ken Welsh/UIG
Pine Island, Connemara National Park, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Near Ballynahinch. Photo: Ken Welsh/UCG/UIG
Transmilenio and SITP public transport buses of Bogota bought 596 100% electric buses from china manufacturer BYD to change the buses that operate in the areas of Fontibon, Usme and Perdomo in the city of Bogota. This buses can charge in 4 hours and can travel 270 kilometers per charge, incloude wifi, and safety measures for the passanger and the driver inclouding micro sleep control if it happens during operation. In Bogota, Colombia on January 5, 2020. (Photo by: VW PICS/UIG)
Community Heath Care workers (ASHA) on indefinite strike. Photo: Abhjieet Gurjar/Majority World/UIG
Old twisted tree roots, Munnar, Western Ghats Mountains, Kerala, India. Photo: Matthew Williams-Ellis/UIG
The galactic centre region of the Milky Way in Sagittarius setting behind Bow Glacier at the end of Bow Lake. Photo: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/UIG
Pepper farm. Woman preparing Kampot black pepper. Hand selection of pepper. Kep. Cambodia. Photo: Pascal Deloche/Godong/UIG
Japan: Mother carrying child. Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1806) Photo: Pictures From History/UIG
The Annunciation by Gerard David, 1506. Photo: PicturesNow/UIG
A female Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird, Heliodoxa jacula, approaches a Lobster Claw Heliconia to feed on its nectar in Costa Rica. Photo: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/UIG
Blue box window, Sidi Bou Said village, Tunisia. Photo: Andrew Woodley/UIG
Around the World in 110 Days. Photo: Picturesnow/UIG
Southwold pier reflects the early morning sun. Photo: Bill Allsopp/Loop Images/UIG
Aerial view of harbor Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy. Photo: Fabiano Caddeo/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group
Illustration depicting an early bicycle railroad. A bicycle railroad was a purpose-built monorail on which a matching bicycle would be ridden. It was invented by Arthur Hotchkiss. Dated 19th century. Photo: World History Archive/UIG
London, United Kingdom, 11th September 2022, a large number of people have gathered to lay floral tributes at the gates of the Buckingham Palace as Britain mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Photo: Simone J Rudolphi/Majority World/UIG
Statues of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of the Communist Manifesto, Berlin, Germany. Photo: VW Pics/UIG
Muroc Army Air Force Base, California. October, 1947. Capt. Charles E. Yeager is in the cockpit of the Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft. He became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight on October 14. Photo: Underwood Archives/UIG
Waving gargoyle of Exeter College, Oxford. Photo: Planet One Images/UIG
Christ Church Meadows on a misty Autumn morning. Photo: Planet One Images/UIG
Tesvisio, 1957-1965, the first television channel in Finland. Tesvisio’s cameraman at work. Photo: HUM Images/UIG
Transporting canisters of drinking water for distribution to roadside food stalls on World Water Day which is observed on 22nd March to raise awareness of the water crisis facing much of the world’s population. Agartala, Tripura, India. Photo: Majority World/UIG
Ring-tailed Lemur, Lemur catta, Isalo National Park, Ihorombe Region, Southwest Madagascar. Photo: Matthew Williams-Ellis/UIG
Dark pink tulips in tulip field at sunrise in spring, Noordoostpolder / North-East Polder, Flevoland province, the Netherlands. Photo: Jonathan Vandevoorde/Arterra/UIG
Bahariya oasis in the Egyptian “black desert”, Assiout province. Egypt. Photo: Michel Gounot/Godong/UIG