Over the course of a year we receive many thousands of images across a wide variety of subjects. We are privileged to work with such a fantastic range of photographers, agencies and archives. Check out our slideshow below of a selection of striking images among the many other thousands of great images that we received in 2023.
Mauritania, Chinguetti, woman in traditional dress. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Mute swan. Credit: Yann Crochet/BSIP/Universal Images Group 
Holi celebrations in Dhaka. Credit: Saiful Amin Kazal/ Majority World/Universal Images Group 
Sunset with spectacular mountain clouds San Juan Mountains near Ridgway Colorado. Credit: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group 
A woman weaves in the tradition of ancient Incas. Credit: Michael Melford/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group 
People swimming in limestone sinkhole pool, Cenote Ik kil, Piste, Yucatan, Mexico. Credit: Ian Murray/Geography Photos/Universal Images Group 
Two camels on sandy beach at Taghazout, Morocco, North Africa. Credit: Ian Murray/Geography Photos/Universal Images Group 
The Trash Interceptor. Credit: Peter Bennett/Citizen of the Planet/Universal Images Group 
Palestinians enjoying the sunset on the beach of Gaza City. Palestine. Credit: Mohammed Al-Zanoun/Majority World/Universal Images Group 
Vietnamese street food. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Vietnamese people wearing helmet and raincoat ride motorbike in heavy rain. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Vietnam car ferry on Mekong river near Chau Doc. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Mexico City, Mexico, man reading newspaper sitting on public art bench. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group 
Woman sitting with Luggage, Pennsylvania Station, New York City, New York, USA, Angelo Rizzuto, Anthony Angel Collection, July 1958. Credit: Circa Images/Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group 
Koserow Pier, Seebrucke at dusk on Usedom island in the Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Credit: Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group 
Kids boarding school bus in Jiquilillo, Chinandega, Nicaragua. Credit: Elisa Navarro/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Kids playing on Jiquilillo beach, Chinandega, Nicaragua. Credit: Elisa Navarro/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Glorious Encounter (Encuentro Glorioso) procession passes by La Seo Square during Easter Sunday in the streets of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. Credit: Nano Calvo/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Red bird-of-paradise (near threatened) and king bird-of-paradise. Credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group 
Layers of canyons in the Shafer Basin with the La Sal Mountains behind. Near Moab, Utah. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Mah jong players against an orange wall. Henan, near Luoyang, China. Credit: Paolo Picciotto/REDA&Co/Universal Images Group 
View towards Krossnes in the Arneshreppur at bay Trekyllisvik. The Strandir in the Westfjords (Vestfirdir) in Iceland during autumn, Iceland. Credit: Martin Zwick/REDA&Co/Universal Images Group 
Young Girl Swinging in front of Go Sing Coffee Shop, Chinatown, New York City, New York, USA, Angelo Rizzuto, Anthony Angel Collection, September 1958. Credit: Circa Images/Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group 
Skaters take part during the international world skateboarding day ‘Go Skateboarding Day’ in Bogota, Colombia, June 21, 2023. Credit: Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
Skaters take part during the international world skateboarding day ‘Go Skateboarding Day’ in Bogota, Colombia, June 21, 2023. Credit: Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
Viaduct Santa Efigenia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Credit: AGB Photo Library/Universal Images Group 
Damask rose from Bertuch’s ‘Bilderbuch fur Kinder,’ Germany, 1790. Credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group 
The red of a young passer-by’s hair and the red of a car parked in the alley, stand out against the greys of a small village in the Tuscia Viterbese area. Credit: Marco Scataglini/Universal Images Group 
Mauritania, main road in the desert. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Recanati (Italy, Marche – province of Macerata), Civic Museums of Villa Colleredo Mels. Lorenzo Lotto, Annunciation, 1533-34 c. signed L.LOTUS, oil on canvas. The Virgin. Credit: Claudio Ciabochi/UCG?Universal Images Group 
Moxi delivery focused robotic assistant in training, 4 foot tall robot that ferries medication, supplies, lab samples, and personal items through the halls, from floor to floor, Tacoma General Hospital. Credit: Kurt Wittman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Man overlooking Roman Theater on Fourviere Hill from Musee Galllo-Roman interior (Architect – Bernard Louis Zehrfuss) Lyon, France. Credit: Matthew Lovette/Jumping Rocks/Universal Images Group 
Medical supply drone flying over a modern city at night 3d render. Credit: Gareth Lewis/Freelance Images/Universal Images Group 
Italian Republic Day June, 2. The famous air show of the Italian National Acrobatic Patrol “”Frecce Tricolori”” leave a trail of tricolor smoke as they fly over the Altar of the Fatherland monument in Piazza Venezia. Rome, Italy. Credit: Glen Sterling/UCG/Universal Images Group 
The Erasmus Bridge of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Credit: Planet One Images/UCG/Universal Images Group 
India: Akbar Hands His Imperial Crown to Shah Jahan. Miniature painting from the Minto Album by Bichitr (fl. 1610-1660), c. 1630-1631. Credit: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group 
Line of passengers on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, peering overboard. Credit: Planet One Images/UCG/Universal Images Group 
King Charles III coronation, knitted decoration on a Post Office box in Market Place, Abingdon, UK. Credit: Planet One Images/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Cliffs of Proterozoic Belt Supergroup and rising fog, Glacier National Park, Montana. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Aerial view of Casement Glacier, lateral moraines, and braided outwash river, Glacier Bay National Park, SE Alaska. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Center-pivot irrigation in Mojave Desert, Pahrump, Nevada. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 29, 2023. Rally by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, Climate Justice Committee and Indigenous Protector Movement to tell Biden not to extend Trump’s border wall and stop the attack on immigrants, native people and the environment. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Nihombashi Bridge in Tokyo. Credit: Alex Segre/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Waterfront at Eminonu with the Rustem Pasha Mosque on the skyline, Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: Alex Segre/UCG/Universal Images Group 
A Vietnamese fisherman stands in the rain as he guides his coracle out to his fishing boat in Danang, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
The Dragon Bridge in the rain in Danang, Vietnam. The bridge puts on a display each weekend with the dragon breathing fire. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Balloon seller, Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square, Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
London, UK. 23 Sep 2023: Steve Bray (L), Gina Miller (R) and other leading anti-Brexit activists at the EU National Rejoin March in central London. Thousands of people marched across the city in support of the UK rejoining the European Union. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Pro Palestine Protest, London, UK. Oct 14 2023. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Private fishing boats near offshore petroleum drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Gypsum dunefields at White Sands National Monument located within the Chihuahuan Desert and the Tularosa Basin near Alamorodo, New Mexico, USA. Credit: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group
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