LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE GREAT IMAGES WE RECEIVED IN 2025
Over the course of a year we receive, select and process 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 slideshows below featuring just some of the interesting, striking, informative and topical images that we received in 2025. They are set to autoplay so you can watch them while relaxing with your morning coffee or afternoon cup of tea.
History and Art
Shepherd on stilts in the marshlands of Landes. Credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group 
German plane C.L. 111 A 3892/18 brought down in the Argonne by American machine gunners, between Montfaucon and Cierges, France, U.S. Army Signal Corps, October 1918. Credit: Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Nuclear power plant. Credit: RDB by Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Farmer woman with backpack basket. Credit: RDB by Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Julio Iglesias in Hamburg. Credit: RDB by Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Flight demonstration of Hunter flight. Credit: RDB by Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Motorcycle GP Imola 1974: Ulrich Graf. Credit: RDB/Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Family watching television, TV 1971. Credit: RDB/Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Motocross-Rennen in Regensdorf 1969: Sidecar race. Credit: RDB/Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Flock of sheep with Contraves air defense rockets, Zurich 1958. Credit: RDB/Dukas/Universal Images Group 
ETH Zurich. disc station in computer centre 1979. Credit: RDB/Dukas/Universal Images Group 
Fashionable hairstyles with Art Deco combs. Credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group 
Flower market in Pescia 1962. Credit: Touring Club Italiano/Universal Images Group 
A man of Hawaii in a mask. Credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group 
Street scene in New York. Credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group 
Japanese enameled copper plates. Credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group 
Mandarin harvest 1940. Credit: Touring Club Italiano/Universal Images Group 
American boxer Joe Louis looking for opening during boxing match with German boxer Max Schmeling, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, June 19,1936. Credit: GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Mexican sugar beet workers, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Farm Security Administration, October 1937. Credit: Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
American troops on way to the front march through London amid the plaudits of the multitudes, crossing Westminster Bridge, London, England, UK, Underwood and Underwood, September 5, 1917. Credit: Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
The Ottoman Army Marching On The City Of Tunis. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
American bugler blowing taps at close of Memorial Day service at Margraten Cemetery, Holland, where lie thousands of American heroes of World War II, U.S. Army Signal Corps, April 30, 1945. Credit: Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
The Bosses of the Senate. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Asian British children, playing in a Whitechapel East London street. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
British Prime Minister with US President Ronald Reagan during a visit to the USA. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Empire Windrush Generation. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
The Morse cotton baling press. Credit: PHAS/Universal Images Group 
ARVN Rangers defend Saigon during the Tet Offensive, 1969. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Truman, Stalin, Molotov and Gromyko during the 1945 Potsdam Conference. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
The Battle of Friedland, June 14,1807. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Map (plan) of Boston, Massachusetts in 1750’s. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Tissandier electric airship by Tissandier brothers. Credit: PHAS/Universal Images Group 
Vincent van Gogh, ‘Breton Women’. Credit: PHAS/Universal Images Group 
Interior of photo shop Lux. Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group 
Japanese wrestlers. Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group 
Richard Wagner. Credit: PHAS/Universal Images Group
News and Topical
Pope Leo XIV General Audience In St. Peter’S Square. Credit: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF/Universal Images Group 
Demonstrators participating in No Kings Protest March, Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, October 1, 2025. Credit: Spencer Jones/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group 
New heat wave in Europe. Credit: Nano Calvo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group 
Carnival celebration in Portugal. Credit: Nano Calvo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group 
Demonstrators participating in Our City, Our Fight, Protect Migrants, Protect the Planet protest, New York City, New York, April 19, 2025. Credit: Plexi Images/GHI/Universal Images Group 
Gabon Presidential Election April 2025. Credit: Desirey Minkoh/Afrikimages Agency/Universal Images Group 
International Women’s Day in Barcelona. Credit: Camilo Romero/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
Detroit Labor Day Parade 2025. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Demonstration against the transfemicide of Sara Millerey a woman tourtured and killed in northern Colombia. Credit: Mapu H/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
The Government of Colombia Sets Retired Air force General Pedro Sanchez as Minister of Defense. Credit: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
Landslide Kills at least 10 in Bello, Colombia. Credit: Juan J. Erazo/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
No Trump No Troops protest in St. Paul, Minnesota. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Dignity New York delegation carries Gilbert Baker’s Rainbow Flag and Banner, NYC Pride March 2025. Credit: John Senter/UCG/Universal Images Group 
International Womens Day in Monterrey, Mexico. Credit: Paola Santoy/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
Senior Caucus Rally in Minnesota. Seniors rally to stop the 100 Days of Destruction of president Trump. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Good Friday Procession in Bogota. Credit: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
We accept OTC Card sign on entrance door of KeyFoods grocery store, Queens, New York. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Former Colombian President Uribe Found Guilty on Trial. Credit: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group 
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema opening rally for Presidential election. Credit: Desirey Minkoh/Afrikimages Agency/Universal Images Group 
Customer selecting a dozen eggs in refrigerated aisle at grocery store, Queens, New York. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group 
The Global Sumud Flotilla Arrives to Tunisia . Credit: Hasan Mrad/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Global Sumud Flotilla Departs to Gaza. Credit: Hasan Mrad/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Police operation in Rio sparks outrage and protests in Brazil. Credit: Faga Almeida/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Trump Superstore. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Unsold Teslas Stored in Shopping Center Parking Lot. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Brazilians Protest In Sao Paulo On Brazil’s Independence Day. Credit: Faga Almeida/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Funeral for Pope Francis. Credit: Antoine Mekary/Godong/Universal Images Group 
Navajo Nation Billboard Promotes Vaccines. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Rethink high school billboard sign in Minnesota. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
No Kings on Presidents Day Protest. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
March 25th Street Targeted by Trump’s Investigation After Announcement of Price Hike. Credit: Faga Almeida/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Sign Opposes Data Center. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Homeland Security vehicle parked outside a federal building in Kansas City, Missouri. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
No Trump No Troops protest in St. Paul, Minnesota. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Wic labels for items in the produce department of a grocery store in Minnesota. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Turn off the screen and get outside campaign ad on billboard. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group 
New electric cars made by BYD, Hong Kong, China. Credit: Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group 
United States Marines deployed at the US federal building in Westwood, during a period of increased ICE raids in Los Angeles. . Credit: Citizen of the Planet/Universal Images Group 
Cyclone Ditwah, Sri Lanka. Credit: Ricky Simms/Majority World/Universal Images Group 
Stock market numbers and percentages at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong, China. Credit: Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group 
NO KINGS Immigration Protest shows all races protesting ICE raids of Trump Administration feature colorful signs in downtown Los Angeles, CA. . Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group 
Tucson rejects Amazon’s proposal to develop a massive data center in the desert. Credit: Thomas Wiewandt/wildhorizons/Universal Images Group 
Procession of Pope Francis’s coffin. Credit: Antoine Mekary/Godong/Universal Images Group
Human Life
Reading room, McKim Building, Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Credit: Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Liquor store and street scene at night, Chelsea, New York City, New York, USA. Credit: Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Surfer entering the water in Baleal Island beach. Credit: Nano Calvo/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Whole Foods Market, building exterior and sidewalk scene at night, New York City, New York, USA. Credit: Plexi Images / Glasshouse Images 
Shepherd with Donkeys. Boccioleto. Italy. Credit: Danilo Donadoni/REDA/Universal Images Group 
Europe. Greece. Dodecanese. Patmos Island. Chora. Orthodox Easter Time. Procession of the Icons. Credit: Giulio Andreini/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Diverse people on the misty footpath from Radley Village to the College Boathouse by the Thames. Credit: Planet One Images/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Family looking over the red sands of the desert of Wadi Rum in the sunset time, Jordan. Credit: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Window cleaner, Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Craftsman at work in a workshop in Marrakesh. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Flag lowering ceremony, Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Man fishing, West Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Tea vendor and Dieu cay, Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Castell human tower in Sitges. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Street fruit vendor, Chau Long market, Hanoi. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Silhouette of the line of passengers at the gates, International Airport Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, JED, Asia. Credit: ruelleruelle/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Suria KLCC a 6-story shopping mall located in the Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. shopping mall, with over 300 flagship stores. Credit: ruelleruelle/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Worker on Gas Drilling Rig. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Mexican-Americans Pick Melons on Family Farm. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Vietnamese women sell balloons, Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Idaho Potato Farm. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Haiti Voodoo Festival in Saut d’Eau, Haiti. Credit: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Young craftsman at work in a workshop in Marrakesh. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Dotonbori, Osaka. Credit: Petr Svarc/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Coal-Fired Power Plant. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Vietnamese Conical Hat. Credit: Petr Svarc/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Women workers in Sylhet, Bangladesh, risk their lives unloading abandoned cement bags near the Surma River. Credit: Rafayat Khan/Majority World/Universal Images Group 
Hikers resting at the mountain lake Lacs des Cheserys in the Aiguilles Rouges nature reserve, in the background the peaks Aiguille Verte and Aiguille du Dru, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France. Credit: Gunter Fischer/UCG/Universal Images Group 
The bronze lion outside the HSBC headquarters in central financial district, Hong Kong, China. Credit: Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Harijan Community Observe Chhath Puja 2024 in Bangladesh. Credit: Rafayat Khan/Majority World/Universal Images Group 
Builders at work in the medina. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Horse-drawn carriage in Marrakesh. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Herbalist shop on Arrahba square. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group
Our World
Aerial view over small traditional red wooden cabin on tiny island in lake in autumn.. Credit: Arterra/Sven-Erik Arndt/Universal Images Group 
Pedestrian and bicycle paths underneath West Side Highway, Riverside Park South, West 66th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Credit: Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Soccer goalpost with netting at night on a beach in Barbate, Cadiz province, Spain.. Credit: Felipe Rodriguez/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Aerial view over channels and salt marshes of the island group of Kleiner Werder.. Credit: Arterra/Sven-Erik Arndt/Universal Images Group 
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, emergency entrance, 622 West 168th Street, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Credit: Spencer Jones/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Red deer stag with big antlers.. Credit: Arterra/Philippe Clement/Universal Images Group 
Dubrovnik, Croatia, Port Gruz, Luka Gruz, Dubrovnik Harbor, Adriatic Mediterranean Sea, Dr. Franjo Tudman Bridge. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group 
Jewel Changi Airport is a new terminal building under a glass dome, with indoor waterfall and tropical forest, shopping malls and dining, in Singapore. Credit: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
American B-25H bombers plane wreck from World War II in Talasea Forest, Willaumez Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Maria Cristina di Palma/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Toledo harbour jetty pier, Toledo city, Central Visayas Cebu Philippines. Credit: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Roman amphitheater and cityscape view of capital Amman, Jordan, Middle East, Asia. Credit: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Norway. Svalbard Islands. Spitsbergen Island. Ice. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Store Closing sign over entrance to at home store, Rego Park Mall, Queens, New York. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Rimasco Village and Lake. Sermenza Valley. Italy. Credit: Danilo Donadoni/REDA/Universal Images Group 
Po bridge. Casale Monferrato. Alessandria province. Italy. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Lone polar bear investigating plastic container washed ashore on shingle beach.. Credit: Arterra/Sven-Erik Arndt/Universal Images Group 
Italy. Trentino Alto Adige. Trento province. Tenno. Varone waterfall cave park. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Corn Stored Outside Grain Elevator. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Italy. Trentino Alto Adige. Trento province. Riva del Garda . Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Germany. Bavaria. Schwangau. Neuschwanstein Castle. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Snake River and crop circles in the Palouse Country of Washington. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group 
The Wanaka tree . Credit: Martin Berry/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Norway. Svalbard Islands. Spitsbergen Island. Glacier. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Arcapita complex, Bahrain Bay, Manama, Arcapita is a banking company with headquarters in Bahrain Middle East. Credit: ruelleruelle/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Irrigation in Arizona Desert. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
International Border Between USA and Mexico. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Demolition of Coal-Fired Power Plant. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Celery Harvest. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
A Steely-vented Hummingbird. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Vineyard in autumn on the hill above Isera, Vallagarina, Trentino, Italy, Europe, Italia, Europa. Credit: Marco Simonini/REDA/Universal Images Group 
Frost details on trees by the Brenta River in winter near Castenuovo, Valsugana, Trentino, Italy, Europe. Credit: Marco Simonini/REDA/Universal Images Group 
Palm trees.. Credit: Bildagentur-online/Joko/Universal Images Group 
Land Owner’s Signs Opposing Fracking. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Marathon Refinery. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Top view of an orchard in winter, surrounded by a grove in Tuscia Viterbese, central Italy. Credit: Marco Scataglini/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Breakwater. Credit: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group 
XPENG AI Robot Iron: XPENG’s latest humanoid robot, Hong Kong, China.. Credit: Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group 
A young Chinese boy using a smart phone at the Hong Kong Apple store in central, Hong Kong, China.. Credit: Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Writing down wishes on the Ema (votive tablet) and hang it on the camphor tree, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Credit: Citizen of the Planet/Universal Images Group 
Pre dawn view of the Aqueduct of Segovia. Credit: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group 
Container ship at the Port of Long Beach, Long Beach, California. Credit: Citizen of the Planet/Universal Images Group 
Aerial view of sheep herd grazing on Hastings Mesa, Ridgway, Colorado. Credit: Visions of America/Universal Images Group 
Hungerburgbahn funicular station designed by Zaha Hadid and opened in 2007.. Credit: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group 
Poppy wreath in church window Remembrance events, Framsden church, Suffolk, England, UK. Credit: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group 
Drone view point over Honolulu and Waikiki Beach and Turquoise water with skyline, Oahu, Hawaii. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group 
Uber clipper boat passing Custom House building contrast with modern skyscrapers, River Thames, City of London, England, UK. Credit: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group 
Castle Bridge footbridge, Redcliffe, River Avon, Floating Harbor, Bristol, England, UK. Credit: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group 
Seaside beach huts on the seafront at Southwold, Suffolk, England, UK. Credit: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group 
Nova Victoria contemporary modern architecture buildings, Victoria, Westminster, London, England, UK PRP Architects 2016. Credit: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group 
Road and Mohammed VI tower on the outskirts of Rabat-Sale.. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Terrasse on the roof of a riad in Fes.. Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group 
Dyrdal village church on Naerofjord Norway. Credit: Martin Berry/UCG/Universal Images
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