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
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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
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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
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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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