Tropical storms pummeled the land and ravaged ecosystems. Floodwaters engulfed streets and left cars stuck in mud. And fires scorched trees and consumed houses.
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Olsjen Mucobega, 32, uses his motorcycle to evacuate a sheep from a wildfire Aug. 13, 2025, in Patras, Greece.
Bodies of children killed in flash flooding lie at a home Aug. 16, 2025, near Pir Baba, Buner district, Pakistan.
Joe Chyuwei, right, Addison Black, front center, James Black, front left, and back row from left, Helen Chyuwei, Jameson Black, Grace Chyuwei and Grayson Black watch the sunset Aug. 3, 2025, in the heat at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, Calif.
Judy Bertuso, left, feeds her husband Apollo inside a tent at an evacuation center as Typhoon Fung-wong enters the country Nov. 9, 2025, in Quezon city, Philippines.
A man rides his bicycle through an inundated street during the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Oct. 30, 2025, in Black River, Jamaica.
Ari Rivera, rear, and Anderson Hao hold each other in front of their destroyed home Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif.
Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Calif.
A Navy officer helps a woman cross a flooded street Oct. 12, 2025, in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico.
Relatives of Rosiclaire Lenchise mourn during a funeral of victims killed by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa, Nov. 15, 2025, in Petit Goave, Haiti.
Arturo Huidobro, center, and a worker prepare to remove dead pigs from a farm following heavy rainfall Oct. 11, 2025, in Poza Rica, Mexico.
Tanzin Dolma milks a yak as her husband, Punchuk Namdol, collects dung in the background on an early morning July 8, 2025, in Maan village, Ladakh, India.
Baby ostriches huddle after being moved into a barn following recent flooding July 9, 2025, at a farm in Bend, Texas.
Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade conduct a patrol Jan. 14, 2025, at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal.
An Indigenous group attends the opening ceremony of the People's Summit offsite from the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 12, 2025, in Belem, Brazil.
Schuyler Clogston, left, makes shadow puppets with Agnes Suárez after setting up a sheet and light to attract moths for observation Oct. 7, 2025, in Charleston, S.C.
Cassandra Garduño cleans a canal May 8, 2025, in her chinampa, an island farm built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, a borough of Mexico City.
Members of the Navajo Scouts firefighter crew kick up dust as they clear debris from a landslide across a road on a hillside as they battle the Eaton Fire, Jan. 17, 2025, in Altadena, Calif.
Fisherman Sunil Kumar, bottom, spreads a fishing net to help remove weeds floating on Doddajala Lake, Aug. 23, 2025, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India.
Young Indigenous guards play July, 19, 2025, on the walls of an old military-defense barrier made of sandbags, remnants of the military occupation in the area, in the Lopez Adentro reserve in Caloto, Colombia.
Women open freshly cooked oysters Aug. 6, 2025, in Tsokomey, Ghana.
Scientists and veterinarians capture a pink river dolphin in the Amazon River to perform health checks Sept. 7, 2025, in Puerto Narino, Colombia.
Wanona Harp rescues a cat stranded on her neighbor's porch flooded by the Kentucky River, April 8, 2025, in Lockport, Ky.
Mamadou Gueye, a 39-year-old farmer who lost his left hand after a fight with a herder concerning cattle in May 2022, guards his fields of peanuts Oct. 12, 2025, in Ross Bethio, Senegal.
An environmental agent of the Chico Mendes Institute takes photos of turtle hatchlings Nov. 17, 2025, at the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Brazil.
Luciane Mengual, 22, an Indigenous woman from the Wayuu community, poses with her baby at home Feb. 4, 2025, in the Villa del Sur neighborhood on the outskirts of Riohacha, Colombia.
A Sudanese farmer carries his livestock after his farm was destroyed by floods Oct. 1, 2025, in Wad Ramli village, Sudan.
Members of the Gadaba Indigenous communities gather tendu leaves to sell April 16, 2025, in Hatipakna village, India. =
Cows stand in floodwaters at a farm July 25, 2025, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
The head of a dead fish lies in the almost-dry Aume River, Aug. 14, 2025, in Saint-Fraigne, France.
Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire Aug. 12, 2025, in Guzelyeli, Turkey.
Members of the Mura Indigenous community maneuver a boat Feb. 17, 2025, in the Lago do Soares village in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil.
Afeli Bernice Adzo leans against the remains of her father's room March 5, 2025, as she looks at the ocean that destroyed her family home in Avegadzi, Ghana.
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