As the end of the year approaches, here is a look back at some of the major news moments of 2023. Events covered in this essay (the second of a three-part photo summary of the year) include a record-setting fire season in Canada, months-long strikes by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA unions, a dam breach during the fighting in Ukraine, the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III, and much more. Check back tomorrow for the last installment, and be sure to see the first part and the “Top 25 News Photos of 2023.”
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A trombone player faints as the band marches during the Colonel's Review at Horse Guards Parade in London, England, on June 10, 2023, ahead of the King's Birthday Parade. #
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A train travels along tracks surrounded by floodwater from the Mississippi River on May 1, 2023, near Bellevue, Iowa. #
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The performer Jared Leto arrives for the 2023 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023, in New York City. The Gala's 2023 theme was "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," and Leto's costume was an homage to Lagerfeld’s beloved pet cat, Choupette. #
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King Charles III receives a royal salute from members of the military in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, in London, following his coronation on May 6, 2023. #
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Robert Jackson comforts his mother, Cheryl Jackson, as they visit a memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall on May 8, 2023, in Allen, Texas. Eight people were killed and seven wounded in the attack in which the gunman was killed by police, according to published reports. #
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Migrants cross the Rio Grande, trying to enter the U.S., as seen from Matamoros, state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, on May 9, 2023. A surge of migrants was expected in U.S.-Mexico border cities as President Joe Biden's administration ended its implementation of the strict COVID-era immigration restrictions of Title 42. #
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Dakota "Stilts" Albritton of the Savannah Bananas pitches against the Party Animals at Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia, on May 11, 2023. Albritton plays the field, bats, and pitches all while wearing stilts. #
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Some 1,200 windsurfers start the 21st edition of the Défi Wind in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan, in southern France, on May 19, 2023. #
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A graduated cadet bleeds after being hit by a hat tossed in the air at the end of the United States Military Academy's 2023 graduation ceremony, at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York, on May 27, 2023. #
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The Valparaíso Court of Justice holds a mock trial against science-fiction character Darth Vader in Valparaíso, Chile, on May 28, 2023. The trial took place as part of Chile's Heritage Day celebrations and aimed to educate people on the work of the courts. #
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A drone view shows derailed coaches after trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India, on June 3, 2023. More than 295 people were killed and 1,200 injured in the incident. #
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Smoke billows upward from a planned ignition by firefighters tackling the Donnie Creek Complex wildfire south of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, on June 3, 2023. #
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Streets were flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 7, 2023, after the walls of the Kakhovka Dam collapsed. Residents of southern Ukraine, some of whom spent the night on rooftops, were bracing for a second day of swelling floodwaters as authorities warned that a Dnieper River dam breach would continue to unleash pent-up waters from a huge reservoir. #
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One of two giant Inflatable rubber ducks floats in Victoria Harbour during the "Double Ducks" exhibition in Hong Kong, China, on June 9, 2023. #
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People pull in a net of fish off the coast of Chuao, Venezuela, in the early morning of June 7, 2023. #
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Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets celebrates with his daughter Ognjena after a 94–89 victory against the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals to win the NBA Championship at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, on June 12, 2023. #
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Staff members in Senator Jeanne Shaheen's office move a stuffed moose as it arrives at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2023. The stuffed moose, named Marty the Moose, and a stuffed bear named Kodak the Bear were set to be displayed in the office of Senator Shaheen of New Hampshire, as part of the 12th annual Experience New Hampshire event. #
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A civil engineer walks inside a seven-meter concrete tunnel at the Thames Tideway building site in West London, England, on June 14, 2023. London's existing sewerage network dates back to the second half of the 1800s. With the size of the population set to continue to swell, the need for a substantial upgrade has become critical. The new 25-kilometer (15-mile) "super sewer" is 7.2 meters in diameter and snakes from west to east following the curves of the river. #
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Migrants from Eritrea, Libya, and Sudan sail in a wooden boat before being assisted by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, in the Mediterranean Sea, about 30 miles north of Libya, on June 17, 2023. #
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An aerial view of destroyed buildings in Bakhmut, Ukraine, the site of many battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, on June 22, 2023 #
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Pyrotechnics are tested at Arcadia during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, on June 22, 2023. #
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The singer Elton John performs on the Pyramid Stage on day five of the Glastonbury Festival, in what has been billed as his final U.K. performance, in Somerset, southwest England, on June 25, 2023. #
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A person walks through The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe, part of the exhibition "You, Me, and the Balloons," by Yayoi Kusama, at Aviva Studios in Manchester, England, on June 29, 2023. #
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French riot police officers walk next to an overturned vehicle during the fifth day of protests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Paris, France, on July 2, 2023. #
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People run from a missile strike outside the Palace of Culture in Pervomaiskyi, Ukraine, on July 4, 2023. People were gathered on the main square, near the Palace of Culture, for a funeral ceremony for Oleh Fadieienko, a fallen soldier of Ukraine's Kraken regiment. At the beginning of the ceremony, a missile struck the parking lot next to high-rise buildings. Thirty-one people were injured, including 10 children. #
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People watch flowing lava during a volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland, on July 10, 2023. #
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Kyle Kothari of Great Britain prepares to dive during a training session ahead of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships at the Fukuoka Prefectural Pool on July 13, 2023, in Fukuoka, Japan. #
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A wildfire burns on the flank of a mountain in Bitsch, near Brig, Switzerland, on July 18, 2023. This picture was taken with a long exposure. #
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The actress Lupita Nyong'o joins SAG-AFTRA members on the picket line outside of 30 Rockefeller Plaza on July 20, 2023, in New York City. Members of SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood's largest union, joined striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) workers in the first joint walkout against the studios since 1960. #
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A firefighting helicopter flies nearby as firefighters work a fire line while the Agua Fire burns in Soledad Canyon, near Agua Dulce, California, on July 25, 2023. #
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A woman enters the sea from a beach where wildfires destroyed the woods, at Glystra near the village of Gennadi in the southern part of the Greek island of Rhodes, on July 27, 2023. #
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Workers remove the coat of arms of the former Soviet Union from the shield of the 62-meter-tall Motherland Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 1, 2023. The whole shield will be replaced with a new one bearing a trident, the coat of arms of Ukraine. #
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Burned cars sit on a road alongside destroyed buildings after a wildfire burned through Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 11, 2023. #
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Robert Helenius lands a blow on Anthony Joshua during their fight in London's O2 Arena on August 12, 2023. #
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Residents watch the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023. Evacuation orders were put in place for areas near Kelowna, as the fire threatened the city of about 150,000 people. Canada experienced a record-setting wildfire season in 2023, with an estimated 45 million acres (182,000 square kilometers) being scorched. #
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The Australian surfer Olivia Ottaway dives under a wave on August 19, 2023, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia. #
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A woman walks past as South Korean soldiers participate in an anti-chemical and anti-terror exercise at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, on August 22, 2023. #
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A Greek flag flutters in the wind during a wildfire in Chasia, on the outskirts of Athens, Greece, on August 22, 2023. #
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Muddy water rolls down on the rocks at the waterfall in the center of the village Bad Gastein, south of Salzburg, Austria, on August 28, 2023. Authorities in Tyrol and Salzburg provinces in western Austria had put residents on alert amid flooding and landslide risks due to heavy rains. #
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump is shown in a police-booking mug shot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a grand jury brought back indictments against him and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 24, 2023. #
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