Photos capture destruction, heartache and resilience as climate change advanced in 2025
Climate change hit people hard in 2025, with suffering and heartache captured by Associated Press photographers around the globe.
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 in the heat at Zabriskie Point, Aug. 3, 2025, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
The head of a dead fish lies in the almost dry Aume River, Aug. 14, 2025, in Saint-Fraigne, France. (AP Photo/Yohan Bonnet, File)
Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire Aug. 12, 2025, in Guzelyeli, Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
Members of the Mura Indigenous community maneuver a boat Feb. 17, 2025, in the Lago do Soares village in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
Afeli Bernice Adzo leans against the remains of her father's room as she looks at the ocean that destroyed her family home March 5, 2025, in Avegadzi, Ghana. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)
Scientists and veterinarians capture a pink river dolphin in the Amazon River to perform health checks Sept. 7, 2025, in Puerto Narino, Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Wanona Harp rescues a cat stranded on her neighbor's porch flooded by the Kentucky River, April 8, 2025, in Lockport, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Mamadou Gueye, a 39-year-old farmer who lost his left hand after a fight with a herder over cattle in May 2022, guards his fields of peanuts Oct. 12, 2025, in Ross Bethio, Senegal. (AP Photo/Andrea Ferro)
An environmental agent of the Chico Mendes Institute takes photos of turtle hatchlings Nov. 17, 2025, at the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Brazil. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
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. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)
A Sudanese farmer carries his livestock after his farm was destroyed by floods Oct. 1, 2025, in Wad Ramli village, Sudan. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
Members of the Gadaba Indigenous communities gather tendu leaves to sell April 16, 2025, in Hatipakna village, India. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
Cows stand in floodwaters at a farm July 25, 2025, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
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. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
Schuyler Clogston, left, makes shadows puppets with Agnes Suárez after setting up a sheet and light to attract moths for observation Oct. 7, 2025, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
Cassandra Garduño cleans a canal in her chinampa, an island farm built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago May 8, 2025, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, a borough of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)
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. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Fisherman Sunil Kumar, bottom, spreads a fishing net to help remove the weeds floating on Doddajala Lake, Aug. 23, 2025, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
Young Indigenous guards play on the walls of an old military defense barrier made of sandbags, remnants of the military occupation in the area July, 19, 2025, in the Lopez Adentro reserve in Caloto, Colombia. (AP Photo/Nadège Mazars, File)
Women open freshly cooked oysters Aug. 6, 2025, in Tsokomey, Ghana. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)
Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)
A Navy officer helps a woman cross a flooded street Oct. 12, 2025, in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)
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. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
Arturo Huidobro, center, and a worker prepare to remove dead pigs from a farm following heavy rainfall Oct. 11, 2025, in Poza Rica, Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)
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. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
Baby ostriches huddle after being moved into a barn following recent flooding July 9, 2025, at a farm in Bend, Texas. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade conduct a patrol Jan. 14, 2025, at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag, File)
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. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
Olsjen Mucobega, 32, uses his motorcycle to evacuate a sheep from a wildfire Aug. 13, 2025, in Patras, Greece. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
A man rides his bicycle through an inundated street during the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Oct. 30, 2025, in Black River, Jamaica. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Ari Rivera, rear, and Anderson Hao hold each other in front of their destroyed home Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Gentoo penguins nest at Neko Harbour in Antarctica, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A pod of orcas swim in the Drake Passage en route to Antarctica, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Passengers walk inside the volcano at Deception Island in Antarctica, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Gentoo penguins walk at Neko Harbour in Antarctica, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Gentoo penguins nest at Neko Harbour in Antarctica, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A member of the ship's crew looks at an iceberg near Yalour Islands in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A crew member looks for whales at Yalour Islands in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
The sun sets near a iceberg in Antarctica, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Passengers watch as a ship sails through the Lemaire Channel in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Adelie penguins stand on a block of floating ice at Yalour Islands in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A elephant seal reacts at Walker Island in Antarctica, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Gentoo penguins nest at Walker Island in Antarctica, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Gentoo penguins prepare to enter the water at Walker Island in Antarctica, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
An ice covered rock formation is reflected in the waters at Pleneau Island in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A Pintado petrel flys over the Drakes Passage on the way to Antarctica, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Sea ice covers the ocean at Yalour Islands in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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