The Most Striking Pictures of 2025
A Sky News feature curates 2025's most striking images across sports, science, climate, and culture with captions and dates.
Space and technology imagery highlights include the SpaceX Starship launch in Brownsville, Texas on 6 March; the Gravity Industries Jet Suit demonstration on the HMS Prince of Wales in Singapore on 24 June; and the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing on 17 August.
Symbolic and soft-power moments feature the Eiffel Tower lit in Ukraine's colours on 24 February in Paris to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion, alongside cultural scenes such as Mexico City's Catrinas Day Parade on 26 October and the Chhath Puja worship on the Yamuna River on 27 October.
Notable adventure and sport moments include Oliver Strumpfel's beer-mug world-record attempt at the Gillamoos festival in Abensberg on 7 September, mountaineering scenes showing a queue heading for Mount Everest on 18 May, and the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on 16 January.
Climate change and protest imagery encompass a timber convoy at COP30 in Brazil on 13 November, the Extinction Rebellion-green dyed Grand Canal in Venice on 22 November, and the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on 11 January.
Extreme weather and natural events are depicted by lava flows on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland on 23 July; a giant dust storm near Phoenix, Arizona on 25 August; and floods in Songkhla, Thailand on 22 November.
Sports and cultural milestones include Marta Kostyuk at the Madrid Open on 25 April; the Spider-Man balloon at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on 27 November; Britain's Lando Norris's first Formula 1 title moment after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 7 December; and the Barcolana sailing regatta in Trieste.
