Pictures of the Year International

Human remains are concealed by a blanket along the the Capurgana route in the perilous jungle of the Darien Gap, a 65 mile stretch of jungle with no existing roads connecting Colombia and Panama, December 18, 2023. The number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap in an effort to reach the United States surpassed 500,000 in 2023 despite the risks of illness, robbery, murder and ultimately being turned away at the border of the United States.. (Credit: Lynsey Addario, The Atlantic Monthly with support from National Geographic Society)