Pictures of the Year International

A group of Cuna indigenous men ride the rough seas toward Caledonia on the same route that some migrants take overnight as an entry points in Panama into the perilous jungle of the Darien Gap, a 65 mile stretch of jungle with no existing roads connecting Colombia and Panama, April 15, 2024. An unknown number of migrants have perished in shipwrecks on the trip due to the rough sea conditions, which are made more treacherous by traveling in the dark. The number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap in an effort to reach the United States has surpassed 500,000 in 2023 despite the risks of 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)