Great global photos from 2024: These images delighted us, touched us, dazzled us
1 of 7The skateboarders of Bolivia's Imilla Skate do their heel flips and backslides in polleras — colorful, layered skirts worn by the country's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua population. "By skating in polleras, we want to show that girls and women can do anything, no matter how you look or how people see you," says Daniela Santiváñez, who founded the group with two friends in 2019.Credit: Ben de la Cruz/NPR
A picture, they say, is worth 1,000 words. So we will try to use as few words as possible in this introduction to a sampling of our favorite photo posts of 2024.
This year's round up includes dramatic drone images of the world's "foodscapes," an intimate look at families striving to provide healthy meals for their kids and exuberant Bolivian women skateboarding in their traditional bowler hats.
How 9 families cope when they can't afford 3 healthy meals a day for the kids
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Indigenous pride. Bowler hats. Meet an all-female Bolivian skateboarding crew
