(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 10 - ANSA has unveiled the 2024 edition of
PhotoANSA, its traditional year-end book of photographic
reportage.
The year was marked by US President-elect Donald Trump's return
to the White House, which opens new scenarios on the worldwide
stage and on the future of ongoing wars.
And the images tell stories of suffering and destruction, from
Gaza to Ukraine, which are part of our daily lives and appear to
increasingly push away a dream of peace.
They portray elections in a divided, lost Europe that seeks to
reaffirm its role in the world, while European cities, like
Valencia, appear unable to bear the brunt of climate change.
This and much more is portrayed in the special 20th edition of
the book, which includes iconic images of the past few years.
"Uncertainty grows on the future and on imminent events at the
end of the electoral campaign most filled with hatred that we
can remember: Trump's past endeavours, which culminated in the
Capitol's occupation, are not reassuring", wrote ANSA President
Giulio Anselmi in the preface.
"New questions are open on the consequences of the aggression
unleashed by Putin against Ukraine and on the Middle East, which
occupy the subsequent chapters of the photo book dedicated to
2024 and intensify an increasingly extensive anguish that
involves Russia, China and flares up in the Middle East, from
Gaza to Lebanon, from Israel's attacks to the Blue Helmets.
Behind reported stories it is possible to see consolidated
balances cracking. The very idea of liberal democracies is
weakened and questioned: will they be able to support our
institutions? Will the global economy have in store more bad
surprises". (ANSA).