SaveTheChildren 189d ago

Too many children had their freedoms taken from them this year. Cruelty and division spread like wildfires. And children were always hurt most. These pictures capture childhood, its threats, and its defenders in 2025. A golden-shawled girl gets her first jab. Best friends float belly up in their fragile ocean. A young father kisses his precious son. They’re the good, the bad, and the snuggly. And behind each frame are stories of progress, pain, and the hard work of our teams. Heartwarming stories told by children, their families, and the award-winning photojournalists we’re proud to work with. Check the full stories of our Year in Pictures at https://stories.savethechildren.org.uk/2025-year-in-pictures/ -------- 00:00 - A girl peeks through a curtain during a theatre production at our safe space for children in Cairo, Egypt ©Anna Sass   00:05 - 3-year-old Yuaan plays with his dad, Razzak, outside their home in Tower Hamlets, London. ©Kate Stanworth   00:17 - Mowlid, a Save the Children-trained health worker, vaccinates Imran, 4, at a mobile outreach session in a remote community in Somali Region, Ethiopia. ©Maheder Haileselassie   00:20 - Hamoudi* kisses his one-year-old son, Majid*, at home in North East Syria. ©Jonathan Hyams   00:23 - Eipril, 11, and her mum, Oleksa, giggle at home near Margate, Kent.  ©Anna Gordon    00:27 - Margaret, 15, and her classmates plant a coral reef surrounding their island in Torba Province, Vanuatu. ©Conor Ashleigh   00:32 - A portrait of Mbombo,* 16, near her home in Kasai, DRC.  ©Hugh Kinsella Cunningham   00:45 - Thérèse*, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, brings her twins babies Gloria* and Gildas* to a medical centre in Mahama refugee camp, Rwanda.  ©Hugh Kinsella Cunningham   00:48 - Adel (right) and her friends chat and braid Marie's hair after school in Kasai, DRC. ©Hugh Kinsella Cunningham   00:51 - Lily, 4, has her hair done by dad Phil, at home in Tower Hamlets, London.  ©Imogen Forte   00:53 - Amina* and her mum, Bulu*, feed their goats at home in Barishal, Bangladesh. ©Shefali Rafiq   01:02 - Amina* and he friends laugh outside college in Barishal, Bangladesh. ©Shefali Rafiq   01:07 - Cyrah, 7, pictured at SkateJam in Montrose Park, London.  ©Anna Sass   01:10- Mariam* hugs her boy, Khaled*, near Save the Children’s safe space in Cairo.©Misan Harriman   01:11 - Best friends Margaret, 15, and Jennifer, 17, swim in the ocean at dusk in Torba Province, Vanuatu. ©Conor Ashleigh