The best of Big Picture 2022: from Pope Francis with chefs to children dressed as Gandhi

Here's a look at some of the best images featured in The National's Big Picture this year

Pope Francis with members of the Italian Chefs Federation during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, in March. Reuters

Relatives and friends at the funeral of Rafiya Nazir, 24, who was killed when a grenade exploded at a market in Srinagar in March. EPA

Displaced people watch a UN helicopter in Bunia, eastern Congo, in February. AP Photo

Powerlifter Adam Fulat training at the Desert Barbell Sports Club in Al Quoz, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National

Architect Arianna Abbate, left, on scaffolding to inspect Il Paradiso by Venetian painters Jacopo Robusti, also known as Tintoretto, and his son Domenico, in Venice. AP Photo

The first full-colour image from Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope shows galaxy cluster Smacs 0723, on July 11. Reuters

Migrants trying to cling to an upturned boat off Tunisia in May. AP Photo

Seagulls on a cool and windy morning at the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

A rusted shopping cart in the Rhine river exposed by the low tide in Bonn, Germany. Reuters

Voting stations in Ngor, Dakar as Senegalese voters head to the polls for parliamentary elections. AFP

Aerial view of construction on the Etihad Rail project in Fujairah. Photo: Etihad Rail

The RAF flypast on The Mall after the Trooping the Colour parade in London, in June. Getty Images

Damaged buildings in Irpin, Ukraine, after fighting between invading Russian forces and Ukrainian troops, in April. Getty Images

To mark her 96th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II poses with her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale, right, and Bybeck Katie. Getty Images

The Pillars of Creation, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in near-infrared-light view, on October 19. AP

The glass kitchen at The Uncommon coffee shop on the Mahafiz-Al Fayah road in Sharjah. Pawan Singh / The National

A girl from the Salat Zagrous camp for internally displaced Syrians in northern Syria, in January. EPA

A health worker administers polio vaccine drops during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Karachi, in February. AFP

Muslim pilgrims on Jabal Al Noor overlooking Makkah in Saudi Arabia, in July. AFP

Emirati horse-riders in Abu Dhabi, in February. AFP

Al Hamra tower, right, in heavy fog over Kuwait City in January. AFP

Traditional dancers at a ceremony for the repatriation of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba's coffin and remains, in June. AFP

A free-diver near a big jellyfish off the coast of Lebanon's northern city of Batroun, in February. AFP

An old American car on the seafront in Havana, Cuba, in February. AFP

The upside-down house near Bogota, Colombia, which was designed by Austrian owner Fritz Schall. AFP

Riders in Sweden's Gotland Grand National motorcycle race, in October. AFP

Children in the grounds of Baiturrahman Grand Mosque before the start of Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in March. AFP

A choir parade on the eve of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel, in Addis Ababa, in September. AFP

Hot air balloons launching in Goreme Historical National Park in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, in August. AFP

Workers sort rubbish at the Burj Hammoud landfill north of Beirut, in October. AFP

Residents dismantle a UN vehicle torched in Kanyaruchinya in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in November. AFP

Riders during a horse festival in Garoua, Cameroon, in January. AFP

North Korea's second Conference of Secretaries of Primary Committees of the Workers' Party of Korea, in March. Reuters

Mounted police confront anti-government protestors in Lima, Peru, April 5, 2022. EPA

Sunday league amateur football during a heatwave on a parched grass pitch at Hackney Marshes in London, August 14, 2022. Reuters

Rescue workers assist residents at the site of a landslide after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan, China, in September. Reuters

Brenda Brennan outside her apartment in Fort Myers, Florida, after Hurricane Ian passed through in September. AFP

Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, in the library of his home in Dakahlia governorate, north of Cairo. Reuters

Demonstrators inside the President's House in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in July. Reuters

Parakeets in St James's Park, London, as the British Meteorological Office recorded the highest UK temperature on New Year's Day. Reuters

Baghdad during a sandstorm in May. Reuters

Flood victims queue for food during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, in September. Reuters

Carnival time in Oruro, Bolivia, in February. EPA

Children at the carnival parade in Jacmel, Haiti, in February. EPA

German ski jumper Markus Eisenbichler training for the Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, in January.

A member of the Queen's Guard is given a drink of water outside Buckingham Palace in London, in July. Reuters

Competitors in the Marathon des Sables in central Morocco, in March. AFP

Lizzo and other cast members celebrate a win at the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in September. Reuters

A crowded Amsterdam Schiphol Airport a day after a strike in the Netherlands in April. EPA

Reflections in the waters of the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul. EPA

Sri Lankan police during a protest at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, in April. EPA

Police arrive to control protesters outside the home of Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernandez in Buenos Aires, in August. EPA

A time-lapse image of circumpolar stars over windmills in Cantabria, Spain, in May. EPA

The US Air Force Honour Guard drill team performs during the Memorial Day weekend in Miami Beach, Florida, in May. EPA

The Roman camp Aquis Querquennis on the banks of the Limia river in Ourense, Spain. EPA

A team form their 'castell', or human tower, during a contest in Tarragona, Spain, in October. EPA

New members of South Sudan People's Defence Forces at a graduation ceremony in November. AFP

Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of his birth anniversary, in Chennai, India, on October 1. AFP

Moroccan horsemen during a traditional performance at a Moussem culture and heritage festival in Rabat, on August 27. AFP

Workers remove containers on the Tiendita bridge on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, on December 14. AFP

The Royal Thai Navy corvette HTMS Sukhothai before it sank in the Gulf of Thailand on December 18. AP

The exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams during a media preview at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo on December 19. AFP

Al Fursan aerial display team over Yas Marina Circuit before the start of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. Victor Besa / The National

Protesters and police clash in Lima, Peru, on December 7. EPA

Kajar Kuning village in Lumajang, Indonesia, after a volcanic eruption of Mount Semeru on December 5. AFP

Locals provide fruit for the monkey population in Lop Buri, Thailand, in November. Getty Images

The Fifa World Cup semi-final between France and Morocco at Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar, on December 14. Reuters

Belongings of the 151 victims of the Halloween stampede displayed on November 1 in Seoul, South Korea. Getty Images

Riot police confront supporters of Luis Fernando Camacho, a key opposition figure, following his arrest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. AFP

Houses along the shores of Lake Erie in Ontario are covered in ice following a storm, on December 27. AP

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