Enduring images of 2022

Soldiers are pictured March 23 outside a shopping mall ruined as a result of a missile strike carried out by the Russian troops in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv. // Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Images

Zubair Babakarkhail with three of his children Omair, and Khadija and Javeria in front Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 School, in October, 2022, where the kids attend school. They settled in Pittsburgh after escaping their homeland, with Zubair's wife, amid the choatic drawdown of US troops and the takeover the Taliban. Attending school in Afghanistan is something that the girls likely wouldn't be able to do had they not escaped: the Taliban restricts women and girls from attending secondary schools. // Martha Rial

A Port Authority bus was on Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh's East End when the bridge collapsed Friday Jan. 28, 2022. Rescuers rappelled nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue people from a dangling bus. The rufurbished bridge reopened in December. The collapse also prompted Pittsburgh City Council to examine the condition of other bridges for potential repairs. // Gene J. Puskar / AP

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has been re-elected, this time to a full six-year term in an historic runoff, against GOP challenger Herschel Walker. // Win McNamee/Getty Images via Georgia Recorder

Lee Miracle with an array of guns he owns at his home in Sterling Heights, Mich., on January 12, 2022. Lee is an active member of the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia — which began in his living room. In 1994, a group gathered there, angry about the deadly government sieges at Ruby Ridge, Idaho and Waco, Texas. They agreed they'd want a system of self-defense, if the federal government tried to enter their property. Miracle was interviewed for the podcast Extremely American, which explored the anti-government movement, produced by Postindustrial Media. Though its numbers have dwindled significantly, movements like Miracle's are increasingly on the radar of the federal government and watchdog groups. // Brittany Greeson

Western Pennsylvania native Willis Bretz turned his lens on New Castle, Pennsylvania to depict a Postindustrial city proud of its past but seeking a transition to the future. Above, Philip Victor Sunseri opened this New Castle barber shop in 1935. His son, Philip Salvatore Sunseri, took over the shop in 1961 and is still cutting hair today in the same location. At 83, Sunseri has lived in New Castle his entire life. From his shop window since 1961, he has watched New Castle transform from a once-bustling city to one of despair. Discussing the lack of industry there, Phil Sunseri recalls, “At one time in this town, you could quit your job in the morning and be working somewhere else in the afternoon.”