2025: A year in pictures
Highlighting the essential care you powered around the world this year.
In 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continued to respond to some of the world’s most urgent crises. Wars in Gaza and Ukraine dragged on, violence in Sudan escalated, and millions of people were displaced amid growing barriers to migration and shrinking humanitarian support.
These overlapping emergencies left countless communities without the assistance they desperately need, while insecurity and funding gaps across the rest of the humanitarian sector forced us to make difficult decisions about where and how we could operate.
Despite these challenges, our teams remain committed to providing lifesaving medical care wherever it’s needed — whether in conflict zones, along migration routes or in areas struck by disease outbreaks. This selection of photos captures both breaking points and moments of resilience among the people we assist and our staff: from suspending activities in parts of Haiti due to violence, to witnessing a newborn’s first breath in a maternity ward in Yemen. These images remind us that bearing witness is not only about documenting suffering — it is about creating a human connection.
Gaza
Palestinians risk their lives to get aid at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site in Netzarim.
Palestine, 2025. © MSF
Democratic Republic of Congo
Surgeons at Rutshuru General Reference Hospital cauterize a wound on a young gunshot victim.
Democratic Republic of Congo, 2025. © Sam Bradpiece/MSF
Afghanistan
A filing room filled with patient records at the MSF-supported Boost Provincial Hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province.
Afghanistan, 2025. © Alexandre Marcou/MSF
Sudan
Children take part in a psychological support session organized by MSF at El Geneina teaching hospital. Balloons and toys offer a rare moment of joy for young patients and displaced families living through the trauma of war.
Sudan, 2025. © Moises Saman/Magnum Photos
Bangladesh
A child looks over a hill of eroded soil near refugee camps in Bangladesh, where monsoon rains and flooding make landslides a persistent threat.
Bangladesh, 2025. © Sahat Zia Hero
Ukraine
The basement of a hospital near the front lines, where MSF’s team sleeps overnight for security reasons.
Ukraine, 2025. © Julien Dewarichet/MSF
Benin
Hortense, left, gave birth to a baby girl three days ago, unassisted at home. She is waiting for a consultation at the Klouékanmè health centre.
Benin, 2025. © Adrienne Surprenant/MSF
Mexico
In anticipation of their upcoming appointments, many migrants had already started to sell belongings, quit jobs, and separate from loved ones in preparation for their journey to the border, before an executive order in January cancelled all pending appointments.
Mexico, 2025. © MSF
Myanmar
This monastery, built on stilts above the water at Inle Lake, Southern Shan, collapsed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake on March 28.
Myanmar, 2025. © Nicolas Schreiner/MSF
