The Best Aerial Photos of 2025

1. The Best Aerial Photos of 2025

2. Former circus artist Krystian Kaulis takes a swim with Mrs Meyer, an American alligator, in an outdoor pool in Elmenhorst, Germany, August 1. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

3. Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, January 27. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

4. A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans facing deportation are held, in Anson, Texas, April 28. REUTERS/Paul Ratje Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

5. A drone view shows the scene where U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, September 11. REUTERS/Cheney Orr Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

6. Lava emerges through a fissure following a volcano eruption near Grindavik, Reykjanes, Iceland, July 16. Hordur Kristleifsson/Civil Protection Of Iceland Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

7. A drone view of buildings destroyed during the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, January 15. REUTERS/Matt Mills Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

8. A drone view shows people walking in a flooded area in Hat Yai district, Songkhla, Thailand, November 23. REUTERS/Roylee Suriyaworakul Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

9. A drone view shows a cut in the trees marking the border between Canada and the U.S. in Champlain, New York, February 4. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

10. Members of the clergy attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis, at the Vatican, April 26. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

11. Livestock moves through floodwaters caused by heavy rain, near Trinidad, Bolivia, April 2. REUTERS/Ipa Ibanez Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

12. A drone photo of rescue forces at the impact site of residential homes, following missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 14. REUTERS/Yair Palti Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

13. A drone view shows a new section of the border wall that stands in Arizona's San Rafael Valley in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, September 22. REUTERS/Cheney Orr Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

14. A drone view shows a herd of beef cattle feeding off winter hay distributed into their parched grazing field, following months of higher temperatures and dry weather, in Middle Duntisbourne near Cirencester, Britain, August 26. REUTERS/Toby Melville Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

15. A drone view shows burnt cars following a wildfire in Dymi, near Patras, Greece, August 14. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

16. A drone view shows demonstrators observing 15 minutes of silence in memory of the victims of the fatal November 2024 Novi Sad railway station roof collapse, during a protest in Kragujevac, Serbia, February 15. REUTERS/Marko Djurica Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

17. A drone view shows workers during recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 9. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

18. A drone view shows buildings and roads submerged in floodwaters after heavy rain in Rongjiang county, Guizhou province, China, June 24. via China Daily Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

19. A drone view shows the ruins of residential buildings in the abandoned town of Marinka, in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, May 15. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

20. A drone view of damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, in Belmont, Jamaica, November 2. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

21. A man walks on a bridge by the Vjosa valley, recently designated a UNESCO site, in Tepelene, Albania, October 8. REUTERS/Florion Goga Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

22. Toyota Gazoo Racing's Seth Quintero and Dennis Zenz in action during stage 11 of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, January 16. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

23. A drone view shows a person walking between baseball fields flooded by the Snoqualmie River, as an atmospheric river brings rain and flooding to the Pacific Northwest, in Fall City, Washington, December 9. REUTERS/David Ryder Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

24. A drone view of a soccer training session taking place on a pitch damaged by motorbikes in Gateshead, Britain, November 29. REUTERS/Lee Smith Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

25. A drone view shows a water channel running through a dry section of the Woodhead Reservoir after a prolonged period without rain, which resulted in water levels dropping, near Tintwistle, Britain, May 13. REUTERS/Phil Noble Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

26. A drone view shows boats from islands Brac and Solta face off in a tug-of-war tradition event over the neighboring islet Mrduja, Croatia, July 19. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

27. Carlos Hebert-Plante, on day 417 of an attempt at 1096 consecutive days of bodyboarding, tows his boogie board towards a standing wave across an ice pack on the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Canada, February 22. REUTERS/Bernard Brault Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

28. A drone view shows mud covering areas of Hualien due to flooding, following Super Typhoon Ragasa, in Taiwan, September 25. REUTERS/Ann Wang Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

29. A drone view of vehicles lining up for fresh produce provided by the Mid-Ohio Food Collective at a monthly drive-thru produce pantry outside Faith Baptist Church in Belle Valley, Ohio, May 16. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

30. People attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis at the Vatican, April 26. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

31. A drone view of a floating school, built aboard a boat, travels down a river in the Bhangura area of Pabna, Bangladesh, October 7. In flood-prone regions of Bangladesh, solar-powered “floating schools” ensure children do not miss class when rising waters cut off roads and villages. REUTERS/Sam Jahan

32. A drone view shows a man crossing a muddy street where cars piled up after being swept away in floods brought on by Typhoon Kalmaegi which piled up at a subdivision in Bacayan, Cebu City, Philippines, November 5. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

33. High-rise buildings are barely seen from a Skywalk tower amid air pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 3. REUTERS/Navesh Chitraker Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

34. Debris lies around damaged houses the morning after a tornado touched down in Florissant, Missouri, March 15. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

35. A drone view shows competitors taking part in the annual international waterfall jumping competition held in the old town of Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 9. REUTERS/Amel Emric Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

36. A drone view shows a man surfing with the wing on the frozen Kierskie lake in Kiekrz, Poland, February 24. Piotr Skornicki / Agencja Wyborcza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

37. A drone view shows houses and buildings lying in ruins, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, January 19. REUTERS/Mahmoud Al-Basos Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

38. A drone view shows a person walking along an avenue of blossoming Cherry trees in The Stray park in Harrogate, Britain, April 28. REUTERS/Phil Noble Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

39. Participants make their way on the Fontanka river during the Fontanka SUP stand up paddle boarding festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab