# @cnn on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C1MfFXeuWNw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10445561-cnn-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-23T12:11:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CNN (@CNN) — https://gondola.cc/CNN

## Caption

Tears. Joy. Terror. Triumph.

It’s been a year filled with historic firsts, unspeakable tragedy and inspiring performances. These are some of the photos that defined 2023.

Explore the full #YearInPictures at the link in our bio.

1. Lightning strikes over Gaza City following an Israeli bombardment. | Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
2. Migrant families cross into Texas from Mexico before the expiration of Title 42. | John Moore/Getty Images
3. The hall of the historic Waiola Church and the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames in Lahaina, Hawaii. | Matthew Thayer/The Maui News/AP
4. Beyoncé performs aboard a prop horse during a concert in Scotland. | Andrew White/Parkwood Entertainment
5. Taylor Swift on the stage during a concert in Atlanta as part of the “Eras Tour.” | Terence Rushin/TAS23/Getty Images
6. Itzik and Miriam Shafir mourn during their son’s funeral at a cemetery in Israel. Their son, Dor Shafir, and his girlfriend, Savion Kiper, were killed during Hamas’ attack on a music festival. |  Maya Alleruzzo/AP
7. A Palestinian child cries next to his mother after they were rushed to a hospital following an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, Gaza. | Mohammed Salem/Reuters
8. Svitlana is joined by her son Kyrylo at her husband’s funeral in the Ukrainian village of Tarasivka. Serhii Havryliuk, 48, died while defending the Azovstal steel plant against Russian forces. | Emilio Morenatti/AP
9. People wearing T. rex costumes race at the Emerald Downs track in Auburn, Washington. | Lindsey Wasson/AP
10. Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodríguez is doused by teammate Teoscar Hernández after an MLB win over Baltimore. | Lindsey Wasson/AP
11. Former President Donald Trump is seen during a break in the New York civil fraud trial against him, his sons and the Trump Org. | Craig Ruttle/AP
12. A child cries on a bus leaving The Covenant School after a deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Three children and three adults were killed. | Nicole Hester/The Tennessean/AP
13. Asiya Sai’du attends summer school in Sabon Gari, Nigeria. More than 10 million children between ages 5 and 14 are absent from classrooms across Nigeria, UNICEF says. | Taiwo Aina for CNN

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