**Guardian’s 2024 Defining Images Feature Ukraine**
The Guardian has released its list of defining images from around the world in 2024. Among the selected photographs are three powerful images from Ukraine.
**A Year in Photos**
The British newspaper chose a total of 22 photographs for its list, including clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters in Los Angeles, an assassination attempt on US President-elect Donald Trump during a campaign rally, and a Palestinian family emerging from the rubble of their home.
**Ukraine’s Struggle Against Russia**
One of the selected images is from a memorial service held for Iryna Tsybukh, a 25-year-old Ukrainian combat medic who was killed in action on May 29. The photograph shows Roman, a commander of a sniper group, who returned from France to defend Ukraine.
**A Tribute to Iryna Tsybukh**
The photo was taken by Yulia Kochetova at the memorial service for Iryna Tsybukh, also known as Cheka. Iryna was killed when the vehicle she was in with comrades blew up on a mine. Her brother, Yurii Tsybukh, published a posthumous letter written by Iryna to him the previous year.
**Iryna’s Final Words**
In her letter, Iryna wrote: “It’s sad that we live so helpless, dependent on society’s approval of life, that only death allows absolute freedom.” The Guardian’s selection of images from Ukraine is a powerful tribute to those who have lost their lives in the conflict.
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