this historic and often tumultuous year, and we# hear from the photojournalists who captured them.

ANGELA WEISS, Agence France-Presse:# My name is Angela Weiss.

I'm a staff## photographer with AFP, Agence France Two of the biggest events I covered this# year were the Trump arraignment ci vil trial.

I also covered the manhunt from the# deadliest mass shooting of the year in Lewiston,## Maine, where a shooter killed 18 people at a# bowling alley, as well as at a bar and grill.

MATTHEW THAYER, The Maui News: My name is Matthew## Thayer.

I wo August 8, there was three fires# going on around the island.

We## tried to do our best.

We have a# small staff, our dwindling staff,## and -- but it was the biggest story we# have covered maybe since Pearl Harb PAULA BRONSTEIN, Freelance Photojournalist:# My name is Paula Bronstein.

And I have been## covering the war in Ukraine since the beginning,# mostly for G I do a lot of feature stories that tell about# humanity living against the backdrop of war.

BERNAT ARMANGUE, Associated Press: My name is# Bernat Armangue.

I'm a Spanish photojournalist,## and I worked for the Associated# Press for the last 20 years.

This year, 2023, it's been quite an intense# year in terms of breaking news.

We sta with the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which I# covered the Turkish side.

And the end of the year,## what we are covering along, with our colleagues,# the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

ANGELA WEISS: When I was assigned to cover# the Trump arraignment, there were a lot of## protesters.

There were pro-Trump protesters, as# well as people opposing.

It was really chaotic Every day, a few photographers were allowed to# go inside the court.

So, you basically rush in,## and you're facing him, and you have about# 15, 20 seconds to make some photos.

And,## in that moment, he was just looking straight at# me.

And that's what we were looking for that day.

MATTHEW THAYER: As a photographer,# you're trying to get the shot,## to get close and put the elements together.

And there was a Hawaiian man that was# watching the was his church that was burning.

His family's# been members of that church for 200 years.

The## breadth of the destruction and# the human cost was a tragedy.

Lahaina is the beating heart of the island, as far# as so much of the -- of what we do here.

And to## know that it was gone and its people were hurting,# it was really hard.

It was so hard to cover.

PAULA BRONSTEIN: When we talk about the# war in Ukraine, people, viewers can't## see the death and destruction every day.# They want to know other stories.

How are## people getting on?

How is the war wounded?

The# amputees, how are they rebuilding their lives?

I was really lucky to meet Serhi (ph)# in a rehab facility in Western Ukraine,## found out that his wife was about to give birth# to their first son.

He's a double amputee and## certainly lucky to be alive.

I have covered a# lot of funerals, too many, too many to count,## to be quite honest with you.

And to be able to# photograph a birth, that's something special.

BERNAT ARMANGUE: I arrived few days after October# 7.

I went to Israel to cover the funerals of the## people that was killed during the Hamas# attack in the kibbutz and the festival,## the protest of the relatives of the# hostages demanding for the release,## and some of the escalations in the West Bank.

It felt like a story that it's going to be# a landmark in the history of the conflict.

PAULA BRONSTEIN: I was in Ukraine when the# Israel-Hamas war started.

Many Ukrainians were## saying to me: "God, now Ukraine is not even# in the news.

We're going to be left behind."

ANGELA WEISS: These kind of stories# are just historic.

They're absolutely## important and monumental.

And# they're also very challenging,## just because you don't know# how every day will pan out.

MATTHEW THAYER: I get emotional when I start# thinking about the people and the history that## was lost.

It was my -- career-changing.

The rest# of my career will be influenced by this fire.

Every issue of the papers, stories about# the fire, it's just so big and so important.