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2025: The Year in Photos

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A worker wearing a black t-shirt with "EMERGENCY RESPONSE" written in orange on the back stands on a tarmac at night, supervising the loading or unloading of large, netted cargo pallets into the open side door of a white airplane. The pallets are labeled with the Jamaican flag and text indicating "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES."
On December 13, 2025, Direct Relief’s dedicated airlift departed Miami International Airport and landed in Kingston, Jamaica, transporting urgently needed medical supplies requested by health authorities to help replenish strained inventories at hospitals and clinics serving storm-affected communities. (Photo by Bimarian Films for Direct Relief)
By Lara Cooper

From devastating wildfires in Los Angeles to the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean, 2025 had no shortage of crisis moments.

Direct Relief was privileged to support local health providers and organizations working in the aftermath of these major disasters, and also during non-emergency times when resources are scarce and needs are high.

Below are a few of those moments, captured from around the world by a combination of talented photographers working with Direct Relief as well as from the organizations themselves.

Direct Relief burn zone reentry kits containing protective gear for residents at a neighborhood checkpoint in Altadena, California, following wildfires.

Reentry kits, which contained protective gear for residents returning to burn areas, were provided by Direct Relief at neighborhood checkpoints in Altadena, California, on Jan. 19, 2025. (Photo by Mason Poole and Zack Hughes for Direct Relief)

Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department receive boxes of protective gear for residents returning to burn zones after the Los Angeles wildfires.

On January 19, 280 reentry kits were delivered to the Los Angeles Fire Department at Frank Hotchkins Memorial Training Center. The kits were immediately loaded and sent to the Palisades Fire ICP. (Annie Vu/Direct Relief)

Direct Relief staff distributing N95 respirators to agricultural workers at MICOP to protect them from wildfire smoke and poor air quality.

Air quality from wildfires continued to disproportionately impact vulnerable people, including agricultural workers exposed to the elements. Direct Relief staff delivered N95 respirators to the Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project, or MICOP, on Jan. 23, 2025, to protect farm workers. (Photos by Andrew Schoneberger for Direct Relief)

Tatyana Voitovich and her son Yaroslav at the Clinical Centre of Children’s Healthcare in Lviv on his first day of Trikafta treatment for cystic fibrosis.

Tatyana Voitovich, and her son, Yaroslav, on the first day of his treatment for cystic fibrosis with Trikafta at the Clinical Centre of Children’s Healthcare in Lviv. The cystic fibrosis treatment donation program is one of several rare disease donation programs developed by Direct Relief in partnership with pharmaceutical donors that connect patients with life-saving therapies. (Nick Allen/Direct Relief)

A mother caring for her newborn baby while sheltering at the Yadanar Guu Pagoda in Myanmar following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake.

A woman tends to her 11-day-old baby, born the day after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that reverberated through Myanmar and Southeast Asia in March 2025. Direct Relief supported organizations providing care for people displaced by the quake, including this family sheltering in the grounds of Yadanar Guu Pagoda in Amarapura, Myanmar. (Photo by Kaung Myat for CPI)

Medical providers performing a dental procedure at the Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital in Nepal, powered by a resilient energy system.

The Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital, founded by Mountain Heart Nepal and supported by Direct Relief, provides critical healthcare to rural and marginalized communities throughout the region. Here, health workers provided dental care to a patient at the hospital, which is powered by a resilient power system funded by Direct Relief. (Courtesy photo)

Direct Relief staff deliver field medic packs to search and rescue teams in Texas after July 2025 floods.

In response to devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country in July 2025, Direct Relief worked to equip first responder groups, including Texas Search and Rescue, or TEXSAR, conducting search and recovery missions. (Shannon Hickerson for Direct Relief)

A medical provider consulting with a patient at the Boanim Health Center in Ghana, supported by Direct Relief medical aid.

A medical provider helps a patient at the Boanim Health Center in Ghana. Direct Relief has provided the health center with medical aid, including prescription medications, to support health services to the community. (Photo by David Uttley for Direct Relief)

Orange Direct Relief field medic packs used by federal emergency responders in Mexico for triage care.

Field medic packs, designed for triage care outside of clinic walls, are distributed to federal emergency responders in Mexico as part of emergency preparedness efforts in the country. (Direct Relief photo)

Workers with Hope for Haiti distributing Direct Relief medical aid to local health facilities.

Medical aid from Direct Relief is distributed across health facilities in Haiti by local organizations, including Hope for Haiti, pictured here. (Courtesy photo)

A Medical Impact brigade treating patients and replacing medications in Veracruz, Mexico, after severe flash flooding.

Members of a Medical Impact brigade treat injuries and replace lost medications for communities in Veracruz, a state in Mexico, in October 2025, after the area was inundated with severe flash flooding in the aftermath of heavy rains. Direct Relief supported Medical Impact’s response with an emergency grant, field medic packs, and emergency medicines. (Courtesy photo)

Federal first responders in Istanbul, Turkey, equipped with Direct Relief field medic packs for wildfire response.

Direct Relief donated field medic packs equipped federal first responders in Istanbul, Turkey, responding to wildfires in the country earlier this year. (Courtesy photo)

Direct Relief medical aid and medications being unloaded from an airlift in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.

After Hurricane Melissa carved a destructive path through western Jamaica, Direct Relief supported emergency response with multiple airflifts of medication to support health needs throughout the country. (Photo by Bimarian Films for Direct Relief)

A health provider in Jamaica using a blood pressure cuff from a Direct Relief field medic pack to check a patient's vitals.

A health provider in Jamaica uses medical equipment from a Direct Relief-donated field medic pack to take a patient’s vital signs. (Photo by Bimarian Films for Direct Relief)

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