Filipino photojournalist Ezra Acayan was awarded the top prize in Pictures of the Year Asia 2022 s Covid Picture Story category for his photo "A Failed Response," an Award of Excellence in the Nature & Environment category, and was a finalist for Photographer of the Year (Asia).
The photographers who shot the most striking images of the year – capturing everything from the terrifying power of nature to the human cost of war and Covid – recall how they were taken and what they tell us