Technically brilliant pictures that fiddle with moments, junctures, sequences—and offer a playful commentary on the slippery nature of Time.

The most striking, influential, and surprising photographs published by TIME in 2024, selected by TIME's photo editors.

Images from the series were printed by Life magazine in 1972, and Kamimura’s portrait became, for a time, one of the most famous images in the world. Amid the public outcry, ...