Overview:
A visible retrospective highlighting key moments of 2025 throughout Haiti and the diaspora, as seen by means of the lens of The Haitian Occasions picture protection. This yr’s gallery options cultural celebrations, political developments, pure disasters, and diasporic milestones that outlined the Haitian expertise.
January
(L-R) Paul Beaubrun performs throughout a reside set at globalFEST at Lincoln Heart’s David Geffen Corridor on Jan. 15, 2025. Beaubrun, who performed guitar and sang vocals, was joined by his band members in showcasing conventional Haitian rhythms and music. Photograph by Invoice Farrington for The Haitian Occasions.
Three Haitian Armed Forces (FADH) officers stand proudly through the flag-raising ceremony, celebrating Haiti’s 221st Independence Day anniversary. Photograph by Arnold Junior Pierre for The Haitian Occasions.
February
(L-R clockwise) A bike taxi transports six kids to highschool in Léogâne directly, together with two seated in entrance of the motive force and 4 behind, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Photograph by Daniella Saint-Louis for The Haitian Occasions.
Some college students from Quisqueya School in Léogâne are arriving by motorbike, whereas others are already current on the entrance on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Photograph by Daniella Saint-Louis for The Haitian Occasions
March
(L-R)Elaborate masks stuffed the official Jacmel Nationwide Carnival Day Parade on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025
A frightened toddler sits on a pile of wooden on the Kenscoff mayor’s workplace, now serving as a shelter for these displaced by gang assaults. The violence compelled round 3,000 residents to flee, together with 721 kids—358 women and 363 boys. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions, Feb. 5, 2025.
A view of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue D in Little Haiti, Brooklyn, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Neighborhood members say foot site visitors and buyer exercise has declined considerably since immigration arrests started earlier within the month
April
(L-R) A Madan Sara adjusts her greens underneath the scorching solar, prepared for an additional day of gross sales at Silo market in Delmas 33, Port-au-Prince, on March 18, 2025. Photograph Aljany Narcius for The Haitian Occasions.
Newly appointed president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), Fritz Alphonse Jean, greets a presidential safety officer from the USGPN unit of the Haitian Nationwide Police (PNH) at Villa d’Accueil, Port-au-Prince, on March 7, 2025. Photograph by Arnold Junior Pierre for The Haitian Occasions.
Jean Chesnel Jean, founding father of Ayitika speaks with guests at Salon Du Chocolat on the Jacob Javits Heart in New York Metropolis on March 23, 2025. A number of attendees sampled Ayitika’s goodies, together with a lady celebrating her birthday who loved the guava-flavored darkish chocolate, one of many firm’s award-winning merchandise. Photograph by William Farrington for The Haitian Occasions.
Could
(L-R)A lady bends all the way down to kiss a cross from a reverend on the Saint Clair Church within the Ti Plas Kazo space of Port-au-Prince, on Friday, April 18, 2025. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions.
Luxène Augustin is seen in Mexico Metropolis throughout his break on the Hospital Normal de Tláhuac parking zone, the place he directs site visitors and watches over automobiles, on March 14, 2025. Photograph by Annika Hom for The Haitian Occasions.
June
(L-R)Affiliation Sportive Capoise (ASC) gamers rejoice a penalty shootout victory over Soccer Inter Membership Affiliation at Parc Saint-Victor in Cap-Haïtien on Could 28, 2025. FICA’s goalkeeper rests his fingers on his head because the ASC gamers benefit from the second. Photograph by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Occasions.
Affiliation Sportive Capoise (ASC) gamers rejoice a penalty shootout victory over Soccer Inter Membership Affiliation at Parc Saint-Victor in Cap-Haïtien on Could 28, 2025. FICA’s goalkeeper rests his fingers on his head because the ASC gamers benefit from the second. Photograph by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Occasions.
A mom getting her make-up achieved after her hairstyling, manicure, and pedicure through the Bay lanmou, resevwa lanmou youth motion on the refugee camp in Lycée Anténor Firmin, Port-au-Prince, on Saturday, Could 24, 2025. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions .
Firefighters carrying a fireplace hose throughout their struggle to extinguish a fireplace at Plux Resort and Barik Restaurant on The Boulevard street in Cap-Haïtien on Could 26, 2025. Photograph by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Occasions.
Viewers members enjoyment of front-row views of Miami-based T-Vice performing reside on the Lifetime of Hope Haitian Tradition Day occasion at Hillel Place Plaza, Brooklyn, on Could 10, 2025. Photograph by Allison Hunter for The Haitian Occasions.
July
(L-R) A number of books by Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d’Argent—poet, playwright, painter, musician, and instructor—displayed on the market through the thirty first version of Livres en folie. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions.
Marianne and her neighbor, Fanius Augustion, share meals throughout their lunch break on June 24, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque/The Haitian Occasions
(L-R)Trudy Pierre lead vocals, backing vocals, dance and Véronëque Ignace, proper. Photograph credit score: Invoice Farrington for The Haitian Occasions.
Marie Danielle Léonard sits on the entrance of her dwelling in Clercine 22, throughout a vigil to honor her daughter Dahana Jean, on Friday, July 11, 2025. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions.
A lady and little one enter Els Magnificence Salon in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photograph/Rebecca Blackwell)
August
(L-R)One attendee of Trashion Present bursting out laughing close to the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Cap-Haïtien on Aug. 10, 2025. Photograph by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Occasions.
Jésula Cilus seems at her garments on the bottom and items of her mattress, destroyed by gangs, as she assesses the destruction that left her dwelling burned down in Delmas 30, on Aug. 28, 2025. Photograph by Juhakenson Blaise / The Haitian Occasions
Thad Jean trades strikes with Logan Storley through the 2025 PFL Welterweight World Championship ultimate. Photograph courtesy of the Skilled Fighters League
August
(L-R)A lady affectionately seems at her dance associate as the 2 take pleasure in one another’s firm at Lakay Restaurant in Cap-Haïtien on October 2, 2025. Photograph by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Occasions
Dancers carry out “The Spirit of Haiti” in costumes designed by Michel Chataigne to suggest renewal through the New York Carnival parade alongside Japanese Parkway in Brooklyn on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. Photograph by Invoice Farrington
October
(L-R) A lady affectionately seems at her dance associate as the 2 take pleasure in one another’s firm at Lakay Restaurant in Cap-Haïtien on October 2, 2025. Photograph by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Occasions
Residents wade by means of a flooded stream within the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photograph/Odelyn Joseph)
(L-R)Jasmine Pierre, the mom of the one-month-old boy, Jackson Louis, walks by means of the funeral ceremony, inconsolable over the lack of her little one. Photograph by Arnold Junior Pierre for The Haitian Occasions, November 15, 2025.
An activist honoring the reminiscence of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines, taking the chance to thank him for granting Haiti independence on the 219th anniversary of his demise, Friday, October 17, 2025, at Champ-de-Mars. Photograph by Juhakenson Blaise/ The Haitian Occasions
Followers watching a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Haiti and Nicaragua rejoice Haiti’s first purpose, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photograph/Odelyn Joseph)
A visitor watches a efficiency through the Ayibobo Masquerade in Paris, held as a part of the 2025 Fèt Gede celebration. Photograph by Simon Feisthauer Fournet for The Haitian Occasions
December
(L-R)A Haitian panorama portray was created reside in entrance of the general public, who got here out in giant numbers for the nineteenth version of Artisanat en Fête, held in Pétion-Ville on Saturday, December 20, 2025. Photograph by Juhakenson Blase / The Haitian Occasions
Two retailers sit beside their destroyed wholesale items — together with eggs and disposable plates — following the Dumornay market hearth on Dec. 11, 2025. Photograph by Juhakenson Blaise / The Haitian Occasions.
Attendants on the group lighting occasion of Fitgi Saint-Louis’ work “Fanal – Fè Limyè” on the Weeksville Heritage Heart on Dec. 6, 2025 after a fanal constructing workshop. Courtesy of Anthony Artis/Weeksville Heritage Heart.