In 2024, The Xylom significantly invested in our visual journalism, bringing on Kang-Chun Cheng as our first Editor-at-Large.
Together with our freelance photographers, our team stepped foot in 15 countries and regions: From the second-highest peak in Africa to where the ocean is swallowing up Java, Indonesia, we are here to report on the intersection of science and society with a distinctly Asian American sensibility.
We believe these images help us get the story right, and draw you closer to your global neighbors.
Here are some of our best photos in 2024:
After summiting Point Lenana at dawn, alpine guide Ian Loyford Kibaara Muchiri leads the way back to Mintos Camp (Kang-Chun Cheng/The Xylom)
At INTEC, Dominican scientists are using discarded sargassum biomass in the form of fibres that can be used for bioenergy, construction materials, and bagasse for furniture and handicrafts - very useful for creating a workforce in small fishing communities. (Lautaro Isern for The Xylom)
Sarjono sucks water from a hose during drought season in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia on September 5, 2024. (Garry Lotulung for The Xylom)
The hose that Sarjono, 73, is sucking on forms the only connection between his house and Selopamioro Village’s single water source (Garry Lotulung for The Xylom)
A woman vendor walks along a road that was flooded due to rising sea levels in Jeruksari village, Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia. (Garry Lotulung for The Xylom)
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Wandera Wilson manages a nursery in Makame Village in the Hoima region, that produces an estimated 200,000 seedlings a year. (Kang-Chun Cheng/The Xylom)
Dong Dong (left) at Professor Roger Chung's (right) office at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Public Health and Primary Care. They serve advisory roles with Rare Disease Hong Kong, the city’s first patient group dedicated to advocating for and supporting individuals with rare diseases and their families. (Crystal Chow for The Xylom)
Crane Beach in southeast Barbados is struggling to deal with vast influxes of sargassum. (Lautaro Isern for The Xylom)
Victor Kamau (right), representing the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, exits the Nakuru court on December 18th, 2023. (Kang-Chun Cheng/The Xylom)
An elephant from a herd trampled Rakesh Sharma's parents to death last year. (Laasya Shekhar for The Xylom)
Margaret Nasieku stands among the thick shrubs prevalent throughout Sasimwani, Kenya, by one of the portions of her grandfather's home that was destroyed by the Kenyan Forest Service. (Kang-Chun Cheng The Xylom)
An Ogiek man whose home was destroyed by the Kenyan Forest Service in November 2023. (Kang-Chun Cheng/The Xylom)
Smallholder farmer Meena Devi lives in Anandpur Kharauni and had Kala azar twice – 2021 and 2022. She has red patches on her entire body due to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, a dermatological complication. (Aliya Bashir for The Xylom)
Harmful dust emerges from the Zeberced Quarry near Abuja, Nigeria in 2024. (Samad Uthman and Samuel Ajala for The Xylom)
Ingleside on the Bay, Texas City Alderman Suzi Wilder describes how the environs surrounding her jetty have changed over the last decade, as an oil tanker passes behind her. (Alex Ip/ The Xylom) For an upcoming story.
Keeping warm with a campfire, technically not allowed, by Lake Michaelson on Mount Kenya's eastern slopes. (Kang-Chun Cheng/The Xylom)
