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Photos of the Month by The Game Magazine, January 2025

From sports highlights to global events, explore IMAGO’s top photos from January 2025—including a special tribute.

The year 2025 began with a mix of unexpected events, scheduled happenings, natural disasters and more across the world. As always, these moments were captured through the lenses of many photographers, and the IMAGO picture desk has selected the most outstanding images from different categories.

 

View the full collections of the best photos of the month, selected by the IMAGO Picture Desk, here.

The Best Sports Photo

The Australian Open 2025 featured countless incredible shots, making it difficult to choose just one standout image. This striking photo of Carlos Alcaraz, taken by Jason Heidrich of Icon Sportswire, is the Best Sports Photo of the Month.

Photos of the Month January 2025
IMAGO / Icon Sportswire / Jason Heidrich | Carlos Alcaraz from Spain competes in Round 4 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, on January 19, 2025. | Photos of the Month January 2025: Sports

The Best News Photo

The year opened with devastating wildfires in California, USA. This image, captured by Daniel A. Anderson of ZUMA Press, shows firefighters in action during one of their operations.

Photos of the Month January 2025
IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire / Daniel A. Anderson | Los Angeles, January 11, 2025: Firefighters are actively extinguishing hotspots on the Pacific Coast Highway near Carbon Canyon. | Photos of the Month January 2025: News.

The Best Entertainment Photo

At the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, Casey Flanigan from MediaPunch captured this shot of Zendaya, showcasing both her elegance and the glamour of the night.

Photos of the Month January 2025
IMAGO / MediaPunch / Casey Flanigan | On January 5, 2025, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, Zendaya attended the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. | Photos of the Month January 2025: Entertainment.

Special Tribute

This month, we have chosen a special photo in memory of Tobias Eder, the ice hockey player who tragically passed away in January. Captured by Thomas Haesler from Kirchner-Media, the photo shows a tribute to Eder, featuring his jersey hanging in the hallway as a remembrance by Eisbären Berlin.

Tobias Eder
IMAGO / Kirchner-Media / Thomas Haesler
Photos of the Month January 2025
IMAGO / RHR-Foto / Dennis Ewert


Sports photo of the month 2025
IMAGO / CTK Photo / Jaroslav Svoboda


imago best photos
IMAGO / PsnewZ / Frédéric Le Floc’h

best dports photo 2025
IMAGO / ZUMA Press / Sean Kilpatrick

sports photos of the month
IMAGO / Bildbyran / Vegard Grott
January 2025
IMAGO / i Images / Martyn Wheatley


IMAGO / UPI Photo / Andrew Harnik
IMAGO / UPI Photo / Andrew Harnik


Trump inauguration ceremony 2025
IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire / Shawn Thew

Biden Awards the Medal of Honor
IMAGO / ABACAPRESS / Samuel Corum


Gaza 2025
IMAGO / ABACAPRESS / Habboub Ramez

Los angeles fire 2025
IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire / Paul Kitagaki Jr

a photo of Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz
IMAGO / Florian Gaertner

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025
IMAGO / Martin Müller

Photos of january 2025
IMAGO / Ulmer/Teamfoto

IMAGO / Xinhua / Zanem Nety Zaidi
IMAGO / Xinhua / Zanem Nety Zaidi | On January 23, 2025, displaced people were seen at Nzulo port near Goma in eastern DRC amid escalating armed conflicts.
Best Entertainment Photo
IMAGO / CFOTO


Photos of the Month by The Game Magazine, January 2025
IMAGO / Bestimage

fashion week paris 2024
IMAGO / Avalon.red / Lounis Tiar

IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire / Prabhat Kumar Verma
IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire / Prabhat Kumar Verma

See photos of the month collections of  October 2024 selected by IMAGO photo editors:

Entertainment Photos of the Month October 2024.

News Photos of the Month of October 2024.

Sports Photos of the Month of October 2024.

Discover more of the best photos monthly via The Game Magazine.