TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 --
Inuit professional bear hunter Martin Madsen, 28, closes his eyes as he rides his dog sled back from the ice edge, where sea ice meets the open ocean, in Ittoqqortoormiit, on the frozen Scoresbysund Fjord, on April 25, 2024.. The village of Ittoqqortoormitt, with its colourful houses and 350 inhabitants, is located near the Strait of Scoresby, the world's largest fjord on the east coast of Greenland, on the edge of the Arctic. All the men in the community are hunters - bears if they're professionals, seals, narwhals or musk oxen if they're amateurs - in an ancestral way of life handed down from generation to generation. But, over the past twenty years, climate change and quotas have gradually jeopardized the tradition that ensures the survival of Inuit families. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024