Every year, photographers from NATO forces take countless photos of military operations and ceremonial events. To recognise their efforts, NATO selected their 4 favourite photos from 2023, and shared them on social media, where the public could vote for the winner of NATO’s photo of the year.
The winning image, seen above, was taken by the British Army’s Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth’s Own) during Operation Cabrit, the UK operational deployment to Estonia, where UK troops led a NATO multinational battlegroup. NATO’s image caption reads, “the Royal Lancers get back to their cavalry heritage by conducting mounted armoured reconnaissance with the Polish Territorial Defence Force’s 2nd Lubelska (Lublin) Brigade.”
Check out the 3 other images that were part of the vote below: