Our lives are part of a greater whole, and that story is best told in faces, as captured in these TIME portraits from 2022. Pictured here: 1: Zendaya, one of TIME's 100 most influential people of 2022; Evan in her bedroom in Florida before high school graduation; Soccer player Bukayo Saka, one of TIME's 2022 Next Generation Leaders in London; Biology teacher Najiba Ebrahimi and her daughter, Azada, in São Paulo, Brazil, on July 10. Tap the link in our bio to see more portraits that capture the year. Photographs by Camila Falquez (@camilafalquez)for TIME; Annie Flanagan (@ annieflanagan) for TIME; Campbell Addy (@campbelladdy) for TIME; Luisa Dörr (@luisadorr)for TIME