In 2025, satellites captured wildfires devastating the hills of Hollywood, battlefronts being redrawn in Ukraine, and 600 million people gathering for a sacred festival on the River Ganges. From space, images revealed the scale of the millions displaced in Gaza, spy satellites tracked the clandestine movements of arms from North Korea to Russia, and scientists have counted wildebeest and walrus to keep tabs on the health of the planet. News archive, witness testimony, user-generated material and expert analysis supplement the unseen story of 2025, as illustrated by satellites above