2025 in Review

2025 has been a year of profound change — conflicts, record temperatures testing resilience, new political realities deepening divides, and a rapidly shifting information landscape challenging how people understand the world and one another.

Amid these challenges, people continue to get up, step up, and work for change. Many turn to culture — to music, movement, film, stories, sport and shared rituals — not as distractions, but as ways to stay connected, interpret change, and find common ground.

In 2025, UN Live have continued to champion the role of popular culture in driving imagination, hope, belonging and collective action. Below are the cultural moments that stayed with us, brought to life together with our global partners.

As we look to 2026, we recognise the scale of the challenges ahead and hold a deep belief in what people can build together. UN Live remains committed to collaboration, multilateralism and positive change — working with, and for, people everywhere.