14 stories behind the best pictures of the month
(LA Times Middle East)

In September, Los Angeles Times photojournalists covered the fallout of the U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan as the Taliban took control, watched as fire threatened California`s giant sequoias, followed the candidates in the final days of the state`s recall election, stood on the red carpet of the Emmys and saw a mother recovering from COVID-19 finally connect with her newborn son.Below are the stories behind these photos and others published over the last month as told by the photographers who took them.