On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, AP photographer Gerald Herbert projected images of places at their worst moments onto how those same locations and neighborhoods appear today.

By bringing August 2005 in New Orleans into August 2025, a generation later, these photos show not only what disaster looked like but also what recovery and resilience look like today. 1 of 14

This photo of a man pushing his bicycle through floodwaters near the Superdome in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, taken by AP photographer Eric Gay, is projected Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, onto the same spot in New Orleans. AP 2 of 14

This photo of Valerie Thomas and her nieces Shante Fletcher, 6, and Sarine Fletcher, 11, viewing the destruction of her brother’s home in the aftermath of Hurricane Katr

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