These photographs tell some of the stories that defined 2016. (40 PHOTOS)
2016: The Year In Photos
Violence shook the Middle East, migrants made dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean and Europe, and voting in the United Kingdom and the United States produced shock results. These photographs tell some of the stories.
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Geovane Silva holds his son Gustavo Henrique, who has microcephaly, at a hospital in Recife, Brazil, on January 26. Health authorities in Brazil reported an alarming surge this year in cases of microcephaly, a developmental problem characterized by small head size. The condition has been linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus. (Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)
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Police officers wearing gas masks inspect Kosovo's parliament after opposition lawmakers released tear gas in the chamber on Pristina on February 19. (AFP/Armend Nimani)
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Members of the non-profit Emergency Response Centre International (ERCI) gesture to a boat carrying migrants as it arrives in Mytilene on the northern Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 22. (AFP/Aris Messinis)
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An eagle catches a drone during a police exercise in Katwijk, the Netherlands, on March 7. The eagle was trained by the Guard From Above security company, which advertises its services as "using birds of prey to intercept hostile drones." (AFP/ANP/Koen van Weel)