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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Residents of the Mangueira favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, watch the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 5. (Reuters/Ricardo Moraes)
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Rescue teams search for victims in the rubble of the village of Lazio in Amatrice, Italy, on September 1. A devastating 6.0 magnitude earthquake on August 24 left nearly 300 dead. (epa/Alessandro di Meo)
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A young eagle hunter at the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan on September 6. (Amos Chapple, RFE/RL)
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Syrian men carrying babies make their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings after a reported air strike on the rebel-held Salihin neighborhood of Aleppo on September 11. (AFP/ Ameer Alhabi)