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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Hungarian women in traditional dress leave a voting booth during a referendum on EU migrant quotas in Veresegyhaz on October 2. Nearly 98 percent of voters rejected mandatory migrant quotas, but low turnout rendered the vote invalid. (Reuters/Bernadett Szabo)
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Hasidic Jews celebrate the traditional Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, in Uman, Ukraine, on October 2. (TASS/Viktor Drachev)
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A demolition crew works to dismantle the migrant camp known as "The Jungle" in Calais, northern France, on October 2. Some 6,000-8,000 people had been living there in dire conditions. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)
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Muslim women and other tourists relax at the Neve Zohar resort on the Dead Sea in Israel on October 18. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)