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2016 In Photos: From El Chapo to President-elect Trump
Here is our selection of the photos that stood out in the world's top news and will linger in the memory.
Back behind bars. Chapo Guzmán appears before the media accompanied by security forces after Mexicio announced his recapture. Jan 8 2016 .
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Global virus. A 4 month-old child born with mircocephaly as a result of the Zika virus carried by the pregnant mother. Recife, Brazil. Feb 11 2016.
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Air Force One over Havana. The US presidnential jey flies over classic cars in Havana as Presidrent Barack Obama made a historic visit to Cuba, the first by a sitting US president in 88 years. March 21 2016.
Alberto Reyes / Reuters
The Rolling Stones became the first rock band to play a massive free outdoor concert to hundreds of thousands in Havana. March 25 2016
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Brussels bombing. An attack by the Islamic State group (ISIS) left 30 dead and more than 230 injured in the Belgian city after a suicide bombing at the Zaventem airport and another bomb in a metro station. March 23 2016.
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Shipwreck in the Mediterranean. An immigrant boat tipped over near the Italian coast. The Italian Navy escued almsot 560 survivors. May 25 2016.
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' Pulse.' Some 50 people died and 53 were injured, mostly Hispanic, when a man armed with an assault rifle opend fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. June 2 2016.
Steve Nesius / ReutersJudged without legs. Olympian Oscar Pistorius walks without prosthetic legs at his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. He was found guilty in the death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp. June 15 2016.
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California on fire. An emu escapes the smoke from a wave of forest fires in southern California. June 21 2016.
Mike Blake / Reuters
Brexit joy. Supporters of Great Britain's exit from the European Union celebrate a surprise victory after a closely fought referendum. June 24 2016.
Toby Melville / Reuters
Wide of the mark, Lionel Messi, star of the Argentine soccer team missed a crucial penalty in the final of the Copa América, won by Chile in a shoot out. June 26 2016. Messi announced his retirement from international soccer after the game, but then changed his mind.
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Bravery in Baton Rouge. A protester confronts anti-riot police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after the death of an African-American man. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot several times at close range while being detained by two white police officers. July 10 2016.
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Gliding into the record books. Solar Impulse 2, became the first piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power to fly around the world. Seen here over the Egyptian pyramids. July 13 2016.
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Terror in Nice. Some 84 people died and 50 were injured when a truck driven by a terrorist drove into a Bastille Day parade in the south of France. July 14 2016.
Eric Gaillard / Reuters
Failed coup. The Turkish governement frustrated a coup attempt against President Erdogan that left 190 dead and hundreds of soldiers and police arrested. July 15 2016.
Murad Sezer / Reuters
Fantasía en la favela. Una familia mira desde un barrio pobre de Río de Janeiro, Brasil, los fuegos artificiales lanzados durante la inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos en el estadio Maracaná. 5 de agosto de 2016.
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Catch me if you can. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won his 9th Olympic Gold Medal at rhe Rio games. August 14 2016.
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The children of Aleppo. A small child is rescued from ther ruins of a bombed building in Aleppo, Syria. The dusty, bloodied face of 5 year-old Omran Daqneesh was a stark reminder of the toll of the war in Syria. The conflict has killed 20,000 people in Aleppo, including more than 4,500 chidren. August 17, 2016.
Aleppo Media Center vía AP
Underwater cam. British diver Thomas Daley captured as he enters the water off a 10 meter platform at the Olympic games in Rio. August 20 2016.
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Aunque se trata de la emisión anglosajona del Grammy, Juan Gabriel será incluido en el tributo a los grandes maestros de la música que nos abandonaron el pasado año.
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Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff impeached. Aug 31, 2016.
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Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto invited Trump to Mexico. Trump campaigned for president on a pledge to build a stronger bordfer "wall," and that Mexico would pay for it. Sept 1 2016.
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FARC fiesta. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dance during a conference in rural Colombia where they agreed to accept the terms of a peace agreement with the Colombian government. Sept 17 2016.
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Flowers, photos, candles and baseballs make up an improvised shrine to Miami pitcher José Fernández, at the entrance to Marlins Park on Sunday. Fernández, 24, died in a boating crash Sept 25 2016.
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Matthew ravages Haiti. Survivors of Hurricane Matthew in the hard hit ton of Jeremie. Oct 6 2016.
Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH
ISIS in retreat. A young Iraqi rides his bike near a burning oil field set alight by besieged ISIS fighters in Mosul, Iraq. Oct 21 2016.
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End of a curse. The Chicago Cubs wins the baseball World Series against the Cleveland Indians, ending a 108 year drought. Nov 2 2016.
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Who are you voting for? Republican candidate Donald Trump looks over his shoulder as his wife Melania casts her ballot in the US presidential election. Nov 8 2016.
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Unexpected encounter. President-elect Donald Trump meets President Barack Obama in the White House for the first time after winning the election. Nov 10 2016.
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Indigenous rights. Protestors brave freezing weather to demonstrate against an oil pipeline on a Native American reservation at Standing Rock, North Dakota. Nov 20 2016.
Stephanie Keith / Reuters
An airplane operated by LaMia Corporation SRL, carrying Brazil's Chapecoence soccer team, crashed near Medellin, Colombia after its crew radioed the control tower that the aircraft had run out of fuel. Nov 28, 2016.
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Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady, Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, were were found guilty on U.S. charges that they tried to carry out a multimillion-dollar drug deal to obtain a large amount of cash to help their family stay in power. Nov 28 2016.
Court documents, Southern District of New York
Cuba says goodbye to Fidel. After his death aged 90, the ashes of the iconic Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, were escorted across the length of the island from Havana to Santaigo where he was buried. Dec 1 2016.
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At least 36 dead in Mexico City fireworks market explosion, Dec 20, 2016
Murder in Turkey. With a cry of "Don't forget Syria" a security agent shot dead Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey an anb art exhibit in Ankara. Dec 20 2016
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