The story of the past 12 months as told by some of the most memorable images from around the world.
Updated: December 26, 2015, 12:00 AM
Year in review 2015: The pictures of the year
Supporters of winning presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari hits another supporter with a motorbike during celebrations in Kano, Nigeria in March. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters / March 31, 2015
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin works out his residence in Sochi. Michael Klimentyev / RIA Novosti/Kremlin / Reuters August 30, 2015
Nascar driver Austin Dillon’s No 3 car crashes through a barrier during a race in Daytona Beach, Florida in July. Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports / July 6, 2015
Migrants rescued at sea off the coast of Myanmar’s Rakhine state collect rain water in bottles. Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters / June 4, 2015
German chancellor Angela Merkel and US president Barack Obama talk during a June meeting in Bavaria. Michael Kappeler / Reuters / June 8, 2015
A National Guard officer wounded during protests over changes to Ukraine’s constitution. Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters / August 31, 2015
A hippopotamus walks through streets in Tbilisi, Georgia, after the many of city’s zoo animals escaped during flash flooding in June. Beso Gulashvili / Reuters / June 14, 2015
Child jockeys compete in the traditional horse racing of Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island. Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images / Septemb 15, 2015
A grouse alights on the head of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Edogran. Reuters / August 14, 2015
Lightning strikes amid balloons depicting the leaders of the G7 countries before a June meeting in Germany. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters / June 7, 2015
Britain’s Prince George looks into the pram of his sister, Princess Charlotte, after her christening in July in Norfolk. Matt Dunham / Reuters / July 5, 2015
A refugee stands in a makeshift shelter in a camp in Lebanon, near Beirut. Ali Hashisho / Reuters / January 8, 2015
A mother holds her child at a malnutrition care unit in July in Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters / July 30, 2015
Free-speech advocates in Paris after the January attacks on Charlie Hebdo. Stephane Mahe / Reuters / January 11, 2015
Slovenian police on foot and horseback lead a group of Syrian migrants. Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters / October 20, 2015
Palestinian men put out a fire burning on a fellow protestor set alight by a Molotov cocktail intended for Israeli troops during a protest in October. Mussa Qawasma / Reuters / October 13, 2015
Photographs of the washed-up body of Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned trying to reach Greece in September, inspire protests. . Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP Photo / September 13, 2015