The 2013 list is recounted in a few minutes’ worth of video, and ranges from photos of joyous celebration to tragedy, from far-off landscapes to photos taken close to home.
Among some easily-recognizable photos are Miley Cyrus’ infamous MTV Video Awards performance with a cameo by Robin Thicke, Nick Vujicic in a shark tank, Turkish protesters accosted by police and many more.
See also a few unreal-looking athletic photos, some glimmers of hope among tragedy and a whole lot of bright colours.
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Residents run from a fire at a gasoline and oil shop in Aleppo’s Bustan Al-Qasr neighborhood, on October 20, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Haleem Al-Halabi
A man holds the body of a dead child among bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus August 21, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Bassam Khabieh
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends an award ceremony to receive her 1990 Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, October 22, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Vincent Kessler
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford responds to the Toronto police investigation dubbed “Project Brazen 2” to the media at City Hall in Toronto
With permission by Reuters / Mark Blinch
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Nick Vujicic, an Australian motivational speaker who was born without limbs, swims with sharks at the Marine Life Park in Singapore September 5, 2013.
With permission by Reuters / Edgar Su
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Women carrying children run for safety as armed police hunt gunmen who went on a shooting spree in Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, September 21, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Goran Tomasevic
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: The damaged side of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen at the end of the “parbuckling” operation outside Giglio harbour September 17, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Tony Gentile
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: An aerial view shows the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side next to Giglio Island taken from an Italian navy helicopter August 26, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Alessandro Bianchi
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Pope Francis greets the crowd after arriving in Rio de Janeiro July 22, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Ricardo Moraes
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, 2013
With permission by Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Azra, 68, looks at her pet bird, which died in its cage after her home was burned by a mob in the Pakistani city of Lahore
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