A dramatic year in striking pictures

Charlie Hebdo unity march
Christopher Furlong / Getty Images

Injured Syrian child in Douma
Abd Doumany / AFP / Getty Images
Nurse using an infrared thermometer to check
a patient’s temperature during the Ebola crisis in Liberia
Daniel Berehulak / The New York Times
This is not a painting but Tian-shan, the largest mountain ranges in Central Asia
Tugo Cheng / National Geographic
The Greek crisis
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Merkel and Obama in a weird version of the 'Sound of Music'
Michael Kappeler / EPA
A walk above the clouds
Jean-Christophe Bott / EPA
Lebanon's never-ending garbage crisis
Patrick Baz / AFP
The political rise of Donald Trump
Joshua Lott / AFP / Getty Images
The Iranian nuclear deal
Carlos Barria / Reuters
Lebanese policeman crying after security forces shot at demonstrators
Karim Mostafa
Syrian refugees drifting in the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece
Yannis Behrakis  / Reuters
Unconventional Pope
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
Syrian schoolgirls in Aleppo
Izein Al-Rifai / AFP / Getty Images

Terrorist attacks in Paris
Jerome Delay / Associated Press
In the middle of the mayhem created by the violent clashes between
protesters and riot police in Downtown Beirut, she sat down and lit a cigarette.
Dar al Mussawir