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