2017: The Year In Photos
The inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president kicked off a year rich in events, including a string of military victories over Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, antigovernment protests across Russia, and terror attacks in many countries. These images capture some of the big stories of 2017.
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A worker washes a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Saint Petersburg on September 28, 2017, nearly 100 years after the Russian Revolution. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)
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Smoke and flames rise amid explosions at a military depot near the town of Kalynivka, central Ukraine, September 27, 2017. Some 30,000 people were evacuated. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
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A woman wearing a Catalan flag walks through referendum ballots thrown by pro-independence demonstrators, during a rally in Barcelona, Spain. October 1, 2017 (AP/Emilio Morenatti)
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A member of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) looks from a window during the battle to retake Raqqa from Islamic State militants, October 16, 2017. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)
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A confrontation outside the venue where Richard Spencer, an avowed white nationalist and spokesperson for the so-called alt-right movement, was delivering a speech on the campus of the University of Florida. October 19, 2017. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
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A hospital in Douma, Syria, October 26, 2017. Seven people were killed after bombs were dropped on civilian areas, allegedly by forces loyal to the Syrian regime. (EPA-EFE/Mohammed Badra)
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Photographers help a Rohingya refugee out of a river as she flees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, November 1, 2017. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)
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Afghan women pick saffron flowers in Herat Province, western Afghanistan, November 5, 2017. Saffron is the world's most expensive spice, and the Afghan government offers help to farmers to grow saffron instead of opium. (EPA-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)
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Residents huddle by a fire following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake at Sarpol-e Zahab in western Iran on November 13, 2017. (AFP/ISNA/Pouria Pakizeh)
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A Pakistani security official inspects the damaged windscreen of a vehicle after a bomb attack that targeted a senior police officer in Peshawar, November 24, 2017. (EPA-EFE/Arshad Arbab)
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A 22-year-old Ukrainian soldier nicknamed Pixel chops firewood -- the only available source of heating in the village of Pisky, in eastern Ukraine. December 2, 2017. (RFE/RL, Marian Kushnir)
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Palestinians burn tires and clash with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Ramallah, during protests against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. December 8, 2017. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
