See the best photos of 2014 elected by the French agency AFP
We are already approaching the end of the year, and, as usual, retrospectives and awards are emerging. AFP is a renowned and prestigious news agency that voted the best photos of 2014.
Every year we have events, situations and even tragedies that have impacted the world. Based on all these aspects, the photos below were the winners according to the news vehicle. Check out the images:
A Kurdish woman member of the Kurdistan Liberation Party holds a position in Dibis, 50 kilometers from Kirkuk, on September 15. The world's top diplomats have announced support for Iraq in its fight against Islamic State militants.
Protesters pose with a police shield outside parliament in Ouagadougou as cars and documents burn in the street on October 30. Hundreds of people passed the security line and pillaged the building after an attempt to change the constitution, which would allow Burkina Faso's president, Blaise Compaoré, to extend his 27-year warrant.
Caterham-Renault Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi's car left the track during an accident at the start of the Formula 1 Grand Prix on March 16 in Melbourne, Australia.
A Kurdish man sits on the edge of the southeastern area of Mursitpinar village in Sanliurfa province, where there is intense fighting between Islamic State militants and Kurdish fighters.
An Israeli artillery near the edge of the Gaza Strip fires 155mm capsules at Palestinian targets.
Children of the Dinka ethnic group pose in a cattle field in the southern city of Yirol.
Australian world champion Christian Sprenger swims in a special children's water therapy session on the balcony of the resort hotel Marina Bay Sands. Sprenger was in Singapore for the Singapore Swim Stars event, which brings together the world's top swimmers.
A member of the Afghan intelligence force points his pistol at the body of a rebel after a Taliban attack at Kabul airport. Explosions and shootings were part of the latest attempt by militants to take an initiative in the power struggle for the presidency.
Uruguayan striker Luiz Suarez - left - reacts to impact against Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during a match in Group D of the 2014 World Cup.
The photo depicts people cooling off at a water park in Suining, southwest of Sichuan province, China. The weather departments issued a heatwave alert for Sichuan.
Protesters protest against police following the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 16 in Missouri.
The picture depicts 26-year-old Chinese Leng Yuting posing underwater for her wedding photo album in a Shanghai studio. Her husband, Riyang, said they wanted to take water photos because they were "romantic and beautiful."
Police rest after pro-democracy protests on September 23 in Hong Kong city.
In this photograph, a veterinary member of the Center for the Orangutan Protection Program conducts medical examinations on a 14-year-old male orangutan found with pressure gun bullet capsules in the Sibolangit district of Sumatra Island.
Children play with a man dressed as Batman in the Subway Favela, near the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Families refuse to leave the site, which was part of a project to revitalize the stadium surroundings before the 2014 World Cup.
A Palestinian woman stops amid the destroyed buildings in a district of Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian girl sits and eats amid the wreckage of her home on August 2 after a night of air strikes in Gaza City.
An Orthodox priest tries to stop the clash between police and protesters in central Kiev on January 22 this year.
During the clashes in Kiev, protesters attack police.
Shock troops gather in clash with protesters in central Kiev.
A patient being treated after multiple shots to the face, chest and throat is sitting in a wheelchair at the Malakal hospital.
The photograph depicts a Ukrainian artist playing the piano on the barricade made by the opposition to the government in Kiev during a concert organized for activists and police.
A flock of migrant starlings is seen performing their traditional aerial dance before landing to sleep near the village of Tidhar in Israel.
Protesters catch fire while behind barricades during clashes with police in Kiev.
Children play with a suitcase in a Nuer refugee camp inside the UNMIS complex in Bor, South Sudan.
An X-ray examination reveals a bullet allocated to the 18-month-old boy named Satrin Osinya as he receives treatment at Nairobi's Kenyatta National Hospital three days after gunmen shot a church. The child's mother died in the attack while trying to protect him.
Candles are lit next to graves of soldiers at the Douaumont cemetery in eastern France during the annual event called The Four Days of Verdun, a night parade commemorating the 98th anniversary of the battle of Verdun.
Lukas Michul, a member of the dream walker group, jumps from the top of rugged rocks to the bottom of the beautiful waters of Navagio Beach, one of the largest recreational spots on the Greek island Zakynthos.
People watch women react after learning that her husband is suspected of being killed by the Ebola virus in the Liberian capital Monrovia.
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