Press Photography - The Best of 2019

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The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during a light show to celebrate its 130th anniversary in Paris, France, May 15, 2019.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs a woman at the Kilbirnie Mosque in Wellington, New Zealand on 17 March 2019. It was two days after the mosque attacks in Christchurch. Less than a month later, New Zealand’s parliament voted 119-1 in favor of a ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons.

Brazil's Ruy Leme Da Fonseca Filho riding Ballypatrick SRS falls after a jump during Equestrian - XVIII Pan American Games at Army Equestrian School, Lima, Peru on August 3, 2019.

Flames engulf a protester who was partially hit by a Molotov cocktail during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile November 22, 2019.

Iraqi students pose for selfies with a member of the security forces during ongoing anti-government protests in the central city of Diwaniyah on October 31, 2019. Demonstrations first erupted on October 1 over corruption and unemployment and ballooned, with protesters insisting on a government overhaul.

The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 2 year old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, on June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez's wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current.

Pope Francis twirls a soccer ball he was presented by a member of the Circus of Cuba during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican on January 2, 2019.

Nidhi Bhattacharjee, 5, dressed as a Kumari, yawns as she is worshipped by Hindu priests as part of a ritual during the Durga Puja festival celebrations in Agartala, India on 06 October 2019.

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool plays on the pitch with his daughter, Makka, after the Premier League match between Liverpool F.C. and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on May 12, 2019.

A riot police officer reacts after a Molotov cocktail landed nearby, splashing fire onto several officers during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile, on November 4, 2019.

A participant poses during The International World Beard and Moustache Championships at Antwerp, Belgium on May 18, 2019.

First lady Melania Trump kisses Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next to U.S. President Donald Trump during the family photo with invited guests at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019.

Wounded Palestinian boy Mohammad Al Najjar, 12, is evacuated during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 11, 2019.

CEO Tim Cook presents the new iPhone 11 Pro at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S on September 10, 2019.

The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's flight demonstration team, perform during the Sioux Falls Air Show in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Aug. 18, 2019.

Chefs celebrated the second day of Cibo Nostrum, a festival of Italian food and wine, at the opera house of Catania, Sicily on 01 April 2019.

Residents fill their containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker in New Delhi, India, on July 1, 2019.

An Israeli soldier points his pistol at a group of Palestinians gathering around a wounded Osama Hajahjeh, 16, near the village of Tekoa, West Bank, in April. Hajahjeh later said he was shot in his legs by Israeli soldiers while he was handcuffed and blindfolded, shortly after being arrested.

Badou Jack, left, fights Marcus Browne in the WBA interim light heavyweight title boxing bout on 19 January 2019, in Las Vegas, USA.

A tiger lays in a pool of water inside a cage at a zoo, during hot and humid weather in Lahore, Pakistan June 10, 2019.

Calvin So, a victim of Sunday's Yuen Long attacks, shows his wounds at a hospital, in Hong Kong, China July 22, 2019.

People are evacuated by a member of security forces at the scene of a terror attack at the Dusit Hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 15, 2019. The attack, carried out by members of the Jihadist militant group Al Shabaab, left 21 civilians dead.

Rolf Buchholz of Germany, who holds the Guinness World Record with 453 piercings, poses during the 2019 International Brussels Tattoo Convention in Brussels, Belgium, November 8, 2019.

A wild elephant stops a car on a road at Khao Yai National Park in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province on October 29, 2019. The driver escaped unhurt with his car slightly damaged.

A demonstrator throws a petrol bomb towards policemen (not pictured) during a protest against Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez outside the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on January 28, 2019.

Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb kiss each other after signing a document on fighting extremism, during an inter-religious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 4, 2019.

A woman holds up what the Chris Steaks & Burgers restaurant says is Thailand's biggest burger, weighing more than 6 kilograms, before a competition held to eat it at the restaurant in Bangkok, October 11, 2019.

A police officer prepares for the execution of Wadah Refat, 28, and Mohamed Khaled, 31, who were convicted of raping a twelve years old boy in Aden, Yemen February 7, 2019.

Dogs pull a sled on water-covered sea ice near Qaanaaq, Greenland, on June 13, 2019. The dogs were forced to wade after an abundance of water from a rapid summer melt had pooled on top of a wide swath of solid sea ice.

Yukihito Ono, Japan, Shortlisted, Open competition, Travel, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards.

A group of demonstrators take cover during a clash with Venezuelan national police officers on a bridge near Cúcuta, Colombia, on 23 February 2019.

People having their cup of beer during 186th Oktober Fest in October 2017, the largest beer fest held in Germany every year.

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive by Tuk Tuk as they attend a reception hosted by the British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Thomas Drew, at the Pakistan National Monument in Islamabad, Pakistan October 15, 2019.

Participants dressed in traditional attire pose for pictures during rehearsals for Garba, a folk dance, in preparations for the upcoming Navratri, a festival during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga, in Ahmedabad, India, September 25, 2019.

A wounded Syrian girl Hasnas Qatran, awaits rescue from under the rubble next to the body of her sister (hands visible at right), who did not survive a regime bombardment in Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province, on February 26, 2019. Five months after this photo, the Syrian photographer who took it, Anas Al-Dyab, was killed in an air strike in Khan Sheikhun. Al-Dyab was also a member of the "White Helmets," a group of volunteers carrying out search-and-rescue efforts in Syria.

Men try to capture a leopard after it strayed into a residential area in the northern city of Jalandhar, India, on January 31, 2019.

Katy Perry at Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute during Met Gala Fashion- Arrivals - New York City, U.S on May 6, 2019.

An opposition demonstrator with wounds gestures in front of a burning bus, while holding a rock, near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase "La Carlota" in Caracas, Venezuela April 30, 2019.

Two gorillas, Ndakazi and Ndeze, mimic human behavior in this selfie taken by Mathieu Shamavu, a worker at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 18 April 2019. "Those gorilla gals are always acting cheeky so this was the perfect shot of their true personalities..!!!" the park said on Instagram.

A soldier is fed snake blood during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Chanthaburi, Thailand, February 14, 2019.

Mount Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano, erupts and lights up the sky in Sicily, Italy July 27, 2019.

Singer Jessica Jung arrives at the opening ceremony and the premiere of the film "The Dead Don't Die" at the 72nd International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 14, 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump kisses White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders after it was announced she will leave her job at the end of the month during a second chance hiring prisoner reentry event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2019.

Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day outside Bangkok, Thailand February 19, 2018.

People queue to pay tribute to late French President Jacques Chirac during a popular national tribute at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France, September 29, 2019.

A cat disrupts play in the second half between Tigres UANL and the Real Salt Lake during their Leagues Cup game at Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 24, 2019.

A pair of Peregrine Falcons mate while perched on a branch along the Palisades Cliffs above the Hudson River in State Line Lookout Park in Alpine, New Jersey, USA on March 4, 2019.

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters march on a street after leaving a rally in Victoria Park on August 18, 2019, in Hong Kong. Demonstrations have taken place on the streets of Hong Kong since June 9, beginning as a reaction to a controversial extradition bill, and evolving into broader demands for democracy and investigations into police brutality, challenging Beijing’s authority.

Police detain pro-democracy demonstrators during a demonstration in Hong Kong on September 29, 2019.

High school seniors preparing to join the Israeli military crawl along sand dunes at a privately run training camp in Herzliya, Israel on 01 February 2019.

At the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships, Guinea-Bissau's Braima Suncar Dabo (right) helps Aruba's Jonathan Busby to the finish line during the Men's 5000m heats at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on September 27, 2019. The two athletes were later awarded the Fair Play Award during the IAAF World Athletics awards ceremony.

On 04 January 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic congresswomen pose together outside the US Capitol. A record number of women elected to Congress were key to Democrats reclaiming the majority in the House.

Riot police are struck by a petrol bomb during clashes with demonstrators protesting against the government in Santiago, Chile on November 22, 2019.

A masked Kashmiri protester jumps on the hood of an armored Indian police vehicle as he throws stones at it during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on May 31, 2019. Government forces in Indian controlled Kashmir fired tear gas and pellets to disperse hundreds of protesters who clashed with them during a protest against the recent killing of a Kashmir rebel leader and also an annual protest marking Al-Quds Day. 

A reveller is tossed by a wild cow in the bull ring after the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 9, 2019.

A bull was set on fire chases participants in the square San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 9, 2019. Participants who helped to pin the animal down are rewarded with pieces of meat from the animal for their ‘bravery’.

England's Charlie Ewels in action with Wales' Aaron Shingler during Rugby World Cup warm-up match - England v Wales at Twickenham Stadium,  Britain on August 11, 2019.

Trains sit in floodwater in a Shinkansen bullet-train rail yard in Nagano, Japan, due to heavy rains caused by Typhoon Hagibis on October 13, 2019.

A shark said to be Deep Blue, one of the largest recorded individual great white sharks, swims near divers off Hawaii on January 17, 2019.

A sacrificial cow is lowered from a rooftop by crane, ahead of the Eid ul Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan, August 4, 2019.

Revelers dancing during the annual Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil on 14 June 2019.

People visiting the 35th Annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China on 05th January 2019.

Artists prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming 36th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2019.

Fireworks explode in front of the full moon during celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta, August 14, 2019.

Yazmin Juarez, mother of 19-month-old Mariee, who died after detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wipes away a tear as she testifies during a House Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services hearing titled, "Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border" in Washington, U.S. July 10, 2019.

People collect water falling from a leaking pipeline along the banks of the Guaire River during rolling blackouts in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 11, 2019. Electricity shortages, blamed on poor equipment maintenance and a lack of expertise in the country, plagued Venezuela off and on through the year.

Smoke and flames rise from the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on 15 April 2019. A catastrophic fire engulfed the 850 years old structure, destroying its iconic spire and roof.

Hundreds of hot air balloons take part in the Great Line at the Mondial Air Ballons festival, in an attempt to break the 2017 record of 456 balloons aligning in an hour during the biggest meeting in the world, in Chambley, France, July 29, 2019.

An Aldabra giant tortoise looks at visitors at the La Vanille Nature Park in Riviere des Anguilles, Mauritius, Aug.19, 2019.

Welcome 2020 - Fireworks explode over the London Eye Ferris wheel by the River Thames in London on 31 December 2019.

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Photography Credits and Courtesy :

Associated Press - AP Images

Associated France Presso - AFP

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CNN International

The Huffington Post

The Boston Globe

Daily Mail

TIME - Light Box

The Atlantic - In Focus

New York Times