Heartwarming, harrowing and humorous: The best images from Reuters photographers on the scene of 2016's biggest news stories

From Syria's festering battle to the Bastille Day assault in Good, Reuters photographers have been on the scene to document the largest information tales this 12 months.

A younger girl tearing off the niqab she had been compelled to put on for 2 years till U.S.-backed forces liberated her northern Syrian village from Islamic State and an image of a lady in a gown calmly standing as police in riot gear confront her throughout protests in opposition to the deadly police shootings of two black males in Louisiana are among the many most memorable photos from 2016, chosen by the information company to mark the tip of the 12 months.  

One other heart-wrenching picture reveals a lady weeping as she held her companion's physique went viral within the Philippines final summer time. President Rodrigo Duterte known as it melodramatic. 

Different pictures embody Donald Trump through the U.S. presidential election marketing campaign and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt smiling at Canadian Andre De Grasse whereas competing on the Rio Olympics.   

Individuals watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana seashore throughout New Yr celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1

A crane is seen subsequent to an enormous statue of Chinese language late chairman Mao Zedong underneath building close to crop fields in a village of Tongxu county, Henan province, China, on January four

Robin Roy reacts as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets her at a marketing campaign rally in Lowell, Massachusetts on January four

Transit cops patrolling a brand new freeway discovered a sloth holding on to the publish of a visitors barrier in Quevedo, Ecuador on January 22

Gleyse Kelly da Silva holds her daughter Maria Giovanna in Recife, Brazil, on January 25. Maria has microcephaly, a deformation characterised by abnormally small heads that may additionally embody mind injury

A monkey catches knives because it balances on a board throughout a each day coaching session at a monkey farm in Baowan village, Xinye county, in China's central Henan province, on February 2

Beyonce and Chris Martin of Coldplay carry out through the half-time present on the NFL's Tremendous Bowl 50 between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos in Santa Clara, California on February 7

Greek Coast Guard officers transfer a lady from a dinghy carrying refugees and migrants aboard the Ayios Efstratios Coast Guard vessel, throughout a rescue operation at open sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Lesbos on February eight

A line of packed garbage baggage snakes alongside a highway in Jdeideh, in Beirut, the capital metropolis of Lebanon, on February 23

Leonardo DiCaprio, nominated for Greatest Actor for his position in 'The Revenant', sporting a Giorgio Armani tuxedo, arrives on the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on February 28

Male chimpanzee Chacha screams as a person tries to seize him on the facility strains at a residential space in Sendai, northern Japan after he escaped from close by Yagiyama Zoological Park on April 14

Tape is tied round Shivani's ankle to forestall her operating away, whereas her mom works at a building web site close by, in Ahmedabad, India, on April 19

A pilot appears to be like up from a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter because it prepares to refuel mid-air with a KC-135 refuelling aircraft throughout a flight to Britain from Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania, on April 25

A protestor makes use of a tennis racket to return a tear gasoline canister throughout an illustration to protest the federal government's proposed labour legislation reforms in Nantes, France, on June 2

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to talk throughout her California major evening rally held within the Brooklyn borough of New York on June 7

Souad Hamidi removes her Niqab after Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) took management of her village, on the outskirts of Manbij metropolis, Aleppo province, Syria on June 9

A Guardsman faints at Horseguards Parade through the annual Trooping the Color ceremony in central London to honour Queen Elizabeth's official birthday on June 11

A demonstrator protesting the eath of Alton Sterling is detained by legislation enforcement close to the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Division in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 9

A physique is seen on the bottom mendacity subsequent to a baby's doll in Good, France July 15, a day after the Bastille Day truck assault

Jennilyn Olayres, 26, weeps over the physique of her companion, who was killed on a avenue in Pasay metropolis, Metro Manila, Philippines on July 23 throughout President Rodrigo Duterte's struggle on medication within the nation

Individuals stroll on a dizzyingly-high clifftop sightseeing platform in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China on August 1

Usain Bolt of Jamaica turns to have a look at Andre De Grasse of Canada as they compete within the Males's 100m Semifinals on the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil on August 14

Drake presents Rihanna with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award through the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on August 28

Indian mannequin and acid assault survivor Reshma Quereshi has make up utilized earlier than strolling to current Indian designer Archana Kochhar's Spring/Summer time 2017 collections throughout New York Trend Week on September eight

A touching embrace on the ladies's wheelchair basketball playoff between Canada and China on the Rio Olympic Enviornment on September 16

A lady pours water over a baby affected by teargas after clashes between police and avenue distributors in central Harare, Zimbabwe, on September 27

A large panda cub falls from the stage whereas 23 big pandas born this 12 months have been on a show on the Chengdu Analysis Base of Large Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China on September 29

A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun throughout navy workouts close to the village of Divychky in Kiev area, Ukraine, on October 21

Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, who's affected by extreme acute malnutrition, sits on a mattress on the al-Thawra hospital within the Pink Sea port metropolis of Houdieda, Yemen on October 24

The physique of 11-year-old Mahmoud Barakeh is positioned on a desk to be ready for burial after shelling within the insurgent held besieged city of Douma, japanese Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, on October 24

A displaced Iraqi boy leads his animals to security after escaping from Islamic State managed village of Abu Jarboa throughout clashes with IS militants close to Mosul, Iraq on November 1

Chicago Cubs gamers rejoice after defeating the Cleveland Indians in sport seven of the 2016 World Collection at Progressive Area on November 2

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington on November 10, following the U.S. presidential election

Riders and their horses of the Spanish Driving College of Vienna carry out a gown rehearsal for the media on the SSE Enviornment in London on November 10

Individuals run in panic after a coalition airstrike hit Islamic State fighters positions in Mosul, Iraq, on November 17

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