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Fifty countries voted in elections in 2024 – a year that also brought extreme global weather events, continued fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East, and rioting across the UK.

Throughout the year, photographers have managed to capture stunning and shocking images – from extraordinary political moments to natural wonders.

Here we take a look back at this year in pictures.

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3 January: Luke Littler, 16, loses to Luke Humphries in the final of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London. Pic: PA

Floodwater from the rivers Avon and Severn surrounds Tewkesbury Abbey as floodwaters continue to fall in the aftermath of Storm Henk in Tewkesbury, Britain, January 8, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble
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8 January: Floodwater from the rivers Avon and Severn surrounds Tewkesbury Abbey amid Storm Henk. Pic: Reuters/Phil Noble

FILE - In this photo provided by the Maryland National Guard, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Baltimore. (Maryland National Guard via AP, File)
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26 March: Dali cargo ship after hitting the Francis Scott bridge in Maryland and causing it to collapse. Pic: AP/Maryland National Guard

Household Cavalry horses Vida (grey) and Trojan (Black) on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych. Picture date: Wednesday April 24, 2024.
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24 April: Household Cavalry horses Vida (grey) and Trojan (black) bolt loose in London’s Aldwych. Pic: PA

A child looks on as Palestinians enjoy the beach on a hot day, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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24 April: Palestinians on the beach in Rafah amid the war in Gaza. Pic: Reuters/Mohammed Salem

A drone view shows an airplane sitting on a flooded runway at the airport in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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17 May: A plane sits on a flooded runway at Porto Alegre airport in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Pic: Reuters/Adriano Machado

Mandatory Credit: Pic: TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A young woman (L) throws a milkshake at Nigel Farage (R), leader of Reform UK party and prospective parliamentary candidate for Clacton, in Clacton-on-sea, Essex, Britain, 04 June 2024.
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4 June: Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, throws a milkshake over Nigel Farage during election campaigning in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Pic: TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Pic: Just Stop Oil/PA Screen grab taken from handout video of Just Stop Oil protesters spraying an orange substance on Stonehenge. Picture date: Wednesday June 19, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Stonehenge. Photo credit should read: Just Stop Oil/PA Wire
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19 June. Just Stop Oil protesters deface Stonehenge. Pic: Just Stop Oil/PA

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kisses his wife Stella Assange as he arrives in Canberra, Australia, June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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26 June: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kisses his wife Stella Assange in Canberra after being freed from prison. Reuters/Edgar Su

Firefighters drop retardant from a plane next to a house as they battle a wildfire in a canyon in Oroville, California, U.S., July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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2 July: Firefighters battle wildfires in Oroville, California. Reuters/Carlos Barria

Newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria Starmer are clapped in by staff as they enter his official London residence at No 10 Downing Street for the first time after the Labour Party won a landslide victory at the 2024 General Election. Picture date: Friday July 5, 2024.
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5 July: Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer walk into Downing Street after he was elected prime minister. Pic: PA

Former prime minister Liz Truss has lost her Norfolk South West seat to the Labour Party, at Alive Lynnsport in King's Lynn, Norfolk, during the count in the 2024 General Election. Picture date: Friday July 5, 2024.
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5 July: Former prime minister Liz Truss loses her seat as an MP at an election count in King’s Lynn. Pic: PA

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning on the podium at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. Picture date: Sunday July 7, 2024.
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7 July: Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Pic: PA

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses an extraordinary meeting of the UK Cabinet at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Friday July 19, 2024.
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19 July: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the UK cabinet at 10 Downing Street. Pic: PA

A small boat arrives to collect more people thought to be migrants off the beach in Gravelines, France. Picture date: Monday July 29, 2024.
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29 July: A small boat carrying migrants near a beach in Gravelines, France. Pic: PA

A chair is thrown at police officers as trouble flares during an anti-immigration protest outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Picture date: Sunday August 4, 2024.
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4 August: A chair is thrown at police officers outside a Holiday Inn in Rotherham amid UK rioting sparked by the Southport stabbings. Pic: PA

Paris 2024 Olympics - Paris, France - August 9, 2024 The moon is pictured with the Olympic cauldron and the Eiffel Tower REUTERS/Christian Hartmann SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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9 August: The Eiffel Tower with the Olympic Cauldron during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Pic: Reuters/Christian Hartmann

Lightnings strike above the domes of the churches of the Kremlin of Suzdal, in Russia, August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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23 August: Lightning strikes above the Kremlin of Suzdal church in Russia. Pic: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

AM - MANAUS - 10/09/2024 - MANAUS, AMAZONAS, DROUGHT OF THE RIO NEGRO, - Small boats navigate through a channel formed due to the drought of the Rio Negro on the morning of this Wednesday (09). The river, which bathes the capital Manaus, suffers for the second consecutive year with a record drought, reaching the lowest level in more than 120 years of measurement, marking 12.66 meters on October 4, surpassing the previous record of 12.70 meters from October 2023. Photo: Suamy Beydoun/AGIF (via AP)
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10 September: Drought of the Rio Negro in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Pic: Suamy Beydoun/AGIF (via AP)

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12 September: Billionaire Jared Isaacman completes the Polarian civilian space walk. Pic: SpaceX

A man stands in the vicinity of wildfire, near Povoa de Montemuro, Portugal, September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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18 September: Wildfires in Povoa de Montemuro, Portugal. Pic: Reuters/Susana Vera

A local resident helps free a car that became stranded in a stretch of flooding road as Tropical Storm Helene strikes, on the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina, U.S. September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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27 September: Devastation in Boone, North Carolina, from tropical Storm Helene. Pic: Reuters/Jonathan Drake

EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 People gather around the stump of the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland National Park. The "rollercoaster of emotions" in the 12 months since the felling of the tree has veered from "hopelessness and grief" to the joyful stories about "just what the tree meant to so many", according to the National Trust. Northumberland National Park Authority is marking the anniversary with the opening of the first phase of an exhibition, including the largest remaining section of the Northumberland tree. The much photographed and visited sycamore was cut down overnight between September 27 and 28 2023. Picture date: Wednesday September 25, 2024.
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27 September: People gather around the stump of the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland National Park a year after it was felled. Pic: PA

A man jumps off apparent remains of a ballistic missile lying in the desert, following an attack by Iran on Israel, near the southern city of Arad, Israel October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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2 October: A man jumps off the remains of a ballistic missile following an Iranian attack on Arad, Israel. Pic: Reuters/Amir Cohen

An annular solar eclipse is seen in Las Horquetas, Santa Cruz, Argentina, October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian SEARCH "REUTERS BEST 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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2 October: A solar eclipse in Las Horquetas, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Pic: Reuters/Agustin Marcarian

A satellite image shows Hurricane Milton progressing before its expected landfall in Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico October 9, 2024. CIRA/NOAA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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9 October: A satellite image shows Hurricane Milton before it makes landfall in Florida. Pic: Reuters/CIRA/NOAA

The Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis, on display in the skies above The Kissing Trees near Kinghorn in Fife. Aurora displays occur when charged particles collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere around the magnetic poles. As they collide, light is emitted at various wavelengths, creating colourful displays in the sky. Picture date: Friday October 11, 2024.
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11 October: The Northern Lights above the Kissing Trees near Kinghorn in Fife. Pic: PA

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, C/2023, with an 80,000 year orbit, passes behind geological formations, tufa spires at Trona Pinnacles, California, U.S. October 12, 2024.....REUTERS/David Swanson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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12 October: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS C/2023 with an 80,000-year orbit, passes in Trona Pinnacles, California. Pic: Reuters/David Swanson

A person writing a message during a vigil for 31-year-old One Direction singer Liam Payne from Wolverhampton, at Hyde Park in central London. Payne, who rose to fame with the boy band on The X Factor, died after falling from a third floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Picture date: Saturday October 19, 2024.
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19 October: Mourners pay tribute to former One Direction singer Liam Payne at a memorial in Hyde Park, London. Pic: PA

Cars are photographed piled up after being swept away by floods in Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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30 October: Cars piled up after being swept away by floods in Valencia, Spain. Pic: AP Photo/Alberto Saiz

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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6 November: Donald Trump celebrates after being re-elected president at the Palm Beach County Convention Centre in Florida. Pic: Reuters/Brian Snyder

A new volcanic eruption that started on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, Wednesday, Nov.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
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20 November: A volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. Pic: AP Photo/Marco di Marco

A Ukrainian serviceman bids farewell to his comrade Pavlo Vedybida aka "Obolonchik" at the Obolon Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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30 November: A Ukrainian serviceman bids farewell to his comrade Pavlo Vedybida at the Obolon Stadium in Kyiv. Pic: AP/Evgeniy Maloletka

Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the Syrian government collapsed in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
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8 December: Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the ousting of Bashar al Assad’s government. Pic: AP/Omar Sanadiki)

Picture research: Daniel Daukes, picture editor



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