NurPhoto Pics of The Year - 2016

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13 December 2016

(EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts graphic content.) A member of the police's homicide division takes pictures of the corpse of a suspected drug pusher after he was shot dead following a police operation in Manila, Philippines, July 18, 2016. More than 700 people suspected to have been involved with drugs have been killed by police or vigilantes in the Philippines since President Rodrigo Duterte was swept to power more than a month ago. Duterte pledged to kill thousands in an all-out war against drugs, his only real election platform that won him the presidency by a massive margin in a country where drugs and crime are deeply-rooted.

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13 December 2016

(EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts graphic content.) Relatives weep over the corpse of a suspected drug pusher after he was shot dead following a police operation in Manila, Philippines, August 3, 2016. More than 700 people suspected to have been involved with drugs have been killed by police or vigilantes in the Philippines since President Rodrigo Duterte was swept to power more than a month ago. Duterte pledged to kill thousands in an all-out war against drugs, his only real election platform that won him the presidency by a massive margin in a country where drugs and crime are deeply-rooted.

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13 December 2016

People walk to cross the river after hurricane Matthew washed away the bridge in Petit Goave, Haiti, on October 6, 2016. A main bridge on the road that connects north to south. Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007, was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday after its rampage through the Caribbean killed nearly 900 people in haiti and at least 16 people in the United States.

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13 December 2016

Women and children wash in the river after hurricane Matthew destroyed and flooded their houses, on October 7, 2016. Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and displaced tens of thousands in Haiti before plowing northward on Saturday just off the southeast U.S. coast, where it caused major flooding and widespread power outages.

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13 December 2016

A damaged House in Tapyon near Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 9, 2016.The number of people killed in Haiti by Hurricane Matthew hit 1,000 people on Sunday, as the country battled deaths from cholera and some authorities had to start burying the dead in mass graves.

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13 December 2016

Residents have started to repair their damaged houses in village on Tapyon near Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 9, 2016.The number of people killed in Haiti by Hurricane Matthew hit 1,000 people on Sunday, as the country battled deaths from cholera and some authorities had to start burying the dead in mass graves.

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13 December 2016

Port-au-Prince, Haiti -November 22, 2016 - On November 22, 2016, two days after the general elections, supporters of Fanmi Lavalas political party continue protesting claiming that their candidate won the presidential elections and the election committee needs to respect that. Police used tear gas to disperse the rock throwing crowd at the beginning of the demonstration.

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13 December 2016

A child is taking shower in a slum. Narayanganj, near the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. July 27, 2016

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13 December 2016

A woman holds her grand daughter walks in the vegetable field during the sun rise outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 25, 2016. Vegetable production is contributing to the nutrition strategy of Bangladesh. Average agriculture sector GDP annual growth reached 3.5 per cent.

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13 December 2016

Bangladeshi Hindu devotees sit with candle light pray to God at Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari Ashram temple during the religious festival Kartik Brati, also known as Rakher Upobash in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 12, 2016. Thousands of Hindu devotees gather at Shri Shri Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram temple for the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash religious festival in Barodi, Near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Devotees sit in front of candles light pray to God save their family and dear from cholera and pox disease. Lokenath Brahmachari who is called Baba Lokenath was an 18th Century Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal. Hindu worshippers fast and pray in earnest to the gods for their favors during the traditional ritual called Kartik Brati.

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13 December 2016

US President Barack Obama arrives at Athens International airport Eleftherios Venizelos, in Athens, Greece on November 15, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Greece - his first trip to the country, and the final state visit of his administration - with agenda today including an arrival ceremomy and meeting with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, bilateral meeting and press conference with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and state dinner with Pavlopoulos. Visit is intended to 'reaffirm U.S. support for ongoing efforts to place the Greek economy on a path to sustainability and renewed prosperity' and 'make clear U.S. appreciation for the remarkable generosity shown by the Greek Govt and people to refugees and migrants'.

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13 December 2016

A greek Roma family are next to the port of Piraeus, on April 21, 2016, which there are refugees and immigrants. The social problem of the Roma in Greece and the refugee problem have in common that the State does not want to integrate them into society.

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13 December 2016

People attend Nagar Kirtan in Skala Oropos, Greece, on October 2, 2016. Nagar kirtan is a Sikh custom at Sikh Temple In Skala Oropos, Greece, on October 2, 2016.

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13 December 2016

Runners dressed as Santa Claus take part in the 3rd edition of the 'Athens Santa Claus Run' in central Athens, on December 4, 2016.

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13 December 2016

Guerrillas from FARC EP rest from their daily labours with a soccer game in Llanos del Yari, a town in an Indigenous region of southern Colombia on 21 September 2016.

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13 December 2016

An Indian potter makes earthen lamps on a potter's wheel in a workshop as the preparations for the upcoming festival of Diwali pace up in Jaipur,Rajasthan, India, 23 October 2016. Earthen lamp makers are working overtime as the demand for earthen lamps has gone up in the local markets. These lamps which are used to decorate homes and perform prayers on Diwali are sold in wholesale as well as retail market. This year, Diwali, the festival of lights will be celebrated in India on 30 October 2016.