50 of the most powerful photos taken by Reuters staff this year
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Reuters has unveiled its pictures of the year for 2019.
From Megan Rapinoe's iconic pose at the World Cup to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern donning a hijab following terrorist attacks in Christchurch, photographers with the international news organization were on hand to capture some of the year's most iconic, stunning, and sobering moments.
As well as big news moments, the photos also cover an incredibly diverse range of subjects and topics affecting our world, including efforts to save coral reefs and fight climate change.
Insider has chosen 50 of the most powerful ones.
Note: Some of the images in this slideshow depict graphic violence and injury, and may be upsetting.
Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe the religious festival of Rakher Upabash in Narayangonj near Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 5.
Mohammad Ponir Hossain / ReutersTheresa May delivers the news that she will be stepping down as U.K. Prime Minister outside Downing Street in London on May 24.
Toby Melville / ReutersRiot police in Hong Kong detain a woman as anti-government protesters gather at Sha Tin Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station on September 25.
Tyrone Siu / ReutersA Koranic student (known as a talibe) named Demba, 8, attends karate training in the courtyard of Maison de la Gare, an organization that helps talibe street children reintegrate into society, in Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Zohra Bensemra / ReutersA Turkana tribeswoman reacts after an accidental fire engulfs a shelter in a Turkana settlement in Ilemi Triangle, Kenya, in July.
Goran Tomasevic / ReutersMegan Rapinoe of the U.S. celebrates scoring during a World Cup match against France at Parc des Princes in Paris, France on June 28. The team went on to win the tournament.
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Benoit Tessier / ReutersChildren play as caked clay is seen in the dried up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, on November 17.
Mike Hutchings / ReutersModels present creations by Dutch designer Iris van Herpen as part of her Haute Couture Spring Summer 2019 collection show in Paris, France in January.
Benoit Tessier / ReutersOrangutans gather as smoke covers Salat Island, near Palangka Raya, Indonesia — which is used by Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) as a pre-release island for the animals — on September 15.
Willy Kurniawan / ReutersSmoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita in Brazil on August 17.
Ueslei Marcelino / ReutersA displaced woman looks at her child who is hiding behind her dress, in a school now occupied by IDPs (Internally Displaced People) after heavy rains and floods forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes in the town of Pibor, South Sudan in November.
Andreea Campeanu / ReutersA destroyed house is seen in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco, Bahamas on September 8.
Loren Elliott / ReutersKim Jae-hoon sits in a cramped cubicle called a goshi-won, where he lives, in Suwon, South Korea, in November.
Kim Hong-Ji / ReutersU.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wipes away tears as Representative Ilhan Omar talks about her own experience as a refugee during a news conference calling on Congress to cut funding for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in February.
Jonathan Ernst / ReutersA recortador jumps over a bull during a contest in a bullring at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 13.
Jon Nazca / ReutersA whirlwind of hot ash and embers moves through a wildfire, dubbed the Cave Fire, burning in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, on November 26.
David McNew / ReutersA riot police officer on fire reacts during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago on November 4.
Jorge Silva / ReutersAnti-government protesters protect themselves with umbrellas among tear gas during a demonstration near the Central Government Complex in Hong Kong on September 15.
Jorge Silva / ReutersBolivia's President and current presidential candidate for the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party Evo Morales offers fruit to residents on a street in Shinahota, Bolivia on October 19.
Ueslei Marcelino / ReutersBritain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie, meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu (not pictured) at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, in September.
Toby Melville / ReutersHuawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to appear at a hearing at the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada on September 23. Wanzhou was arrested in December 2018 in Vancouver on request from the United States on charges including allegedly violating sanctions in Iran.
Lindsey Wasson / ReutersModels present creations from the Oscar de la Renta collection before the show during New York Fashion Week on February 12.
Gaia Squarci / ReutersHuang Wensi in action during her final training session in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, in September, ahead of the Asia Female Continental Super Flyweight Championship match in Taiwan. Huang is one of a small but growing number of women in China to embrace professional boxing, relishing its intense nature despite traditional stereotypes that steer women away from such activities. "A woman is not just limited to being a wife or mother in the house," she said.
Yue Wu / ReutersPeople look at their smartphones in Times Square in New York City on May 8.
Eduardo Munoz / ReutersPeople are evacuated by a member of security forces at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya on January 15.
Baz Ratner / ReutersNew Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 22. The mosque was one of two in Christchurch attacked by a lone suspected terrorist on March 15, 2019. 51 people were killed in what Ardern called "one of New Zealand's darkest days."
Jorge Silva / ReutersA Sudanese protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask waves a national flag outside the defence ministry compound in Khartoum, Sudan on April 24. Weeks of protests eventually led to the removal of longtime leader Omar al-Bashir.
Umit Bektas / ReutersA woman reacts to the sun coming out of the clouds during the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in New York City on April 21.
Stephanie Keith / ReutersWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the Westminster Magistrates Court after he was arrested in London on April 11, following several years of living inside the Ecuadorian embassy, near the famed Harrods department store.
Hannah McKay / ReutersSmoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France on April 15. While undergoing renovation and restoration, the roof caught fire, causing extensive damage.
Benoit Tessier / ReutersIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves towards his supporters during a roadshow in Varanasi, India on April 25. Modi was sworn in for another term as Prime Minister in May.
Adnan Abidi / ReutersA frog is pictured on the leaf of a lotus after the rain at a pond in Lalitpur, Nepal on September 26.
Navesh Chitrakar / ReutersParticipants kiss as they take part in the 2019 World Pride NYC and Stonewall 50th LGBTQ Pride Parade in New York on June 30.
Jeenah Moon / ReutersFirst lady Melania Trump kisses Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next to U.S. President Donald Trump during a photo with invited guests at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France on August 25.
Carlos Barria / ReutersA guest is seen on the red carpet through a rain-covered tarp during arrivals for a screening of the film "Frankie" at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20.
Eric Gaillard / ReutersLady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born" at the 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California on February 24.
Mike Blake / ReutersSwedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, Ivy-Fleur Boileau, Virgile Mouquet, Adelaide Charlier, and Alicia Arquetoux, French activists from the Youth for Climate movement, attend the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France on July 23.
Philippe Wojazer / ReutersPeople run after collecting food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda village, near Beira, Mozambique in March.
Siphiwe Sibeko / ReutersOn October 11, a masked Kashmiri man with his head covered with barbed wire attends a protest after Friday prayers during restrictions following the Indian government's scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir in Srinagar.
Danish Ismail / ReutersA riot police officer in Barcelona, Spain runs towards separatist demonstrators during clashes after a trial verdict over a banned independence referendum on October 15.
Albert Gea / ReutersKate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe of Britain compete at the 18th FINA World Swimming Championships Women's Duet Free Preliminary in Yeomju Gymnasium, Gwangju, South Korea on July 16.
Stefan Wermuth / ReutersA dead red-tailed monkey hangs by its tail above the ground in order to keep it away from ants, in the forest near the city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo on April 5.
Thomas Nicolon / ReutersA girl plays with a rifle after a Memorial Day ceremony for fallen soldiers at Latrun's armored corps memorial site in Israel on May 8.
Corinna Kern / ReutersGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meet at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on August 21. Johnson traveled to Berlin to meet with Merkel to discuss the terms of the UK's departure from the European Union.
Axel Schmidt / ReutersResearch technician Danielle Lasseigne cuts a Pseudodiploria strigosa coral with a steel chisel to remove the portion of the animal being killed by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) near the University of the Virgin Islands campus in St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in May.
Lucas Jackson / ReutersIn November, a Russian Army member, dressed in historical uniform, looks on before a rehearsal for a military parade to mark the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
Maxim Shemetov / ReutersFatima Ibrahim Hadi, 12, who is malnourished and weighs just 22 pounds, sits on a bed at a clinic in Aslam, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, Yemen, on February 17.
Khaled Abdullah / ReutersAndy Ruiz Jr fights Anthony Joshua for the WBA Super, IBF, WBO, & IBO World Heavyweight Titles in New York on June 1. The bout was run by Ruiz, who was defeated by Joshua in a rematch in Saudi Arabia in December, dubbed the "Clash on the Dunes."
Andrew Couldridge / ReutersA relative puts soil on her face as she mourns at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 14.
Tiksa Negeri / ReutersA woman and a child ride an electric tricycle in the old town of Luoyang, Henan province, China, in January.
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