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2016 in pictures: a selection of the year’s best news images
Family affair: Republican President-elect Donald Trump gives two thumbs up as Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Ivanka Trump (R) look on.
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Catch me if you can: Usain Bolt at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
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The green sea turtle, also known as 'Honu', is a symbol of good luck and longevity in Hawaiian lore. Here, one is pictured swimming below competitors in the 2016 Hawaiian Ironman.
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Newly-wed Syrian couple Nada Merhi,18, and Hassan Youssef,27, have their wedding pictures taken in front of a heavily damaged building in the war-ravaged city of Homs.
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Wounded Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh, 5, sits alone in the back of an ambulance after being injured during Russian or Assad regime forces air strike targeting the Al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo on August 17, 2016.
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Oscar Pistorius walks across the courtroom without his prosthetic legs during the third day of his hearing for a resentence at Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016.
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Evacuated houses are hit by big waves after torrential rains on June 6, 2016 in Sydney, Australia.
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Gael Monfils of France dives for a forehand at the 2016 Australian Open.
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A Syrian boy pauses on his bike as he passes an oil field that was set on fire by retreating Islamic State fighters.
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British tennis player Andy Murray celebrates winning the ATP World Tour Finals and ascending to the No.1 ranking.
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A man holds a bouquet of flowers and a torch as he faces riot police during a demonstration against the government's planned labour reform, on May 26, 2016 in Lyon, France.
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A woman and her young child walk through the Mini-Field of Women planted outside the MCG for the Pink Lady match in support of the Breast Cancer Network Australia.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives for a press conference at the Sofitel Wentworth on July 1, 2016.
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A pile of thousands of discarded refugees' life vests are dumped in a valley in hills above the town on March 27, 2016 in Mithymna, Greece.
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Flight attendant Nidhi Chaphekar (R) reacts in the moments following a suicide bombing at Brussels Zaventem airport in March.
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Melbourne star Daisy Pearce is tackled by Emily Bates and Delma Gisu of Brisbane during the 2016 AFL Womens match.
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Johnny Depp had a tumultuous year. He was photographed with a scarred finger after the dissolution of his relationship with celebrity Amber Heard.
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