the year 2016 in pictures part #1
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PowerPoint Show by Andrew
Photographs from January to June on a range of topics from around the world.
Fireworks light the sky over Copacabana beach during New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Geovane Silva holds his son Gustavo Henrique, who has Microcephaly, at the Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in Recife, Brazil, on Jan. 26.
Duane Ehmer rides his horse at the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge during the occupation of the federal building in Burns, Ore., on Jan. 7.
Audience member Robin Roy (center) reacts as presidential candidate Donald Trump greets her at a campaign rally in Lowell, Mass., on Jan 4.
A Syrian woman takes shelter with her children in an iron box during a rainfall on the Greek deserted island of Pasas near Chios, on Jan. 20.
A woman leaves flowers beneath a mural of David Bowie in Brixton on Jan. 11 in London, England.
A woman decorates a snowman in Times Square as all cars but emergency vehicles are banned from driving on Jan. 23 in New York City.
A giant poster of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands in the backyard of a supporter in West Des Moines on Jan. 28.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets voters outside of a polling station at Fairgrounds Junior High School on Feb. 9, in Nashua.
Lawmakers of the ruling parties vote (front) as opposition lawmakers throw tear gas during a session at Kosovo's parliament in Kosovo, on Feb. 19.
Afghan migrants without permission hoping to cross the border between Greece and Macedonia, gather at a fence, near Gevgelija, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Feb. 23.
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse on the south coast of England on Feb. 8 as the latest storm hits the country.
Rescuers search for survivors from a collapsed building following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Tainan City, southern Taiwan, on Feb. 7.
People pay tribute to the many people killed and injured in multiple terrorist attacks across Brussels at Place de la Bourse on March 24.
A boy stands among tents during a foggy morning at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border on March 8 where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade.
Nidhi Chaphekar, a 40-year-old Jet Airways flight attendant from Mumbai, right, and another unidentified woman are shown after being wounded in the Brussels Airport after explosions rocked the Belgium airport on March 22.
An armed pro-Russian militant holds her position inside a damaged school at the Zaytseve village in the Donetsk area, Ukraine, on March 14.
An old car passes by American and Cuban flags in Havana, Cuba, on March 20 as the island is preparing for the visit of President Barack Obama, following the restoration of the normalization of diplomatic relations.
Maryoly Gamez of Venezuela battles for the ball against Victoria Rios of Uruguay during the International Women's Rugby Sevens - Aquece Rio Test Event for the Rio 2016 on March 6 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Refugees warm themselves at the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in northern Greece, on March 10.
Migrants cross a river as they try to walk to the Macedonian border after deciding to leave the Idomeni refugee camp on March 14 in Idomeni, Greece.
A pile of elephant tusks burns during an ivory burning event at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya on April 30.
An injured woman reacts at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria, on April 28.
Flowers lie on a T-shirt signed by fans of singer Prince at a makeshift memorial created outside the Apollo Theater in New York on April 22.
A tornado rips through a residential area after touching down south of Wynnewood, Okla., on May 9.
A car makes its way on a winding road through flowering canola fields on the L401 highway near Nienstedt, Germany, on May 12.
A woman is carried away in a stretcher by medics after being trapped for six days in the rubble of a collapsed building in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 5.
Eric Fehr of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates with the Stanley Cup after their 3-1 victory against the San Jose Sharks in game six of the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at SAP Center on June 12 in San Jose.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, celebrates as he leaves a "Leave.EU" organization party for the British European Union membership referendum in London on June 24.
A woman, who lost her nine-year-old grandson during the tornado, is comforted by another woman in Jiangsu province, China, on June 24.
Oscar Pistorius' prosthetics lie on the floor as he walks on his amputated legs during argument in mitigation of sentence by his defense attorney Barry Roux in the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 15.
Passengers embrace each other as they wait outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport on June 29 following their evacuation after a blast.