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In the most memorable photographs of 2015, refugees seek safety, Jeb Bush high-fives Donald Trump, and more

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Refugees and Migrants aboard fishing boat drived by smugglers reach the Greek Island coast of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on October 11, 2015.
(Image credit: Antonio Masiello/NurPhoto/Corbis)
Refugees and migrants reach the Greek Island coast of Lesbos on Oct. 11.
(Image credit: (Antonio Masiello/NurPhoto/Corbis))

A Hindu widow lies on a mixture of colored powder, water, and flower petals during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Vrindavan, India, on March 3.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue))

Team USA celebrates after beating Japan to win the FIFA Women's World Cup in Vancouver, Canada, on July 5.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports))

Britain's Prince George looks at his sister, Princess Charlotte, after her christening at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Sandringham, Britain, on July 5.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Chris Jackson/Pool))

New York City police stand, with some turning their backs, as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks outside the funeral for NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn, New York, on Jan. 4.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton))

Contestants comfort Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez after she was mistakenly crowned Miss Universe, and then declared the first runner-up, in Las Vegas, on Dec. 20.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Locher))

Smoke and ash rise from Chile's Calbuco volcano for the first time in more than five decades on April 22.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rafael Arenas))

Orthodox nuns watch firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the bell tower of Novodevichy monastery in Moscow on March 15.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva))

Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island, Japan, on Feb. 25.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Thomas Pete))

A woman cries in front of the Carillon cafe and the Petit Cambodge restaurant in Paris on Nov. 14, a day after a series of terrorist attacks in the French capital.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jerome Delay))

Gordon Satterly kisses his husband Richard Brand at the International Gay Rodeo Association's Rodeo in Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 24.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))

A baby sleeps in a hammock while his mother works at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb. 1.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun))

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush high-five during the presidential debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 16.
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