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The year in pictures - 2016

From the death of David Bowie to the chaos of the US election - 12 months of spectacular images

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Last updated 28 December 2016

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Fireworks Big Ben London Eye — (Image credit: Carl Court/Getty Images)

A woman in Brixton leaves flowers beneath a mural of David Bowie, who died at the age of 69 in January — (Image credit: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Junior Doctors Strike

Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar

Turkey Tear Gas

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Queen at 90 — (Image credit: John Stillwell/AFP/Getty Images)

Syrian airstrikes

Sadiq Khan

Protesters take part in an anti-coup anniversary demonstration in Bangkok in May

Mourners remember murdered Labour MP Jo Cox — (Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Turkish coup — (Image credit: 2016 Getty Images)

Baton Rouge Shooting

Theresa May

Jorge Alberto Gomes lights the Olympic flame following the opening ceremony of the Rio Games in August

Italy earthquake

9/11 Obama

Black Lives Matter

Thailand King

Nigerian Royals

Ukip's Nigel Farage and US president-elect Donald Trump pose for a photo, days after the US election in November — (Image credit: @Nigel_Farage/twitter)

A Cuban woman cries as she pays her respects to revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who died at the end of November

Native American activists celebrate in December after learning that an oil pipeline will be rerouted away from their land

Egypt blasts

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A woman in Brixton leaves flowers beneath a mural of David Bowie, who died at the age of 69 in January — 11 JANUARY, UK: A woman in Brixton leaves flowers beneath a mural of David Bowie, who died at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer

Junior Doctors Strike

Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar

Turkey Tear Gas

Two women sit in shock moments after a suicide bomb exploded at Zaventem airport in Brussels in March

Queen at 90

Syrian airstrikes

Sadiq Khan

Mourners remember murdered Labour MP Jo Cox

Baton Rouge Shooting

Theresa May

Jorge Alberto Gomes lights the Olympic flame following the opening ceremony of the Rio Games in August

Italy earthquake

9/11 Obama

Black Lives Matter

Thailand King

Nigerian Royals

Ukip's Nigel Farage and US president-elect Donald Trump pose for a photo, days after the US election in November

A Cuban woman cries as she pays her respects to revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who died at the end of November

Native American activists celebrate in December after learning that an oil pipeline will be rerouted away from their land

Egypt blasts

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