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2016 Pictures of the Year

Martin Parr presents his edit of the 2016 photographers’ choice pictures of the year

Magnum Photographers

Abbas Supporters of the French team watch the finale of the European Cup on a TV screen in the street. Portugal won by 1-0 after extra time. When Portugal scores the audience are very upset. Paris, Franc (...)

Peter van Agtmael Refugees in front of the border fence separating Greece from Macedonia after the flow of refugees through Europe was halted. Several thousand protested the decision to close the borders by refusin (...)

Christopher Anderson Artist Chuck Close in his Manhattan home. NYC, USA. 2015. © Christopher Anderson | Magnum Photos

Olivia Arthur Women swim in the sea on Juhu Beach at night. Mumbai, India. 2016 © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos

Bruno Barbey Hong Kong. 2016 © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos

Jonas Bendiksen Shinjuku. Tokyo, Japan. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos

Ian Berry Miners remove the flood water from the mine by hand using their panning basins. Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine near Tororo, Uganda. 2016. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos

Matt Black A cattle auction. Alturas has a population of 2,827 and 29.3% live below the poverty level. Alturas, California, USA. 2016. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos

Chien-Chi Chang Facing the Aegean Sea, refugees spend time fishing, showering or waiting before returning to their camp at the end of the day. Lesbos, Greece. 2016. © Chien-Chi Chang | Magnum Photos

Carl De Keyzer From the book 'Cuba, La Lucha'. Havana, Cuba. 2015. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos

Bieke Depoorter Assyut, Egypt. 2016. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos

Carolyn Drake Jose, who goes by Bonez, fixing the car in the parking lot of AutoZone. Bonez gave us lollipops. Vallejo, California, USA. 2016. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak Pokemon Go in front of the Bataclan theatre in the 11th arrondissement, one of the targets of terrorist attacks across Paris on November 13, 2015. Paris, France. August, 2016. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Nikos Economopoulos Elmina, Cape Coast, Ghana. 2016. © Nikos Economopoulos | Magnum Photos

Stuart Franklin Asylum seekers have been waiting since before dawn outside the refugee reception office at TIRRI (Tshwame Interim Refugee Reception Office). Pretoria, South Africa. 2016. © Stuart Franklin | Magnum Photos

Bruce Gilden Rachel Whitehawk Day, a Republican, outside the Republican National Convention. Cleveland, OH, USA. 2016. © Bruce Gilden | Magnum Photos

Jim Goldberg John Dillon. New Haven, CT, USA. 2015. © Jim Goldberg | Magnum Photos

Harry Gruyaert Sake cases on the street in Shibuya. Tokyo, Japan. 2016. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos

David Alan Harvey Jaclyn and Dasha at Pea Island beach, Outer Banks. From the Beach Games portfolio. Rodanthe, NC, USA. 2015. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos

Thomas Hoepker The Max Beckmann opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. NYC, USA. 2016. © Thomas Hoepker | Magnum Photos

Sohrab Hura Arshi walking home with her grandfather. Despite being completely covered in tumors, Sheikh Sirajuddin has decided not to visit any doctors since he believes his tumors are incurable. He had never (...)

David Hurn Spectators at the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the building of Chepstow Old Wye Bridge. Chepstow, Wales, GB. 2016. © David Hurn | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Klaus Schwab; the US Secretary of State, John Kerry; the Egyptian Grand Mufti, Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam; and the Iranian Shiite leader in the US, Ahmad Iravani, at the World Economic Forum (...)

Hiroji Kubota Munsu Water Park constructed on the instruction of Marshall Kim Jong-un. Here, thousands of Pyongyang residents relax with friends and family. Pyongyang, North Korea. August, 2016. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos

Alex Majoli People flood the local market for last minute shopping before New Years Eve. Chunyun, also referred to as the Spring Festival travel season, is a period of travel in China with extremely high traff (...)

Constantine Manos Hollywood Beach. Florida, USA. 2015. © Constantine Manos | Magnum Photos

Diana Markosian Sunday, 2016. From the series: 'Mornings (With You).' Armenia. 2016. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos

Steve McCurry Afghanistan. March, 2016. © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Susan Meiselas The DNC audience welcomes Hillary following Obama's speech. Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2016. © Susan Meiselas | Magnum Photos

Lorenzo Meloni Ouagadougou center. Sirte, Libya. September, 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos

Martin Parr The Republican National Convention. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 2016. Martin Parr/Magnum photos for CNN. © Martin Parr | Magnum Photos

Max Pinckers A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Wall & Hokusai). From the series 'Two Kinds of Memory and Memory Itself.' 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos

Gueorgui Pinkhassov London, Great Britain. 2016. © Gueorgui Pinkhassov | Magnum Photos

Mark Power Harlan, Kentucky, USA. December 10, 2015. © Mark Power | Magnum Photos

Raghu Rai Mother Teresa's canonization. The Vatican. September 4, 2016. © Raghu Rai | Magnum Photos

Eli Reed An impromptu demonstration on Hollywood Blvd. in response to Donald Trump's election. Los Angeles, CA, USA. November 13, 2016. © Eli Reed | Magnum Photos

Moises Saman Kurdish residents of Cizre survey the extensive damage to the Cudi district of the city, destroyed during Turkish Army operations against PKK-aligned Kurdish militants. Cizre, Turkey. March 2, 2016. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos

Alessandra Sanguinetti A family with puppies for sale in Les Attaques, a commune south of Calais. France. 2016. © Alessandra Sanguinetti | Magnum Photos

Jérôme Sessini Violent clashes erupted in the so-called Jungle camp in Calais, home to thousands of migrants, after a demonstration in their support was banned by local authorities. The clashes opposed far left ' (...)

Jacob Aue Sobol From the series 'Road of Bones.' Siberia, Russia. 2016. © Jacob Aue Sobol | Magnum Photos

Alec Soth A band member at a parade. Bangalore, India. 2016. © Alec Soth | Magnum Photos

Chris Steele-Perkins Veronica Alves in the blue dress; her daughters, Nordika Wallcott in red, and Lafleur Alvez in grey. Veronica's grand daughter Corissa, and Corissa's cousin Lucia. New Londoners. Originally from St (...)

Matt Stuart Singapore. 2016. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos

John Vink Farmers, the majority of them from older generations, transplant rice seedlings in a recently ploughed and harrowed field. Damnak Chang Aeur (Kep), Cambodia. July 9, 2016. © John Vink | Magnum Photos

Alex Webb Downtown. Cleveland, USA. 2016. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos

Donovan Wylie Scavenging under the construction site of I-91 on Chapel Street. New Haven, CT, USA. 2016. © Donovan Wylie | Magnum Photos

Patrick Zachmann Supporters of President Erdogan gather in Taksim Square while soldiers surround the Ataturk monument. Istanbul, Turkey. July 15, 2016. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos

Paolo Pellegrin A division of peshmerga soldiers, accompanied by tanks, armored vehicles and American special forces, begin a two-day march towards Bashiqa, ISIS’s last major stronghold in Kurdish territory. They (...)

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From spiralling conflicts and the ongoing migrant crisis, to elections and more snapshots of life in the year 2016, Magnum President Martin Parr selects the final edit of the 2016 photographers’ choice for pictures of the year. Reflecting on Magnum’s coverage of the past year, Parr said:

“I was very struck, when reviewing the shortlist for the best of the year, from my Magnum colleagues by the rich variety of places, events and people they have encountered over 2016. From Raghu Rai witnessing the Pope declaring Mother Theresa a saint, Ian Berry documenting gold panning in Africa, through to a cattle sale in California, from Matt Black’s ongoing exploration of poverty in the USA, not to mention the ongoing war in Syria from Jerome Sessini. Our contemporary world is both scary and even re-assuring, but the need to record and interpret world events feels as urgent now as it ever has and Magnum photographers are out there adding to the remarkable archive that has been created since their founding in 1947. They can create eloquent images that help us to understand and witness this crazy world we all inhabit.”