2019 in Photos

A family prays near the ruins of a headless Buddha statue, which has resurfaced in a dried-up dam due to drought, in Lopburi, Thailand, Aug. 1, 2019.

Japanese hairdresser Megumi Takeichi cuts patterns into the hair of a camel ahead of the Bikaner Camel Festival in Bikaner in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Jan. 10, 2019.

Wounded Palestinian boy Mohammad An-Najjar, 12, is evacuated during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 11, 2019.

Kenyan security forces help people to escape after a bomb blast at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 15, 2019. A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex, causing casualties.

French biker Xavier De Soultrait powers his Yamaha during the Stage 8 of the Dakar 2019 between San Juan de Marcona and Pisco, Peru, Jan. 15, 2019.

Models present creations by Dutch designer Iris van Herpen as part of her Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2019 collection show in Paris, France, Jan. 21, 2019.

A rescue worker tries to reach a cow that is stuck in a field of mud, two days after a dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil, Jan. 27, 2019. Officials suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse that has killed at least 40 people.

Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to the shepherd god Khandoba as others carry a palanquin during 'Somvati Amavasya' at a temple in Jejuri, India, Feb. 4, 2019.

President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2019.

A U.S. border patrol boat rescues migrants crossing the Rio Bravo towards the United States, seen from Piedras Negras, Mexico, Feb. 10, 2019.

A man walks on plastic waste, used to reclaim a swamp so that the land can be developed for housing, in the Mosafejo area of Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 12, 2019.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born" during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, Feb. 24, 2019.

Schoolgirls look at "The Morning of the Streltsy Execution" by Russian painter Vasily Surikov exhibited at The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 26, 2019.

A Syrian man weeps as he cradles the body of his daughter who was killed following reported shelling in the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province, Feb. 26, 2019.

Smoke and fire billow after shelling on the Islamic State group's last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province, March 3, 2019.

A car drives along a five-kilometer-long road, which is supervised by regional traffic services to connect the banks of the ice-covered Yenisei River during winter season, south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, March 3, 2019.

Models react while presenting creations by late designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his Fall/Winter 2019-2020 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Chanel at the Grand Palais during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 5, 2019.

A relative puts soil on her face as she mourns at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town Bishoftu, Ethiopia, March 14, 2019.

People run after collecting food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda village, near Beira, Mozambique, March 26, 2019.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the Westminster Magistrates Court, after he was arrested in London, April 11, 2019.

Tiger Woods of the U.S. celebrates on the 18th hole during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 14, 2019.

The steeple and spire of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019.

Cars burn after a powerful car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, April 17, 2019.

Kumari Fernando, who lost her husband, Dulip Fernando, and two children, Dulakghi and Vimukthi, during the bombing at St. Sebastian's Church, grieves during a mass burial for victims at a cemetery near the church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 24, 2019.

Pusha the cat is seen with a baby squirrel at a local park in Bakhchisaray, Crimea, April 25, 2019. The cat which adopted four orphaned baby squirrels, feeds and lives with them.

A man takes part in the annual rendering of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali, April 28, 2019.

A train makes his way through rapeseed fields in Lemmie, Germany, April 30, 2019. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa)

An injured member of the media is carried away during a rally against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and to commemorate May Day in Caracas, May 1, 2019.

Ezra Miller arrives for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, May 6, 2019. The Gala's 2019 theme is “Camp: Notes on Fashion" inspired by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay "Notes on Camp."

Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo gesture as they walk to Insein prison gate after being freed, after receiving a presidential pardon in Yangon, Myanmar, May 7, 2019.

A masked Kashmiri protester jumps on the bonnet of an armored vehicle of Indian police as he throw stones at it during a protest in Srinagar, India-controlled Kashmir, May 31, 2019.

Congressional staffers move Max the Moose into the office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), before the 10th annual Experience New Hampshire reception, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 4, 2019.

Russia's Dina Averina competes in the Individual Multiple event of the Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, June 22, 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019.

Pedestrians cross a broken bridge in Sylhet, Bangladesh, July 7, 2019.

French Army soldiers hold anti-drone guns during the traditional Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris, July 14, 2019.

Swimmers reach for drink bottles while competing in the men's 10km open water swim at the World Swimming Championships in Yeosu, South Korea, July 16, 2019.

Guatemalan migrant Ledy Perez and her son Anthony ask a member of the Mexican National Guard to let them cross into the United States, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 22, 2019.

People walk on a bridge with torches as they celebrate the Torch Festival in Bijie, China's southwestern Guizhou province, July 29, 2019.

A wildlife photographer captures the image of a sea lion falling into the mouth of a humpback whale in Monterey Bay, California, July 30, 2019, in what he calls a "once-in-a-lifetime" moment. (Credit: Chase Dekker)

An Ethiopian Tigray migrant who was imprisoned by traffickers for months, lies on a gurney accompanied by a nurse at the Ras al-Ara Hospital in Lahj, Yemen, Aug. 1, 2019. Nurses gave him fluids but he died several hours later.

Firefighters battle the Marsh Fire near the town of Brentwood in Contra Costa County, California, Aug. 3, 2019.

Swiss pianist and composer Alain Roche performs “Chantier” suspended in the air with his grand piano under a moving crane at dawn during the 20th "Jeux du Castrum", a multidisciplinary festival in Yverdon-les-Bains, Aug. 16, 2019.

A man carries a wounded person to the hospital after a blast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2019.

A pole-dancing robot created by British artist Giles Walker is displayed in the Strip Club Cafe in Nantes, France, Aug. 29, 2019.

An aerial view of damage from Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, Sept. 5, 2019. Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people.

South Africa's Cheslin Kolbe tackles Japan's Ataata Moeakiola during the friendly rugby match between Japan and South Africa at the Kumagaya Rugby Stadium in Kumagaya, Japan, Sept. 6, 2019.

Former first lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, pays her last respects during a state funeral of her husband and the country's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe, at the national sports stadium in Harare, Sept. 14, 2019.

Children act out taking pictures with a non-functioning camera in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 16, 2019.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, speaks during the U.N. Climate Action Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, Sept. 23, 2019.

People run as Haiti's Senator Jean Marie Ralph Fethiere holds a gun in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 23, 2019.

Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding her son Archie, meets Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, Sept. 25, 2019.

A frog is pictured on the leaf of a lotus after the rain at a pond in Lalitpur, Nepal, Sept. 26, 2019.

People queue to pay tribute to late French President Jacques Chirac during a popular national tribute at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, Sept. 29, 2019.

Marching anti-government protesters are seen through a window with peeled off posters in Hong Kong, Oct. 1, 2019.

Anti-government protesters help a soldier with the Federal Police Rapid Response Forces get out of the area after other protesters beat him, in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2019.

Waste collectors transport plastic scrap for recycling in the suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 15, 2019.

A boy covered in oil from a spill, walks out of the sea on Itapuama beach in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco state, Brazil, Oct. 21, 2019.

A fisherman carries a large Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) at the Piagacu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve in Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 24, 2019.

John Hamilton, vice president and chief engineer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg, look back at family members of of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 29, 2019.

An Hindu devotee performs rituals in Yamuna River, covered by a chemical foam caused by industrial and domestic pollution, during the Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi, India, Nov. 2, 2019.

A riot police officer reacts after being hit with a gasoline bomb thrown by protesters during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 4, 2019.

A young girl looks at a costumed character in downtown Moscow, Russia, Nov. 5, 2019.

Iraqi volunteers help a protester who was struck by a tear gas canister fired by security forces at Baghdad's Khallani square during ongoing anti-government demonstrations, Nov. 11, 2019.

Aerial view of fans surrounding a bus carrying the Flamengo football team during a celebration parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after their Libertadores Final football match victory against Argentina's River Plate in Lima, Peru, Nov. 14, 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump reads from his notes as he speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before departing for Austin, Texas, Nov. 20, 2019.

Supporters of former Bolivian President Evo Morales take cover from tear gas in La Paz while carrying coffins of people they say were killed during recent clashes with security forces in Senkata, Nov. 21, 2019.

Flames rise near trees during a wildfire dubbed the Cave Fire burning in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, Nov. 26, 2019.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 18, 2019.