20 best pictures of the year 2016
Written By Wion Web Desk
Published: Dec 14, 2016, 06:27 IST | Updated: Dec 14, 2016, 06:27 IST
Quite like every year, a plethora of interesting pictures were captured in 2016. We bring you the best of them.
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt (C) jokes with Canada's Andre De Grasse (L) after they crossed the finish line in the Men's 200m Semifinal.
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Radio City Rockette Lauren Renck is nudged by a camel.
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A couple of dragonflies are seen at a water reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon north of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
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Photo released by the Venezuelan Presidency of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dancing during a radio program in Caracas.
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US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton poses with singer Pharrell Williams for a selfie backstage before a campaign rally in Raleigh.
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Silver medallist China's He Zi receives a marriage proposal from Chinese diver Qin Kai during a podium ceremony.
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The supermoon is seen behind the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft set on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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A persian cat is pictured during a world cats show contest organized by the World Cat Federation (WCF) in Istanbul.
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Pope Francis wears a traditional Mexican sombrero hat received as a gift by a Mexican journalist aboard the plane to Havana.
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The moon rises behind a car on the The Emirates Air Line (cable car) in London's Docklands.
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US President Barack Obama addresses a press conference with the German Chancellor after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin.
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A biker shows his 12-year-old cat "Chiquinho" - which always rides with him on his motorbike - in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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France's forward Dimitri Payet's shoes is kissed by France's forward Antoine Griezmann.
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US President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd R) dance tango with dancers during a state dinner in Buenos Aires.
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Baby giraffe of Niger (Giraffa Camelopardalis) "Kenai" (R), born on August 25, 2016, kisses his mother "Dioni" at the zoo of La Fleche.
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Staff push a Fiat 500 that does not start in the courtyard of the Elysee presidential palace.
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A fire artist performs during the Minsk International Fire Fest in Ratomka, near Minsk.
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Surf dog Sully surfs a large wave during the 8th annual Surf City Surf Dog event at Huntington Beach, California.
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A passenger aircraft passes over a residential house as it prepares to land at London Heathrow Airport in west London.
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