Looking back: The year in photos

2015 in photos: Eyes of the world

2 GREEK DRAMA (Below) Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for — 4. WATER, AT LAST: Migrants, found at sea on a boat in June, jostling to collect rainwater at a refugee camp in Rakhine state, Myanmar. "I could see just how meaningful it was for them to suddenly have a chance to drink and clean themselves with whatever small amount of water they could capture," wrote Reuters photographer Soe Zeya Tun. "Every drop was precious." The 727 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants had been adrift for more than two months. PHOTO: REUTERS

2 GREEK DRAMA (Below) Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for — 1. EGG KNOCK: Police officers getting hit by eggs as European farmers protested against high taxes and falling prices outside a European Union farm ministers' emergency meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in September. PHOTO: REUTERS

2 GREEK DRAMA (Below) Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for — 2. GREEK DRAMA: Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for more international bailout funds. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

2 GREEK DRAMA (Below) Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for — 3. BREAKOUT: Children in tears as migrants on the Greek side of the border break through a cordon of Macedonian special police forces, near the Macedonian city of Gevgelija in August. This was the winning entry in the Unicef Photo of the Year 2015 competition which saw 909 entries worldwide. PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

2 GREEK DRAMA (Below) Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for — 5. ROYAL OUTING: Britain's Prince George peering into his sister's pram after her christening at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham on July 5. Princess Charlotte made her second appearance at the low-key ceremony with just 21 guests in attendance. Her name - Charlotte Elizabeth Diana - is a nod to Queen Elizabeth II and her late grandmother. PHOTO: REUTERS

2 GREEK DRAMA (Below) Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for — 6. HOLY TOUCH: Pope Francis greeting an inmate at the Curran- Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia during his six-day visit to the United States in September, his first. PHOTO: REUTERS

2 GREEK DRAMA (Below) Pensioner Giorgos Chatzifotiadis breaks down outside a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece, in July. People scrambled to withdraw their pensions as the debt-laden country held a referendum on tougher austerity measures in exchange for — 7. IT'S A WRAP: An ice-climber tackling the blanket-covered Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps in July. The rapidly melting glacier has been wrapped in insulating foam for the past eight years - an attempt to protect a 100m glistening ice tunnel that has been carved into the ice each year since 1870. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

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Dec 31, 2015, 05:00 AM

They ventured to far-flung lands, braved life-threatening situations and worked under gruelling conditions to be our eyes. Here are some of the best images filed by photojournalists the world over in 2015.

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