Best news pictures of 2015

From refugees arriving in Greece and Macedonia, to a protester jumping on the table in front of the European Central Bank president Mario Draghi during a news conference in Frankfurt, here are some of 2015's best news pictures.

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Dec 24, 2015, 02:30 PM

A long exposure photo showing thousands of lifejackets left by migrants and refugees, piled up at a garbage dump site on the Greek island of Lesbos, on Nov 9, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Syrian refugees taking "selfies" moments after arriving on an overcrowded dinghy at a beach on the Greek island of Kos, after crossing a part of the Aegean sea from Turkey, on Aug 9, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Migrants' tents being blown off by the wind near a collection point in the village of Roszke, Hungary on Sept 9, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A migrant child leaning out of a train window to collect food at the railway station in Tovarnik, Croatia ion Sept 29, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A policeman trying to stop a migrant from boarding a train through a window at Gevgelija train station in Macedonia, close to the border with Greece, on Aug 15, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Syrian refugee reacting as he waits behind border fences to cross into Turkey at Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, on June 15, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Migrants running after crossing a fence as they attempt to access the Channel Tunnel in Frethun, near Calais, France, on Aug, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Syrian refugee holding on to his children as he struggles to walk off a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Lesbos on Sept 24, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A protester jumping on the table in front of the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany on April 15, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Saudi women casting their votes at a polling station in the Kigdom's municipal elections, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Dec 12, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

An Israeli borderpolice vehicle shooting tear gas at Palestinians during clashes on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Dec 18, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Kosovo police officers wearing gas masks during a plenary session at Kosovo's parliament in Pristina, Kosovo, on Dec 14, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

A Palestinian vehicle striking an Israeli motorist, who later died, in the West Bank city of Hebron on Oct 20, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Debris is pictured in Bento Rodigues district which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton burst, in Mariana, Brazil, on Nov 10, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

The White House being illuminated in rainbow colours after a historic Supreme Court ruling legalising gay marriage in Washington, US, on June 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Anti-gay protesters attacking a gay rights activist during an LGBT community rally in central Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Migrants and refugees begging Macedonian policemen to allow passage to cross the border from Greece into Macedonia during a rainstorm, near the Greek village of Idomeni, on Sept 10, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Supporters of the presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressive Congress hitting another supporter on a motorbike during celebrations in Kano, Nigeria on Mar 31, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, collecting rainwater during a heavy rainfall at a temporary refuge camp near Kanyin Chaung jetty, outside Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar on June 4, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Experts investigating the Erawan shrine at the site of a deadly blast in central Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug 18, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rescuers using a makeshift stretcher to carry an injured person after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp on April 25, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Voters waiting to cast their ballots at a polling station set up under a tree on the outskirt of Kano during the presidential elections on March 28, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

A French antirot police (CRS) officer trying to prevent illegal migrants from hiding in trucks heading for England in the French northern harbour of Calais, on June 17, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

A hippopotamus walking across a flooded street in Tbilisi on June 14, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

A Palestinian protester throwing a bottle filled with paint at an Israeli army bulldozer during clashes following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on Aug 21, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Syrian refugees carrying their children as they jump off a dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees upon arriving on a beach on the Greek island of Kos, after crossing a part of the Aegean sea from Turkey, on Aug 9, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

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