Best people pictures of 2015

From German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking with US President Barack Obama outside the Elmau castle in Germany, to Russian President Vladimir Putin exercising in Sochi, Russia, here are some of 2015's best pictures of people.

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Dec 26, 2015, 07:00 AM

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greeting Louie Dixon as she campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, on Aug 15, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A protester wearing grass around his face to obscure his identity during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term, in Bujumbura, Burundi, on May 11, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Britain's Prince George looking into the pram of his sister Princess Charlotte after her christening at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham, Britain, on July 5, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

French President Francois Hollande welcoming German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Palace on Jan 11, 2015, in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

A model (centre) looking at her mobile phone while backstage before the araisara Sara Arai Collection show during China Fashion Week in Beijing on March 27, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Madonna performing on stage at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb 8, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Rihanna arriving at the 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala benefit on May 4, 2015 in New York. PHOTO: AFP

Pope Francis greeting the crowd from the popemobile after the Easter Mass on April 5, 2015 in Vatican. PHOTO: AFP

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arriving for a receiving line and state banquet with German President Joachim Gauck at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin, on June 24, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Mainasi Issa, a 23-year-old Malawian albino woman carries her two-year-old daughter Djiamila Jafali outside her hut in the traditional authority area of Nkole, Machinga district, on April 17, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

An Air France director is helped by security and police officers to climb over a fence, after several hundred employees stormed into the offices of Air France, in Roissy-en-France, on Oct 5, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller addressing journalists after visiting an assembly line of the VW plant in Wolfsburg, central Germany, on Oct 21, 2015 . PHOTO: AFP

A woman wearing a facekini at the beach in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province, on July 24, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Serena Williams celebrating after victory in her women's singles final match against Maria Sharapova at the 2015 Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan 31, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin exercising in a gym at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia, on Aug 30, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho celebrating as his players celebrate with the trophy after Chelsea won the League Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium in London on March 1, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greeting supporters as she leaves a ceremony to mark the 100th birthday of independence hero Aung San in the remote central Myanmar town of Natmauk on Feb 13, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

US President Barack Obama standing with Pope Francis at the White House in Washington, United States, on Sept 23, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking with US President Barack Obama outside the Elmau castle in Kruen near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on June 8, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman from Syria looking on as she waits to cross the Croatian border near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, on Oct 21, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

US President Barack Obama extending his hand to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept 28, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A migrant carrying a child falling after being tripped by TV camera operator Petra Laszlo while trying to escape from a collection point in Roszke village, Hungary, on Sept 8, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Eddie Redmayne taking the stage to accept the Best Actor Oscar for his role in The Theory Of Everything during the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, on Feb 22, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Lightning striking the Alpine mountains over Garmisch-Partenkirchen as balloons, made by the "ONE" campaigning organisation, depicting leaders of the G7 countries are inflated in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on June 7, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hundreds of Nigerians celebrating at an intersection in the northern city of Kaduna on March 31, 2015, after the victory of main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari. PHOTO: AFP

Boys walking home for lunch from school in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on July 16, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Patient Mirabella Horvath is held by her mother in a ward of the Child Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Department of Szent Istvan and Szent Laszlo Unified Hospitals in Budapest, Hungary, on Aug 10, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Ukraininan President Petro Poroshenko (left) looking back as he is followed by Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) after a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb 11, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Singer Rihanna preparing for a photoshoot with photographer Annie Leibovitz in Havana, Cuba, on May 28, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

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