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The photos that captured 2018's biggest stories

Conflict in Syria, wildfires in California, political uncertainty in Britain…

IT HAS BEEN a year of conflict, protests and political uncertainty and photographers across the world have been embedded in the action to capture these moments.

They brought us scenes of war as it raged on in Syria, showed us firefighters battling with deadly wildfires in California, forced us to confront the reality of children starving in Yemen and captured tension on the faces of political leaders in Britain as they stumbled through Brexit negotiations.

Here are just some of those images:

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  • Sao Paulo rally to decriminalise abortion

    In Brazil, the debate about the right of women to make full decisions about their own body regained strength this year. Source: Cris Faga/PA
  • Florida high school shooting

    17 people were killed when a former student of Stoneman Douglas High School went on a rampage in February. Source: Amy Beth Bennett/PA
  • Funeral of a Palestinian fisherman in Gaza

    Israel argued his boat had strayed outside Gaza's designated fishing zone and fired upon it.Source: Mahmoud Issa
  • Blue supermoon

    The moon, which was visible in the sky in January, was 14% bigger and 30% brighter as it reached its closest point to Earth. Source: KIrsty O'Connor
  • Martin Luther King March For Justice

    Gavin and his sister Melody Grant at the rally in Massachusetts in January. Source: Zuma Press/PA Images
  • Russian election protest in Ukraine

    Protestors in March demanded to sever diplomatic relations with Russia and called to block Russian Presidential elections on the Ukrainian territory. Source: Anatolii Stepanov
  • California wildfires: The Woolsey Fire

    Several homes and structures were completely destroyed in the fires in October this year and hundreds of thousands were forced to evacuate. Source: Kevin Warn
  • International Women's Day in Buenos Aires

    Millions of women across Argentina observed a mass strike in March to protest against pay inequality and highlight continued discrimination and gender violence.Source: Maximiliano Ramos
  • Airstrike aftermath in Douma City, Syria.

    At least 13 people were killed in this attack. More than 5,000 civilians were killed in Syria in 2018, including more than 1,000 children. Source: Muhmmad Al-Najjar
  • Venezuela funerals for police station fire victims

    Joel Duran was one of the 68 deaths in the cells of the police station after a fire broke out and swept through that floor of the building. Source: Juan Carlos Hernandez
  • Conor McGregor arrested in New York City

    The MMA fighter avoided a jail term after charges of criminal mischief, misdemeanor assault and menacing and reckless endangerment in July. Source: Theodore Parisienne
  • Violent clashes in Kashmir

    Clashes broke out in April between government forces and students in Srinagar over the killing of 17 people including 13 militants and 4 civilians.Source: Saqib Majeed
  • Royal baby

    The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge welcomed their third child Louis Arthur Charles in Source: PA Archive/PA Images
  • Gaza clashes at Israeli border

    The protest was organised in solidarity with more than 17 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops during the Land Day commemoration and the Long March of Return demonstration.Source: Eyad Jadallah
  • Brexit

    Source: Victora Jones
  • California wildfires: Simi Valley

    Source: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images
  • Royal wedding

    Source: Yui Mok
  • Students demand stricter gun laws

    Emma Gonzalez is a student at Stoneman Douglas high school where 17 people were gunned down. Source: Mike Stocker
  • Mass protests in Armenia

    When the country's President decided to circumvent limits on his power and step into the position of prime minister, unrest broke out, forcing him to resign less than a week in. Source: Ani Djaferian
  • Bread distribution in Yemen

    Millions of people in Yemen are living on the edge of famine.Source: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images
  • Women's march in Chile

    A woman taking part in a march against sexism and gender violence in Santiago in November. Source: Esteban Felix
  • Golden State Killer

    Joseph James Deangelo, the suspected East Area Rapist and Golden State Killer in a Sacramento courtroom in April. Source: Hector Amezcua
  • Gaza air strikes

    Palestinians clear rubble from the building housing the Hamas-run television station al-Aqsa TV.Source: Mahmoud Issa
  • Stephon Clark shooting

    A Black Lives Matter rally in Sacramento after the unarmed black man, was shot by police in his grandmother's backyard.Source: Hector Amezcua
  • Brexit

    Source: Dominic Lipinski
  • Mount Mayon volcano erupts

    Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines. Source: Jack Kurtz
  • The Pope's general audience

    Source: Andrew Medichini
  • Armistice Centenary in Compiegne

    Source: DPA/PA Images
  • California wildfires; Trump's visit

    President Donald Trump at Beale Air Force Base for a visit to areas impacted by the wildfires.Source: Evan Vucci
  • Border patrol

    Asylum seekers from Central America speaking with US border patrol at the border fence in Tijuana. Source: Vito Di Stefano
  • Yemen

    A malnourished child is seen at a hospital in Hajjah province.Source: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images
  • Crossing over

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in crossing the military demarcation line at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone.Source: Korea Summit Press/Pool
  • Brexit

    Source: PA Wire/PA Images
  • Mars landing

    Mars InSight team members Kris Bruvold, left, and Sandy Krasner react after receiving confirmation that the Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface in November. Source: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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    Mute Philip King
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    Apr 28th 2014, 7:15 AM

    I hope they get the resources they require. Look at the headlines over the past few months. Starting to feel like I live in Gotham City.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 7:18 AM

    Just because there are more horrifying headlines doesn’t mean that society is actually getting more dangerous for the average citizen.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 7:44 AM

    Crime seems to be on the increase from my perspective or maybe I’m just paying more attention to it lately.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 7:48 AM

    Listen to yourself ! Does what you said actually make sense ?
    No ! Is the answer just incase your confused .

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    Apr 28th 2014, 8:23 AM

    Crime is constantly on the decrease in the western world, but that doesn’t sell newspapers (or support other, more sinister, agendas), so an apparent increase will be reported instead. Our mind is full of cognitive biases and we will fall for the media’s tricks.

    Despite the fact that this is true, and relatively easy to back up with data, I won’t bother even finding a link, because the great majority will ignore the evidence and go along with their ‘gut feeling’, that is, crime is on the increase.

    So please keep believing the world is increasingly more dangerous. It is useful to the powerful.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 8:35 AM

    Thanks Emilio. I’m well aware of the media hype surrounding events. I’m just speaking from my own experiences and observations. It does seem like crime is on the increase from my perspective. I know I’ve quoted the media as a source and I’m not one to read into the speculation and sensationalism in the reporting. Ill also admit I’ve looked at no stats or figures. Don’t get me wrong I’m not afraid to go out of the house. I’ve just seen and heard of a lot of crime of late.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 8:44 AM

    Sad thing is that the same few gurriers commit most of the crime here & will probably be arrested again tomorrow or the day after for a similar offence to the one they commit today & when eventually charged will get a suspended sentence ….. and go on to reoffend again & again. Time for our judicial system to start being fit for purpose & handing down proper sentences & time for a jail to be built to keep these gurriers away from the good people in society. If the Gardai weren’t arresting the same people over & over again they might be able to get more done.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 9:35 AM

    Time to crawl out from under the rock, Fergal.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 9:40 AM

    Totally agree! The Gardaí do tremendous work on limited resources. It’s the court system that has continually let this country down. Suspended sentences are rife, a quarter of sentence struck off for good behavior and let’s not forget early release, because the prisons are at breaking point.If only they built a super jail in the midlands, but it would cost an absolute fortune, which they
    can ill afford.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 12:25 PM

    Crime has been falling for decades and the long term trend is still down. Murders went up around 20 years ago when we started getting enough money for drugs which bring gang violence. But if you aren’t involved in drug gangs you are basically safer than ever before.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 7:03 AM

    Last photo straight out of Adam and Paul…..

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    Apr 28th 2014, 8:25 AM

    Great film that was. It was amazing to watch the rest of the audience as they went from thinking it was a comedy to taking it very seriously for what it was.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 10:27 AM

    I’d be very interested in the driving course allocation. Considering the amount of high speed pursuits that the gardai are now getting involved in I wonder how many guards have done the advanced driving course. You can’t expect a new recruit to get into a squad car and chase someone at 100mph+ on the basis that they have flashing lights and sirens. It puts the lives of the public at risk and the guards life at risk. The pursuit in Cork recently where a motorbike guard was badly injured is a prime example of this. Some of that pursuit was on the main Cork Limerick road where you can drive at speed but a large part of it was on roads where proper training for the gardai is essential not only to end the pursuit as speedily as possible but also to make sure that the garda’s life is not at risk.

    From what I’ve been told only about 25-30% of gardai have this training which is ridiculous when we the public expect them to put their lives on the line pursuing criminals.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 3:05 PM

    A Gard on a motorbike will have done a training course. The issue is that it’s practice nowadays to get gardai to drive the patrol cars without training as long as they have a full licence.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 6:47 AM

    Hope they also talk about common sense…

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    Apr 28th 2014, 6:58 AM

    Also hope they introduce some enlightenment to policing in the 21st century.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 8:33 AM

    Enlighten them Cosmo, throw out some of your ideas and maybe they’ll pick up in them.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 10:00 AM

    I’d say they’re waiting with bated breath for your suggestions.

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    Apr 28th 2014, 8:42 AM

    Oooooh a summer shirt now that’s important I was sweating buckets yesterday in me shirt and wool/nylon blend trousers. Aww happy thoughts of no tie in summer

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