Selection of some of the most eye-catching photos of 2013
Best Photos of the Year
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Pope Francis is projected on screens at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26, 2013.
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A fireman carries a wounded victim from the wreckage of a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013. A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday evening, killing at least 77 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters.
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Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their baby son outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in central London, July 23, 2013.
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A member of the Italy team is thrown up in the air during a synchronized swimming training session ahead of the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, July 18, 2013.