Photos of the Year 2015

Firefighters search for landslide survivors among debris of destroyed buildings in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Dec. 21, 2015.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (L) stands by as Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vegas transfers the crown to winner Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (R) during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 20, 2015. Miss Colombia was originally announced as the winner but the host Steve Harvey said he made a mistake when reading the card.

This NASA image released Dec. 18, 2015 shows what NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured in a view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon.

A law enforcement officer looks over the evidence near the remains of a SUV involved in the Wednesday's attack in San Bernardino, California, Dec. 3, 2015. Authorities were working to determine why a man and a woman opened fire at a holiday party of his co-workers in Southern California, killing 14 people and wounding 17 in an attack that appeared to have been planned.

Long-tailed macaques eat fruits from a plate held by festival organizer Yongyuth Kitwattananusorn during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival at the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 29, 2015.

Micaela Widmer of Switzerland competes during the women's race at the Skeleton World Cup in Altenberg, eastern Germany, Nov. 27, 2015.

Handout picture released by the Espirito Santo State Press Office showing an aerial view of the Doce River--which was flooded with toxic lama after a dam owned by Brazilian Vale SA and Australian BHP Billiton Ltd burst early this month -- flowing into the Atlantic Ocean in Regencia, Espirito Santo State, Brazil, Nov. 24, 2015.

Dancers with Pilobolus perform during a dress rehearsal for the American premiere of Pilobolus’s "Shadowland" at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York, Nov. 20, 2015.

A flock of birds flies as a Delta airlines commuter plane lands at Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2015.

Rime ice extends several feet horizontally from a sign marking the summit of 5,774-foot Mount Adams, the second highest mountain in New England, in northern New Hampshire, USA, Nov. 17, 2015.

French fire brigade members aid an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France, Nov. 13, 2015. At least 130 people were killed in attacks.

Farmer Zhang Xianping rides his pig "Big Precious" in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, Nov. 2, 2015.

Fog hangs over trees in autumnal colors and the so-called Rakotzbruecke bridge of the Rhododendronpark Kromlau landscaped park in Kromlau, eastern Germany, Oct. 27, 2015.

Students practice Taichi on a playground of a high school, during a Guinness World Record attempt of the largest martial arts display, on a hazy day in Jiaozuo, Henan province, China, Oct. 18, 2015.

A young girl and a man cover themselves from the rain with a banana leaf in the sea on the outskirts of Colon City, Panama, Oct. 17, 2015.

People watch the sunset from the observatory deck of the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore, Oct. 5, 2015.

In this undated photograph released by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Oct. 3, 2015, Afghan MSF medical personnel treat civilians injured following an offensive against Taliban militants by Afghan and coalition forces at the MSF hospital in Kunduz. An air strike on the hospital in Kunduz left three Doctors Without Borders staff dead and dozens more unaccounted for, the medical charity said, with NATO conceding U.S. forces may have been behind the bombing.

An eclipsed supermoon in Burbank California, Sept. 27, 2015

Pope Francis conducts Mass outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Sept. 23, 2015, in Washington.

A fishing boat that was ran aground by the sea while moored in the port of Coquimbo, some 445 km north of Santiago, during the eve's earthquake, Chile, Sept. 17, 2015. A million people were evacuated after an 8.3-magnitude quake struck offshore in the Pacific, killing at least 12 people and triggering tsunami waves along its northern coast.

Residents burn tires along a street in Ouagadougou, Sept. 17, 2015, after Burkina Faso's presidential guard declared a coup, a day after seizing the interim president and senior government members, as the country geared up for its first elections since the overthrow of longtime leader Blaise Compaore. 

The transparent car of ZF company equipped with different security systems is presented on the second press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show IAA Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 16, 2015.

Policemen are hit by eggs as farmers and dairy farmers from all over Europe take part in a demonstration, calling for more help with low prices and high costs, outside a European Union farm ministers' emergency meeting at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 7, 2015.

A Turkish police officer stands next to a migrant child's dead body (Aylan Shenu) off the shores in Bodrum, southern Turkey, on Sept. 2, 2015 after a boat carrying refugees sank while reaching the Greek island of Kos.

Police officers help wounded colleagues during clashes with activists of few radical Ukrainian parties in front of the parliament in Kyiv, Aug. 31, 2015.

The TePee wildfire is seen burning at the Manning Bridge as it crosses the Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho, in this U.S. Forest Service picture taken Aug. 29, 2015. An 18-mile (29-km) portion of the Salmon River east of the Oregon border was closed to boating and fishing due to the Tepee Springs fire, which has charred more than 78,000 acres (316 square km) of the Payette National Forest and surrounding timber.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica is hit by a cameraman on a Segway as he celebrates after winning the men's 200 meters final at the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, Aug. 27, 2015.

People carry their belongings while crossing the Tachira river border with Venezuela into Colombia, near Villa del Rosario village, Aug. 25, 2015.

A migrant man holding a boy react as they are stuck between Macedonian riot police officers and migrants during a clash near the border train station of Idomeni, northern Greece, as they wait to be allowed by the Macedonian police to cross the border from Greece to Macedonia, Aug. 21, 2015.

Smoke billows out from the site of an explosion that reduced a parking lot filled with new cars to charred remains at a warehouse in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality, Aug. 13, 2015. Huge explosions in the warehouse district sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day in the port city, officials and witnesses said.

A visitor holds an umbrella before a lavender field in a park in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province on Aug. 12, 2015.

A wounded Syrian girl cries at a make-shift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following reported air strikes by regime forces, Aug. 12, 2015.

A flood-affected resident swims in floodwaters at Kyaut Ye village near the Hinthada town in Myanmar's Irrawaddy region, Aug. 11, 2015.

Italy's Andrea Baldini (R) and Russia's Artur Akhmatkhuzin competing during the men's foil team gold medal match at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Moscow, Russia, July 19, 2015.

This handout photo received from Red Bull shows Jonathan Paredes of Mexico diving from the 27-meter platform during the fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Islet Franco do Campo, Azores, Portugal, July 18, 2015. Gary Hunt of the UK won his fifth straight event of the year to take a commanding lead in the series.

Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, is involved in an on-track incident following the checkered flag during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, July 6, 2015.

In this photograph released by Indian Gir National Park and Sanctuary Indian Deputy Conservator of Forests Sandeep Kumar taken on July 6, 2015, newly-born Asiatic lion cubs sit near their den in the Khutani area of the sanctuary in the Junagadh region of Gujarat.

Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, collect rainwater during a heavy rain fall at a temporary refuge camp near Kanyin Chaung jetty, outside Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, June 4, 2015. The migrants were found drifting in the Andaman Sea in an overloaded fishing boat.

A houseboat camps on the shore in shallow water in a canyon at Lake Powell near Page, Arizona, USA, May 26, 2015.

A man uses a mobile phone while riding a camel through a traffic jam in downtown Cairo, Egypt, May 20, 2015.

Singer Rihanna arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala 2015 celebrating the opening of "China: Through the Looking Glass" in Manhattan, New York, May 4, 2015.

Rescue workers remove debris as they search for victims of earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, Nepal, April 26, 2015. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said. Over 9,000 people were killed.

This view from Puerto Varas, southern Chile, shows a high column of ash and lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano, April 23, 2015.

A woman enjoys the sun on the bank of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about 13º C (55.4º F), in the Taiga district outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 6, 2015.

Mourners queue to pay their respects to Singapore's late former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew where he lies in state at Parliament House in Singapore, March 28, 2015. He died at the age of 91 on March 23.

Police hit a student protester during violence in Letpadan, March 10, 2015. Myanmar police beat students with batons and detained some of them as they broke up a group of about 200 protesters who had been locked in a standoff with security forces for more than a week, a Reuters witness said. The students were protesting an education bill they say stifles academic independence.

In this aerial photo, crowds of people move in a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge,  in Selma, Alabama, March 8, 2015, to marks the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday,' a civil rights march in which protesters were beaten, and tear-gassed by police on the bridge.

Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England, March 5, 2015.

Acrobatic pilots perform at the Australian International Airshow at the Avalon Airfield in the city of Lara, southwest of Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 24, 2015.

Maldives police try to move former President Mohamed Nasheed during a scuffle as he arrives at a courthouse in Male, Feb. 23, 2015. A court in the Maldives will decide whether to grant bail to former president, a day after his surprise arrest on terrorism charges.

Children wearing traditional costumes pose during preparations for Chinese lunar new year celebrations in Hong Kong, Feb. 17, 2015.

An infant anhinga reaches inside an adult bird's mouth to feed at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, USA, Feb. 10, 2015.

A Ukrainian serviceman throws a signboard over the gates as the flames are doused after fighters of the Aydar Ukrainian volunteer battalion, burn tires at the entrance to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Kyiv, Feb. 2, 2015, to prevent the possible disbandment of their battalion.

A competitor shakes water off his head during the Tough Guy event in Perton, central England, Feb. 1, 2015.

Dexter Newcomb begins cleanup at his house in Scituate, Mass., Jan. 28, 2015, the day after a winter storm left his neighborhood coated in frozen sea spray and sand. 

People hold panels to create the eyes of late Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier, known as "Charb", as hundreds of thousands of French citizens take part in a solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris, Jan. 11, 2015. French citizens were joined by dozens of foreign leaders in a march in an unprecedented tribute to this week's victims following the shootings by gunmen at the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, the killing of a police woman in Montrouge, and the hostage taking at a kosher supermarket at the Porte de Vincennes.

This still image grab taken from a video on Jan. 6, 2015 by the Al-Youm al-Saabi newspaper, shows an Egyptian police officer being blown up as he was trying to defuse a  bomb outside a petrol station in Cairo. The officer was killed and jihadists claimed responsibility, police said. Three employees were also wounded when the device, hidden in a flower pot, exploded near a police station on Al-Harram street.

Anders Jacobsen of Norway soars during the trial jump at the third stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, Jan. 3, 2015.

People sit near an overloaded truck in Madama near the border with Libya, Jan. 1, 2015.