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Top photos of 2019 from around the world

  • A masked Kashmiri protester jumps on an Indian police armored vehicle as he throws stones at it during a protest in Srinagar on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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    A masked Kashmiri protester jumps on an Indian police armored vehicle as he throws stones at it during a protest in Srinagar on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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  • Spectators watch from the scoreboard on day four of the third cricket Test match between England and West Indies at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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    Spectators watch from the scoreboard on day four of the third cricket Test match between England and West Indies at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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  • People navigate their way through a street flooded by torrential rains in Mumbai, India, on Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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    People navigate their way through a street flooded by torrential rains in Mumbai, India, on Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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  • President Donald Trump turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, on Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    President Donald Trump turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, on Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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  • Multiple cars crash during a NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race on Feb. 17, 2019, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. The crash included Austin Dillon (3), Daniel Suarez (41), David Ragan (38), Paul Menard (21), Ryan Newman (6), Aric Almirola (10), Matt DiBenedetto (95) and Ryan Blaney (12). (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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    Multiple cars crash during a NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race on Feb. 17, 2019, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. The crash included Austin Dillon (3), Daniel Suarez (41), David Ragan (38), Paul Menard (21), Ryan Newman (6), Aric Almirola (10), Matt DiBenedetto (95) and Ryan Blaney (12). (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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  • A lush forest sits next to a field of charred trees in Vila Nova Samuel, Brazil, on Aug. 27, 2019. The fires that swept parts of the Amazon this year added to global worries about a warming climate, as well as the sense of urgency at the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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    A lush forest sits next to a field of charred trees in Vila Nova Samuel, Brazil, on Aug. 27, 2019. The fires that swept parts of the Amazon this year added to global worries about a warming climate, as well as the sense of urgency at the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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  • Competitors ride their motorcycles across the dunes during stage nine of the Dakar Rally in Pisco, Peru, on Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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    Competitors ride their motorcycles across the dunes during stage nine of the Dakar Rally in Pisco, Peru, on Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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  • Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris as firefighters tackle the blaze on April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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    Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris as firefighters tackle the blaze on April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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  • Sandra, a 33-year-old orangutan, stands in her enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Eco Parque, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 16, 2019. Sandra's solitary life took a turn when she left Buenos Aires for her new home at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida, United States. There, she joined other orangutans and chimpanzees rescued or retired from circuses, stage shows and the exotic pet trade. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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    Sandra, a 33-year-old orangutan, stands in her enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Eco Parque, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 16, 2019. Sandra's solitary life took a turn when she left Buenos Aires for her new home at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida, United States. There, she joined other orangutans and chimpanzees rescued or retired from circuses, stage shows and the exotic pet trade. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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  • The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, on June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. (AP Photo/Julia Le Duc)
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    The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, on June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. (AP Photo/Julia Le Duc)
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  • Demonstrators in Hong Kong march on the streets on June 16, 2019, to protest an extradition bill that would allow suspects to be sent for trials in mainland China, which many saw as infringing of Hong Kong's judicial freedoms and other rights that were guaranteed when the former British colony returned to China in 1997. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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    Demonstrators in Hong Kong march on the streets on June 16, 2019, to protest an extradition bill that would allow suspects to be sent for trials in mainland China, which many saw as infringing of Hong Kong's judicial freedoms and other rights that were guaranteed when the former British colony returned to China in 1997. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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  • A large Iceberg floats away as the sun sets near Kulusuk, Greenland, on Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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    A large Iceberg floats away as the sun sets near Kulusuk, Greenland, on Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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  • Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball, stands outside her home in Srinagar on Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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    Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball, stands outside her home in Srinagar on Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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  • Simone Biles of the United States performs on the uneven bars during a warmup for the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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    Simone Biles of the United States performs on the uneven bars during a warmup for the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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  • Diver Lenford DaCosta cleans up lines of staghorn coral at an underwater coral nursery inside the Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary on Feb. 12, 2019, in Oracabessa, Jamaica. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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    Diver Lenford DaCosta cleans up lines of staghorn coral at an underwater coral nursery inside the Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary on Feb. 12, 2019, in Oracabessa, Jamaica. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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  • The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel, on May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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    The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel, on May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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  • Revellers run next to fighting bulls from Cebada Gago ranch during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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    Revellers run next to fighting bulls from Cebada Gago ranch during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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  • A woman and her baby, who were evacuated from the last territory held by Islamic State militants, walk after being screened by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the desert outside Baghouz, Syria, on Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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    A woman and her baby, who were evacuated from the last territory held by Islamic State militants, walk after being screened by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the desert outside Baghouz, Syria, on Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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  • Lady Gaga, winner of the Academy Award for best original song for "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born," gets emotional in the press room during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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    Lady Gaga, winner of the Academy Award for best original song for "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born," gets emotional in the press room during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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  • Ruby Khan helps her 7-year-old son Farmaan get ready for school in New Delhi, India, on Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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    Ruby Khan helps her 7-year-old son Farmaan get ready for school in New Delhi, India, on Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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  • Masked protestors ride a motorcycle on Sept. 30, 2019, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where demonstrators set fires and called for Haiti's President Jovenel Moise to resign. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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    Masked protestors ride a motorcycle on Sept. 30, 2019, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where demonstrators set fires and called for Haiti's President Jovenel Moise to resign. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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  • A troupe charges and fires their rifles during Tabourida, a traditional horse riding show also known as Fantasia, in the coastal town of El Jadida, Morocco, on July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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    A troupe charges and fires their rifles during Tabourida, a traditional horse riding show also known as Fantasia, in the coastal town of El Jadida, Morocco, on July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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  • A Brazilian soldier puts out fires at the Nova Fronteira region in Novo Progresso, Brazil, on Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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    A Brazilian soldier puts out fires at the Nova Fronteira region in Novo Progresso, Brazil, on Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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A masked Kashmiri protester jumps on an Indian police armored vehicle as he throws stones at it during a protest in Srinagar on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Spectators watch from the scoreboard on day four of the third cricket Test match between England and West Indies at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
People navigate their way through a street flooded by torrential rains in Mumbai, India, on Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
President Donald Trump turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, on Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Multiple cars crash during a NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race on Feb. 17, 2019, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. The crash included Austin Dillon (3), Daniel Suarez (41), David Ragan (38), Paul Menard (21), Ryan Newman (6), Aric Almirola (10), Matt DiBenedetto (95) and Ryan Blaney (12). (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
A lush forest sits next to a field of charred trees in Vila Nova Samuel, Brazil, on Aug. 27, 2019. The fires that swept parts of the Amazon this year added to global worries about a warming climate, as well as the sense of urgency at the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Competitors ride their motorcycles across the dunes during stage nine of the Dakar Rally in Pisco, Peru, on Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris as firefighters tackle the blaze on April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Sandra, a 33-year-old orangutan, stands in her enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Eco Parque, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 16, 2019. Sandra's solitary life took a turn when she left Buenos Aires for her new home at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida, United States. There, she joined other orangutans and chimpanzees rescued or retired from circuses, stage shows and the exotic pet trade. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, on June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. (AP Photo/Julia Le Duc)
Demonstrators in Hong Kong march on the streets on June 16, 2019, to protest an extradition bill that would allow suspects to be sent for trials in mainland China, which many saw as infringing of Hong Kong's judicial freedoms and other rights that were guaranteed when the former British colony returned to China in 1997. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A large Iceberg floats away as the sun sets near Kulusuk, Greenland, on Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball, stands outside her home in Srinagar on Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Simone Biles of the United States performs on the uneven bars during a warmup for the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Diver Lenford DaCosta cleans up lines of staghorn coral at an underwater coral nursery inside the Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary on Feb. 12, 2019, in Oracabessa, Jamaica. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel, on May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Revellers run next to fighting bulls from Cebada Gago ranch during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
A woman and her baby, who were evacuated from the last territory held by Islamic State militants, walk after being screened by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the desert outside Baghouz, Syria, on Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Lady Gaga, winner of the Academy Award for best original song for "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born," gets emotional in the press room during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Ruby Khan helps her 7-year-old son Farmaan get ready for school in New Delhi, India, on Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Masked protestors ride a motorcycle on Sept. 30, 2019, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where demonstrators set fires and called for Haiti's President Jovenel Moise to resign. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A troupe charges and fires their rifles during Tabourida, a traditional horse riding show also known as Fantasia, in the coastal town of El Jadida, Morocco, on July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
A Brazilian soldier puts out fires at the Nova Fronteira region in Novo Progresso, Brazil, on Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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