Looking Back at the Year 2016--In Photos

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Looking Back at the Year 2016--In Photos
First Meeting: President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump following their first meeting since the election at the Oval Office in the White House on Nov. 10. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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CELEBRATION Fireworks fill the night sky above Oceti Sakowin Camp, near the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota, as activists celebrate after learning an easement had been denied for the Dakota Access Pipeline on Dec. 4. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CELEBRATION Fireworks fill the night sky above Oceti Sakowin Camp, near the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota, as activists celebrate after learning an easement had been denied for the Dakota Access Pipeline on Dec. 4. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A REGION IN CRISIS A mother and her children stand in the ruins of their house in the Kurdish town of Silopi, southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq and Syria on Jan. 19. While some Kurds are fighting for an independent state in Syria, Turkey has launched an all-out offensive against Kurdish PKK fighters in Turkey itself. (ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images)
A REGION IN CRISIS A mother and her children stand in the ruins of their house in the Kurdish town of Silopi, southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq and Syria on Jan. 19. While some Kurds are fighting for an independent state in Syria, Turkey has launched an all-out offensive against Kurdish PKK fighters in Turkey itself. (ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images)
BREXIT A pedestrian shelters from the rain with an Union Jack-themed umbrella in London on June 25, the day after Britain voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)
BREXIT A pedestrian shelters from the rain with an Union Jack-themed umbrella in London on June 25, the day after Britain voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)
LIGHTNING STRIKES Usain Bolt of Jamaica smiles as he is about to win the men's 100-meter at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio on Aug. 14. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
LIGHTNING STRIKES Usain Bolt of Jamaica smiles as he is about to win the men's 100-meter at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio on Aug. 14. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
SUPERMOON A full moon rises over the nearly 2-mile-long bridge connecting the French island of Ile de Ré with the mainland near La Rochelle on Dec. 14. (XAVIER LEOTY/AFP/Getty Images)
SUPERMOON A full moon rises over the nearly 2-mile-long bridge connecting the French island of Ile de Ré with the mainland near La Rochelle on Dec. 14. (XAVIER LEOTY/AFP/Getty Images)
Migrants, most from Eritrea, jump into the water from a crowded wooden boat as they are helped by members of an NGO during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean sea near Libya on Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Migrants, most from Eritrea, jump into the water from a crowded wooden boat as they are helped by members of an NGO during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean sea near Libya on Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Family members embrace after being evacuated following a blast at the Istanbul's Ataturk airport which was claimed by ISIS on June 29. The attack killed dozens and wounded many others. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Family members embrace after being evacuated following a blast at the Istanbul's Ataturk airport which was claimed by ISIS on June 29. The attack killed dozens and wounded many others. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Members of Vella de Xiquets de Valls try to complete their human tower during the Human Tower Competition in Tarragona, Spain, on Oct. 2. The tradition of building human towers, or Castells, dates back to the 18th century and takes place during festivals in Catalonia, where "colles", or teams, compete to build the tallest and most complicated towers. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Members of Vella de Xiquets de Valls try to complete their human tower during the Human Tower Competition in Tarragona, Spain, on Oct. 2. The tradition of building human towers, or Castells, dates back to the 18th century and takes place during festivals in Catalonia, where "colles", or teams, compete to build the tallest and most complicated towers. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A boy passes an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS terrorists ahead of the Mosul offensive in Qayyarah, Iraq, on Oct. 21. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
A boy passes an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS terrorists ahead of the Mosul offensive in Qayyarah, Iraq, on Oct. 21. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
Despite blizzard conditions, military veterans march in support of the "water protectors" at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 5 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Despite blizzard conditions, military veterans march in support of the "water protectors" at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 5 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
People embrace during a vigil for the mass shooting victims at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 13. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
People embrace during a vigil for the mass shooting victims at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 13. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
The areas of Jeremie, Haiti, on Oct. 8, destroyed by Hurricane Matthew which took the lives of over 1000. (NICOLAS GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
The areas of Jeremie, Haiti, on Oct. 8, destroyed by Hurricane Matthew which took the lives of over 1000. (NICOLAS GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images)