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Since its launch in 2009, World Photography Day has become celebrated globally by hobbyists and professionals alike on August 19. With more than 40,000 active contributors and 27 million images at Shutterstock, we had to join the festivities, so we’re taking a look back at the last 12 months in photography.

We checked the data and collected top image-search terms for four international hotspots: the US, the UK, Brazil, and Germany. In the United States, we saw “Japanese landscape” trend in December, after an earthquake hit the city of Kamaishi. Brazil, meanwhile, celebrated local festivals like Carnivale and Festa Junina, while terms like “Oktoberfest,” “lamp” and “Steampunk” trended in Germany. In the UK, “wedding” was a hot search in April, one year after the Royal Wedding and a few months before the Royal Baby was born.

All in all, it was quite a year for photography. Below, you can view a grid for each of the four countries we surveyed, with photos to represent a popular search term from every month. Click on each grid to view a Lightbox of all its images, or check out the entire set of photos here.

USA: football, Halloween, beach, Japan landscape, hearts, basketball, spring, family, flag, dogs, fireworks, back-to-school

Brazil: vintage, natal, Rio De Janeiro, champagne, Carnivale, soccer, chocolate, mother, Valentine’s Day, Festa Junina, wine, Father’s Day

UK: Halloween, luxury yacht, social media, fireworks, Valentine, Mother’s Day, Easter, wedding, summer, Bordeaux, Christmas, soccer

Germany: Oktoberfest, herbst, Weihnachten, Istanbul, lamp, frühling, vegetarian, muttertag, fashion, holz, baby, Steampunk

Happy World Photography Day!