No matter if this is to illustrate a news story, a natural disaster or to highlight the testimony of victims of armed conflict, the Reuters news agency collects and distributes thousands of photos every year, taken on all continents. Terrifying, touching and intriguing images, that, for the most notable, are gathered each year in selected Reuters Photos of the Year, containing, 93 shots, to find in full below, beginning with the photographer Peter Thomas.

RAFAEL MARCHANTE, Portugal

NOOR KHAMIS, Kenya

JIM URQUHART, United States

DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI, Malta

CARLOS BARRIA, China

RAFAEL MARCHANTE, Portugal

JOHN KOLESIDIS, Greece

LUCAS JACKSON, United States

MUZAFFAR SALMAN, Syria

SAJID HOSSAIN, Bangladesh

CHEN ZHONGQIU, China

MARKO DJURICA, Serbia

DAMIR SAGOLJ, Myanmar

SIPHIWE SIBEKO, South Africa

DAVID MCNEW, United States

LUCY NICHOLSON, United States

JORGE DAN LOPEZ, Guatemala

IVAN ALVARADO, Chile

STEVE NESIUS, United States

ZOHRA BENSEMRA, Pakistan

ANGEL EDUARDO ALANIS, Mexico

CATHAL MCNAUGHTON, Northern Ireland

KEVIN LAMARQUE, Northern Ireland

PETER ANDREWS, United States

RONI BINTANG, Indonesia

CATHAL MCNAUGHTON, Northern Ireland

MOHAMED AL HWAITY, Saudi Arabia

CHEN HAO, North Korea

DANISH SIDDIQUI, India

KAI PFAFFENBACH, Brazil

SUSANA VERA, Spain

ADREES LATIF, United States

TOBY MELVILLE, England

YORGOS KARAHALIS, Greece

MARKO DJURICA, Serbia

JORGE CABRERA, Honduras

LUCAS JACKSON, United States

MIKE BLAKE, United States

ALESSANDRO BIANCHI, Italy

EDGAR SU, Singapore

BRENDAN MCDERMID, United States

YVES HERMAN, Belgium

A A GDE AGUNG, Indonesia

CHRISTOPHER VANEGAS, Mexico

JOE PENNEY, Mali

LUCAS JACKSON, United States

NACHO DOCE, Brazil

BRIAN BLANCO, United States

OSMAN ORSAL, Turke

WANG XIAO, China

OSCAR CORRAL, Spain

KEVIN LAMARQUE, United States

ERIK DE CASTRO, Philippines

YVES HERMAN, Belgium

JIM URQUHART, United States

DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI, Malta

UMIT BEKTAS, Turkey

MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY, Egypt

GIANNI MANIA, Italy

STEFANO RELLANDINI, Italy

LISI NIESNER, Germany

WANG YIXUAN, BEIJING TIMES, China

SHANNON STAPLETON, United States

JIM URQUHART, United States

GORAN TOMASEVIC, Kenya

ALEXANDER DEMIANCHUK, Russia

LARRY DOWNING, United States

ALEXANDER DEMIANCHUK, Russia

DAMIR SAGOLJ, Japan

WU FANG, China

BASSAM KHABIEH, Syria

CARLOS BARRIA, Mongolia

JOHN GRESS, United States

DAMIR SAGOLJ, Pakistan

JACKY NAEGELEN, Chile

MIKE BLAKE, United States

FEISAL OMAR, Somalia

NIR ELIAS, Israel

GORAN TOMASEVIC, Syria

DANISH SIDDIQUI, India

YANG TAO, China

DAN LAMPARIELLO, United States

JIM YOUNG, United States

NACHO DOCE, Brazil

MOHSIN RAZA, Pakistan

TYRONE SIU, Hong Kong

LUCAS JACKSON, United States

RICARDO MORAES, Brazil

HAMID KHATIB, Syria

IVAN ALVARADO, Chile

MOHAMMED SALEM, Gaza

ERIC GAILLARD, Mali