Each December, POW (Photos of the week) releases their annual, look back at the most memorable, controversial, exceptional journalistic photos of the year.

In our middle eastern traditions, we usually celebrate birthdays by saying “May you live until 120″, and out of hundreds of incredible journalistic photos from Lebanon of 2016, we wrap up a tumultuous year with 120 of our unranked favorites of the year.

The caligraphic image of Lebanese diva Sabah is seen beside an airplane passing above the Hamra street in Beirut, Lebanon. (Abbass Salman)