Maria Gabriela Mendez
As the year is coming to and end, the international news agency Reuters releases the best pictures of 2016. During the year, the photographers of the agency take historical pictures from all around the world. The agency collected them and displayed the most powerful ones.
These pictures were selected for being the most beautiful ones or because they belong to the most important events that took place this year. We made a list with some we consider as the top 10 of the Reuters pictures, take a look:
10. Ziggy Stardust.
Stefan Wermuth captured this picture for Reuters. It shows a woman with a tattoo as she visits a mural of David Bowie in Brixton, south London, January 11 2016, after the rock star passed away this year.
9. The supermoon.
Shamil Zhumatov captured the supermoon rising behind the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan November 14, 2016.
8. The witch.
Mike Blake took this stunning picture of a remote-controlled plane in the form of a witch during Halloween in Encinitas, California, October 31, 2016.
7. The kiss
Ueslei Marcelino took the picture of Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team player Adam Lancia as he embraces his wife Jamey Jewells after her women’s wheelchair basketball playoff match against China at the Rio Paralympics September 16, 2016.
6. The model
Lucas Jackson took a picture of the Indian model and acid attack survivor Reshma Quereshi. She’s getting makeup applied before walking to present Indian designer Archana Kochhar’s Spring/Summer 2017 collections in New York Fashion Week September 8, 2016.
5. Guardsman down
Dylan Martinez captured a Guardsman fainting at Horseguards Parade for the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony in central London, Britain June 11, 2016.
4.The winner.
Kai Pfaffenbach is responsible for the iconic picture of Usain Bolt looking at the Canadian competitor Andre De Grasse in the men’s 100m semifinals at the Rio Olympics August 14, 2016.
3. Chacha escaped from the Zoo.
By Reuters for the Kyodo News, this male chimpanzee screams at a man who’s trying to capture him after escaping from nearby Yagiyama Zoological Park on April 14.
2. The injured woman.
Abdairhman Ismail is responsible for this photo that shows an injured woman reacting at a site hit by air strikes in the rebel-held area of Old Aleppo, Syria, April 28, 2016.
1. The body of a little girl.
Eric Gaillard capture this picture for Reuters. A body lying on the ground after the truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day July 15, 2016. The terrorist attack left 86 dead people in Nice, France.
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