Mass protests were met with violence in several countries, Notre Dame Cathedral burned, a comic actor became president of Ukraine before getting embroiled in a U.S. domestic political dispute, while a teenager inspired action and sparked controversy with her warnings about climate change: Here are some of the images capturing the biggest stories of 2019.
2019: The Year In Photos
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People are seen through the mesh covering a promotion point for Moldova's Socialist Party, in Chisinau, on February 23, a day before the country held parliamentary elections. The party won the most seats but was unable to form a coalition government in a year of political instability.
(AP/Vadim Ghirda)
(AP/Vadim Ghirda)
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A soldier from a special "search battalion" of the Belarusian Defense Ministry takes part in the exhumation of a mass grave containing the remains of hundreds of people killed in a Jewish ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Brest in World War II. The photo was taken on February 26. The site was discovered during work on a construction project. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko).
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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following a summit meeting at a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
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Afghan villagers carry sheep along a flood-affected area in Kandahar Province on March 2. At least 20 people were killed by flash floods, the UN said, as heavy rains swept away homes and vehicles and damaged thousands of houses. (AFP/Javed Tanveer)
