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
13
Pigeons fly in front of a large poster of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Bursa on April 7. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
14
Roma children swing on tied clothes near their shelter at a camp in the village of Plemetina, Kosovo on April 8, during International Roma Day celebrating Romani culture in Europe. (AFP/Armend Nimani)
15
The steeple and spire collapses as smoke and flames engulf Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15. (AFP/Geoffroy Van der Hasselt)
16
Blood stains are seen on a statue of Jesus Christ after a bomb exploded at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday, April 21. A series of explosions involving suicide bombers at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killed 259 people on Easter Sunday. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the attacks. (AP)
