With 2014 coming to a close, many publications have highlighted their picks for photos of the year. My three favorite collections are from The New York Times, Buzzfeed (yes, Buzzfeed) and Reuters.
The Reuters set is the darkest of the three, which is perhaps an accurate reflection of the overall tenor of the year, but it’s worth a visit because every image includes a note from the photographer explaining the moment behind the shot.
Here are some of my favorites from each of the collections...
January: Tyrone Siu for Reuters (Hong Kong)
March: Ben Nelms for Reuters (Kamloops, Canada)
March: Bulent Kilic for Agence France-Presse/Getty Images (Istanbul, Turkey)
March: Christian Veron for Reuters (Caracas, Venezuela)
July: Damon Winter for The New York Times (New York, USA)
August: Robert Cohen for MCT/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri, USA)
August: Xu Kangping for EPA (Hangzhou, China)
September: Béatrice de Géa for The New York Times (New York, USA)
October: Toby Melville for Reuters (London, England)
October: China Daily (Jinhua, China)
November: Yves Herman for Reuters (Brussels, Belgium)
November: Al Bello for Getty Images (New Jersey, USA)