Reuters photographers covered the biggest stories of 2017: from US President Donald Trump's first year in office to the crisis facing the Rohingya people, from protests in Venezuela to the battle against Islamic State.
But they also dug behind the headlines to create powerful images on topics ranging from deforestation in the Amazon rainforest to ice skating.
Here are Reuters' best pictures of the year.
Lifeguards from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms collect the body of a dead migrant in central Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, March 23, 2017.
People collect scattered oranges amidst rubble after an airstrike on a market in rebel held Maarrat Misrin city in Idlib province, Syria January 14, 2017.
Iraqi Special Operations Forces arrest a person suspected of belonging to Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq, February 26, 2017.
A long time exposure shows molten lava which flows from the Piton de la Fournaise, one of the world's most active volcanoes February 3, 2017, on the French Indian Ocean Reunion Island.
Light from a mobile phone illuminates a Saudi woman's face during Iraqi singer Majid Al Muhandis' live performance as part of Spring of Culture 2017 in Manama, Bahrain, March 10, 2017.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protestors are sprayed with water by Israeli police as they block a street during a demonstration against members of their community serving in the Israeli army, part of ongoing demonstrations recently seen throughout Israel, in Jerusalem February 9, 2017.
Men feed seagulls along the Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 17, 2017.
A woman carries her ill child in a refugee camp at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 26, 2017.
A migrant arrives at a naval base after he was rescued by Libyan coastal guards in Tripoli, Libya November 6, 2017.
Caleb Amisi Luyai an opposition politician of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, reacts after a gas canister fired by policemen hits his car during a protest along a street in Nairobi, Kenya, October 13, 2017.
North Korean soldiers march during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 15, 2017.
People react as they watch a session of the Catalonian regional parliament on a giant screen at a pro-independence rally in Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2017.
Rescue members walk during the burial of a companion who died after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains lead several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Mocoa, Colombia April 4, 2017.
Abu Malek, one of the survivors of a chemical attack in the Ghouta region of Damascus that took place in 2013, uses his crutches to walk along a street in the Ghouta town of Ain Tarma, Syria April 7, 2017.
Scarlet ibis fly near the banks of a mangrove swamp located at the mouth of the Calcoene River on the coast of Amapa state, northern Brazil, April 6, 2017.
Police officers stand guard during a fire at Kandawgyi Palace hotel in Yangon, Myanmar October 19, 2017.
Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada April 16, 2017.
Soldiers and rescue workers search in the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico September 20, 2017.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017.
Vessels that sank during Hurricane Irma are seen in a Saint John bay 12 days after the devastating storm raked the island, on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands September 16, 2017.