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Refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos on Nov. 28 after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. They were part of a steady stream of 5,000 migrants per day who were taking that route to Europe.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson poses for a selfie during a Sept. 22 campaign event at Cedarville University. Political outsiders Carson and Donald Trump led a crowded field of GOP presidential contenders for much of the year.

Rescue workers tend to victims of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. Muslim terrorists killed 130 persons in coordinated attacks at restaurants, bars, and a concert hall in the city’s 10th and 11th districts.

Villagers in Gumda plead for food from relief workers a few days after an April 25 earthquake in Nepal. The remote mountain village, which aid workers reached by helicopter, was at the epicenter of the massive quake.

Tu Shouzhe on July 29 stands on the roof of the building that houses the Protestant church he helps lead in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Hours before, Chinese authorities had cut down the building’s cross, as they did at thousands of other Protestant and Catholic churches in the province in 2015.

The Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas, Chile, erupts on April 22, prompting the evacuation of nearby communities. The eruption was the first for the volcano in more than 42 years.

Mourners at a Jan. 7 rally at Union Square in New York hold signs depicting the eyes of those killed when Islamic terrorists attacked the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The attackers killed 12.

Protesters in Bujumbura, Burundi, react to police firing shots toward them during a May 26 demonstration against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial bid for a third term. Opponents of Nkurunziza said his candidacy was illegal and led a boycott of the July election, which Nkurunziza won with 70 percent of the vote.

U.S. Air Force Academy graduates celebrate as F-16 Thunderbirds make a flyover at the completion of the May 28 graduation event in Colorado Springs, Colo.