For the past 30 years, Reuters' award-winning photographers have been traveling around the world, documenting the biggest news stories as well as the smaller, tender moments that fly under the radar.
Here, we take a look at 35 of the most powerful images taken this year by their amazing team of photographers.
These photos cover a wide range of the human experience — the darkness of war, the joy that comes from love and compassion, and the bravery of those following their passions.
We'll be updating this slideshow as 2015 comes to an end.
Editor's note: Many of the images in this slideshow depict graphic violence, injury, and nudity, and many are upsetting.
(Captions by Reuters and Sarah Jacobs)
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Professional Norwegian ski jumper Anders Fanneme soars through the air during training for the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, on January 3.
A Syrian refugee stands behind a door at a makeshift settlement in the village of Ketermaya, south of Beirut, on January 8.
A wounded volunteer with the Myanmar Red Cross Society reacts after the convoy he was in was fired upon by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army on February 17.
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