The most impressive photos of 2016: 25 pictures

80 408 pictures from 5034 photographers from 125 countries were sent to the last world photocontest. The jury selected only 129 of them. These are the most stunning pictures of serene landscapes, news events and various touching moments. All of them are presented at a traveling exhibition, which travels to different cities of the world.

Some photos actively fasted on social networks, others were not very popular. Below, we will present the 25 most impressive images of 2016, which received the most awards.

Burhan Ozbichichi / Associated Press

Mevlut Mert Altyntash screams slogans after he shot Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov at the Center for Contemporary Art (Ankara, Turkey). The picture was recognized as a photograph of the year.

Kai Oliver Pfaffenbach / Thomson Reuters

Usain Bolt of Jamaica smiles when he looks back at his rivals in the 100-meter sprint at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Jonathan Bachmann / Thomson Reuters

Activist Jeshia Evans during a protest in Baton Rouge (Louisiana) is putting his hands to the police for arrest. The OMON accused the girl of cruelty towards the servants of the law.

Bence Mate

African elephant under the starry sky. The view is truly impressive.

Thomas Munita / The New York Times

Photo of the funeral procession of Fidel Castro in Santa Clara (Cuba).

Elena Anosova

Hunter in a small village under the river Nizhnyaya Tunguska in the Far North of Russia.

Peter Bauza

Edilan and three of her seven children (at the time of the picture) lay on a mattress on the floor of the Copacabana Palace in Brazil. In this place there are more than three hundred homeless families.

Amy Vitale / National Geographic Magazine

In the Chinese province of Sichuan, a seven-year-old giant panda, Min Min, was born a cub (girl).

Giovanni Caprioti

Rugby player of the club "Maddy York" named John Paul Markides kisses his partner and teammate Casimir Kosakovsky during the gay parade in Toronto (Ontario).

Jaime Rojo

A carpet from the Monarchs covering the forest in the Butterfly Park in El Rosario (Michoacán, Mexico).

Amber Brecken

One of the protesters against the construction of the oil pipeline in Dakota is washing its eyes with milk after police officers sprayed it into his face from a pepper spray.

Lalo de Almeida / Follia de São Paulo

Thirty-year-old Adriana Cordeiro Soares is bathing her three-month-old son, born with microcephaly, caused by the virus Zeka in Brazil.

Tom Jenkins / The Guardian

Jockey Nina Carberry drops from her horse Sir Des Shamps when they crash into a barrage on the Great National horse race in Liverpool (England).

Paula Bronstein / Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reports

Najib is holding his two-year-old nephew Shabir, who was injured during the bombing of Kabul.

Tiujan Wang

Four students of the Chinese gymnastics school in Xuzhou practice at the wall for thirty minutes.

Sergey Ponomaryov / The New York Times

The family is rescued from the fighting in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Against the background, the oil fields in Kayar are burning.

Francis Perez

Entangled in a fishing net, a sea turtle sails off the coast of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).

Marcus Jokela / Helsingin sanomat

Cheerleaders Melissa Bernadt and Jennifer Berndt make make-up for the evening game at Table Rock (Nebraska). This is a small rural community, where from year to year practically nothing changes.

Robin Hammond

41-year-old Hellen lives with a mental illness. The fact is that in African countries, a traditional healer or pastor who is praying for the patient's recovery is engaged in treatment.

Nyan Haloncar

A wild leopard walks in Sanjay Gandhi National Park. This protected area, which is located in the northern part of Mumbai (India).

Darren Calabres

Lindy Hilton from Nova Scotia (Canada) was born without arms and legs. But despite this, she can raise a hundred pounds with chains attached to her by Velcro straps.

Cameron Spencer / Getty Imiges

Frenchman Gael Monfils (on the main photo of the article) makes an incredible forehand in the fourth round of the match against Russian Andrei Kuznetsov in the framework of the Australian Open in 2016.

Michael Hank

The small chess player expresses his emotions while playing at the youth chess tournament in the Czech Republic.

Hossein Fatemi / Pannos Pictures

Women play billiards in the Iranian gym, the entrance to which is allowed only to men.

Francesco Comello

Residents of the secluded and quiet community of "Salvation Island" leave the busy road leading from Moscow to Yaroslavl.