Reuters journalists are famous for their award-winning talent of capturing the moments that later go down as history for all the generations to come and this year too, the photographs that were clicked have made the team win Pulitzer prize for Breaking News Photography category. Have a look at these photographs to get in touch with the sentiments of people around the globe, this year.
Note: Few of the images included in this post delineate chaos/graphic violence which may be disturbing and unsettling for certain viewers. All images and their respective captions belong to Reuters.
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A boy injured in a mortar attack walks toward an ambulance after being treated by medics in a field clinic as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq, on March 2, 2017.
Image by: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
A boy who just fled a village controlled by Islamic State fighters cries as he sits with his family inside a bus before heading to the camp at Hammam Ali, south of Mosul, Iraq, on February 22, 2017.
Image by: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
A commuter jumps between trains upon arrival at a station, to attend Akheri Munajat, the final supplication during Biswa Ijtema in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on January 15, 2017.
Image by: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
A displaced Iraqi with his son prepares to get on a truck to be carried to a safe place, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq, on March 8, 2017.
Image by: Suhaib Salem/Reuters
A firefighter watches a forest fire near the village of Fato, central Portugal, on June 18, 2017.
Image by: Rafael Marchante/Reuters
A full moon rises over the Temple of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the seas, in Cape Sounion, east of Athens, Greece, on July 8, 2017.
Image by: Costas Baltas /Reuters
A girl reacts as colored water is thrown on her while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors, in Mumbai, India, on March 13, 2017.
Image by: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters
A girl walks amidst a dust storm on the banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India, on February 24, 2017.
Image by: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
A man carries his daughter on his back after fleeing their home due to fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul’s al-Zanjili’s district in Iraq on June 7, 2017.
Image by: Erik De Castro/Reuters
A man driving a vintage car reacts as he passes by crabs crossing a highway on their way to spawn in the sea in Playa Giron, Cuba, on April 21, 2017.
Image by: Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
A migrant arrives at a naval base after he was rescued by Libyan coastal guards in Tripoli, Libya, on November 6, 2017.
Image by: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
Ammar Hammasho, from Syria, who lives in Cyprus, kisses his children who arrived at the refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia outside Nicosia, Cyprus, on September 10, 2017.
Image by: Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters
A Rohingya refugee boy gets a haircut at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on November 15, 2017.
Image by: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga gestures with a machete in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 11, 2017.
Image by: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
A woman rides a horse as the pack of riders from the 104th Tour de France cycling race passes, on July 6, 2017.
Image by: Christian Hartmann/Reuters
Damaged seats are pictured amidst rubble of buildings in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria on February 28, 2017.
Image by: Khalil Ashawi /Reuters
Eagle Creek wildfire burns as golfers play at the Beacon Rock Golf Course in North Bonneville, Washington, on September 4, 2017.
Image by: Kirsti McCluer/Reuters
Hindu priests sit inside a cave as they perform evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganges in Devprayag, India, on March 28, 2017.
Image by: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Imam Hatip religious school students wave national flags as they wait for arrival of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a graduation ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 26, 2017.
Image by: Murad Sezer/Reuters
Myeshia Johnson, wife of U.S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson, who was among four special forces soldiers killed in Niger, kisses his coffin at a graveside service in Hollywood, Florida, on October 21, 2017.
Image by: Joe Skipper/Reuters
Natan Cabral, 5, stands on the cracked ground of the Boqueirao reservoir in the Metropolitan Region of Campina Grande, Paraiba state, Brazil, on February 13, 2017.
Image by: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
Pigs are herded off a platform into water by breeders during a daily exercise at a pig farm in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, on August 14, 2017.
Image by: China Stringer Network/Reuters
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, on April 6, 2017.
Image by: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
School children attend a yoga session at a camp in Ahmedabad, India, on January 5, 2017.
Image by: Amit Dave/Reuters
The group Colla els Capgrossos de Mataro form a human tower called “Castell” during the All Saints Day in Vilafranca del Penedes town, near Barcelona, Spain, on November 1, 2017.
Image by: Juan Medina/Reuters
Tourists stand on the beach and watch as smoke fills the sky above a burning hillside in Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the Var department, France, on July 26, 2017.
Image by: Jean Paul Pelissier /Reuters
Two teens demonstrate their Parkour skills amid damaged buildings in the rebel-held city of Inkhil, west of Deraa, Syria, on April 7, 2017.
Image by: Alaa Faqir/Reuters
Two young girls walk through a massive spring wildflower bloom caused by a wet winter in Lake Elsinore, California, on March 14, 2017.
Image by: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders react to a wall of computer screens coming online as they tour the Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017.
Image by: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Wildfires burn along the Twelve Apostles area of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, on October 13, 2017.
Image by: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
Workers clean the floor next to empty shelves and refrigerators in a supermarket after it was looted in San Cristobal, Venezuela, on May 17, 2017.
Image by: Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/Reuters
A man rides a horse through flames during the annual “Luminarias” celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony’s day, Spain’s patron saint of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, northwest of Madrid, Spain, on January 16, 2017.
Image: Paul Hanna/Reuters
Spanish rescuer Daniel Calvelo carries a four-day-old baby girl into a RHIB, during a search and rescue operation by Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, in central Mediterranean Sea, some 22 nautical miles north of the Libyan town of Sabratha, on April 1, 2017.
Image: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
An altar of a damaged church is seen in the town of Qaraqosh, south of Mosul, Iraq, on April 11, 2017.
Image: Marko Djurica/Reuters
People gather for Iftar (breaking fast), organized by Adaleh Foundation, amidst damaged buildings during the holy month of Ramadan in the rebel-held besieged Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on June 18, 2017.
Image: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters
A demonstrator throws back a tear gas grenade while clashing with riot police during the so-called “mother of all marches” against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 19, 2017.
Image: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
A gymnast performs on a trampoline at the Petit Palais in Paris, France, on June 23, 2017, as Paris transforms into a giant Olympic park to celebrate International Olympic Days with a variety of sporting events for the public across the city.
Image: Jean Paul Pelissier/Reuters
People dressed as Santa Claus take a canal tour of Copenhagen as they take part in the World Santa Claus Congress, an annual event held every summer at the amusement park Dyrehavsbakken, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 24, 2017.
Image: Scanpix Denmark/Reuters
Residents use boats to evacuate flood waters from Hurricane Harvey along Tidwell Road east Houston, Texas, on August 28, 2017.
Image: Adrees Latif/Reuters
A composite image of 21 separate photographs taken with a single fixed camera shows the solar eclipse as it creates the effect of a diamond ring at totality as seen from Clingmans Dome, which at 6,643 feet is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, on August 21, 2017.
Image: Jonathan Ernst /Reuters
An aerial view of properties destroyed by the Tubbs Fire is seen in Santa Rosa, California, on October 11, 2017.
Image: Stephen Lam/Reuters
Source: Reuters