Reuters Pictures of the Year 2017
22 December 2017 |
9:32 pm
The most memorable pictures taken by Reuters photographers around the world this year, including Donald Trump’s presidency, the Rohingya refugee crisis, the fight against Islamic State and the total solar eclipse across the United States.
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