Top Europe & Africa feature photos from 2016

Every year, Associated Press editors choose a selection of photos that best documents the year’s top feature stories as chronicled by photojournalists around the world. 

Below is a gallery featuring the top 2016 feature photos from AP photographers across Europe and Africa.

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In this Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 photo, members of "Vella de Xiquets de Valls" try to complete their human tower during the 26th Human Tower Competition in Tarragona, Spain. The tradition of building human towers, or Castells, dates back to the 18th century and takes place during festivals in Catalonia, where "colles", or teams, compete to build the tallest and most complicated towers. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

In this Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 photo, people cool off under a water fountain on a sunny day, in Pamplona northern Spain. The recent hot weather has prompted many people to cool off in the water fountains. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 photo, people throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 photo, a man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honour of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

In this Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 photo, shepherds lead their sheep through the centre of Madrid, Spain. Shepherds have guided a flock of 1,000 sheep through Madrid streets in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

In this Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 photo, men on horseback ride trough a pine tree forest chased by a a brave bull in Tordesillas, Spain. Men on horseback and on foot traditionally have chased the bull and speared it in front of thousands of onlookers in what became known as one of Spain's goriest spectacles, but amid increasing protests by animal rights activists the regional government last year banned the killing of bulls at town festivals, though traditional bullfights were not affected. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

In this Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 photo, children enjoy the last light of the day as they play together in fields of tea bushes in the village of Arwos, in western Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In this Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 photo, a waitress is surrounded by visitors during the opening ceremony of the 183rd Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

In this Saturday, July 30, 2016 photo, a man shelters from the rain with an umbrella as he goes for a walk on the seaside during a rainier summer day, in Laredo, northern Spain. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

In this Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 photo, a 120-metre long sculpture of the 17th-century London skyline is set alight in a retelling of the story of the Great Fire of London in 1666, in London. The event was part of a collaboration between American 'burn' artist David Best and Artichoke, commemorating the Great Fire of London in 1666. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

In this Tuesday, May 4, 2016 photo, farmers work in a field of blossoming tulips in Den Helder, northern Netherlands. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

In this Sept. 10, 2016 photo, Diana Romaniuc, 7-years-old, peers from behind curtains before competing in the children category of the Romania Miss Pole Dance Contest, ahead of the finals of the Pole Sport&Fitness World Championship 2016 in Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

In this Tuesday, March 15, 2016 photo, a migrant child sits behind plastic sheets covering tents during a rainfall in a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border post of Idomeni, Greece. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

In this May 12, 2016 photo, a car makes its way on a winding road through flowering canola fields on the L401 highway near Nienstedt, Germany. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

In this March 23, 2016 photo, Summer Sharif looks at an Owl butterfly feeding on an orange during a photo call for hundreds of tropical butterflies being released to launch the Natural History Museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

In this Aug. 30, 2016 photo, a bee flies over a sunflower on a field near Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

In this Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 photo, a pedestrian holds a balloon after a rain in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

In this Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 photo, a jay picks kernels in the forest on outskirts of Novogrudok, 150 km (93 miles) west of the capital Minsk, Belarus. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

In this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 photo, pedestrians stroll over the Millennium Bridge in London. Temperatures dropped below zero overnight and daytime showed a clear blue sky with bright sunshine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

In this Saturday, July 2, 2016 photo, a woman looks across as a gay parade participant poses for pictures during Gay Pride parade in Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

In this Wednesday, June 29, 2016 photo, people enjoy a chair swing ride as the sun sets at an amusement park, in Athens.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 photo of the Thufa hill in Reykjavik. Parliamentary elections will be held in Iceland on Oct. 29, 2016, more than 250,000 voters are called to elect the new parliament, 63 members of the Althing parliament. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

In this Oct. 31, 2016 photo, migrating cranes fly during sunset near Straussfurt, central Germany. The cranes rest in central Germany on their way from breeding places in the north to their wintering grounds in the south. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

In this Friday, May 6, 2016 photo, a man enjoys the sunny and warm weather with his dog in a park in London. Weather forecast predicts up to 25 Celsius (77F) for the upcoming weekend in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

A Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 photo taken underwater of a woman floating in a swimming pool during a summer day in Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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