Every year, The Associated Press chooses a selection of photos that best documents the year’s top features stories as chronicled by photojournalists around the world. Today, this collection was distributed by the AP to its members and subscribers worldwide. 

This year’s set of 50 compelling and newsworthy images was selected by Acting Director of Photography Denis Paquin.

Below is a gallery featuring this year’s features selection.

To see all of the top photos of 2016 galleries, click here.

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