Das Jahr in Bildern: Wunderschön, grausam und traurig

Jedes Jahr kürt das TIME Magazine die Top 100 Fotos der vergangenen 12 Monate. Es handelt sich um eine handverlesene Auswahl an Aufnahmen. Diese stammen von verschiedenen Fotografen und der ganzen Welt. Die Bilder zeigen schonungslos die unvergesslichsten Momente des Jahres 2016.

Von der andauernden syrischen Flüchtlingskrise über die Olympischen Spielen in Rio bis hin zum jüngsten amerikanischen Präsidentschafts-Rennen fungieren diese Bilder als Zeitportale, um die Menschen weltweit in die Geschehnisse eintauchen zu lassen können.

Eine kleine Vorschau findet ihr hier bei uns. Die komplette Liste, mit umfangreicher Erklärung zu jedem Foto, gibt’s auf der offiziellen Webseite: time.com/top-100-photos-2016

A group trying to rescue animals from Fort McMurray wait at a roadblock on Highway 63 as smoke rises from a forest fire near Fort McMurray, Alberta on May 6, 2016.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the New York Police Department 2016 graduation class at Madison Square Garden on July 1, 2016.
The flash of an exploding stunt grenade is seen while a student from University of Witwatersrand jumps on a falling policeman while another policeman shoots his rubber bullets during a demonstration in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 4, 2016. Authorities tried to re-open the prestigious Wits University after weeks of demonstrations over tuition fees.
Iranians lay beside Urmia Lake with their bodies covered in salt near Urmia, North-western Iran on Aug. 8, 2016. Hopes for survival of Urmia salt lake have been revived after more rains boosted a government program aimed at preserving the almost dried up water body.
Hot lava and volcanic ashes rises from Mount Sinabung during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia on Feb. 29, 2016.
Kosovo police officers wearing gas masks inspect the parliament, after tear gas was launched by opposition lawmakers, disrupting the first parliamentary session of the year in Pristina on Feb. 19, 2016. Angry over a government deal with Serbia and demanding snap elections, the united opposition has effectively blocked parliamentary proceedings since October with their tear gas protests.
Migrants wait to be rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical miles north of Libya, on October 4, 2016. At least 1,800 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard announced, adding that similar operations were underway around 15 other overloaded vessels.
An eagle from Guard From Above, a security company training eagles to intercept drones, tackles a drone in the air, in Katwijk, Netherlands, on May 31, 2016. The birds of prey learn to intercept small, off-the-shelf drones of the type that can pose risks to aircraft, drop contraband into jails, conduct surveillance or fly dangerously over public events.
Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government fire weapons during a battle with Islamic State fighters in Sirte, Libya, on July 15, 2016.
Displaced Iraqis arrive at a refugee camp in the town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul, as an operation to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, on Oct. 22, 2016.