The best photos of 2015: Images that defined our year

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Dustin Drankoski
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The photos of 2015

A year of struggle, ambition, tragedy and triumph

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South Korean play in the snow during a winter military training exercise on Jan. 8, 2015 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
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The blood-covered hand of a victim is seen at the blast site after an explosion during a peace march in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 10, 2015. Eighty-six people were killed, many of them volunteers. Credit: DEFNE KARADENIZ/GETTY IMAGES
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After liberating the city from the Islamic State, Kurdish Peshmerga show what they say is a mass grave of more than 50 Yazidis killed by ISIS on Nov. 15, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images
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Indonesian Muslim women attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer on 'sea of sands' on July 17, 2015 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Eid Al-Fitr, marks the end of Ramadan. Muslims in countries around the world start this day with prayer, spend time with family and often give to charity. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
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