Ulet Ifansasti
Getty Images
Child jockeys compete in the traditional horse races as part of Moyo festival in September, Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Sya’rani, who has been mining for 30 years, washes mud in a conical bowl or ‘Linggang’ while he searches for diamonds in Cempaka village at Martapura, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Refugee Sajidah Begum eats with her children at a temporary shelter in Bayeun as Rohingya Muslims remained in limbo, October, Aceh province, Indonesia
Desperate civilians at the heart of Indonesia’s haze crisis are taking the fight into their own hands, using their meagre resources to confront the fires that are ravaging their communities
Ulet Ifansasti
Peatland forest is cleared by burning for a palm oil plantation on the outskirts of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia in November
Biography
Ifansasti is an Indonesian photographer for Getty, and has stood out this year with his coverage of the volcanic eruptions, peat fires and the Rohingya refugee crisis in the region, in addition to his features.
Christopher Furlong
Getty Images
Hundreds of migrants who arrived by train at Hegyeshalom on the Hungarian and Austrian border walk the four kilometres into Austria on 22 September
Demonstrators make their way along Boulevard Voltaire in a unity rally in Paris after the terrorist attacks, 11 January
A young refugee wraps up warm on a cold morning at the Serbian border, 13 September in Roszke, Hungary
The flow of refugees through the Balkans hit a bottleneck in Hungary. The story has been one of the most moving assignments I have covered. It touched on every emotion imaginable
Christopher Furlong
A Palestinian woman walks among the dust and rubble of bombed homes still waiting to be demolished or rebuilt, 15 June in Gaza City
Biography
Furlong is based in the UK but has covered the terror attacks in Paris and the refugee crisis in central Europe this year. His images have been remarkably memorable and we have featured his work several times.
Yannis Behrakis
Reuters
A refugee keeps warm by an open fire at a makeshift camp near a registration centre on the Greek island of Lesbos, 18 November
Tourists on a beach as migrants arrive on a dinghy on the island of Kos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey
Pro-Euro protestors hold Greek national flags during a rally in front of the parliament building in Athens
I was dedicated to covering the refugee crisis from its early stages with sensitivity and sensibility, always following my instinct based on the highest journalistic ethics
Yannis Behrakis
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras shares a joke with Parliament Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou before a ruling Syriza party parliamentary group session in Athens, 15 July
Biography
Behrakis is the chief photographer for Reuters in Greece. He stood out this year for his coverage of the financial crisis engulfing his country, the ghost factories of Greece and his images on the front line of the European refugee crisis in the Greek islands of Kos and Lesbos.
Mohammed Abed
Agence France-Presse
A Palestinian child walks past a mural of children using an Israeli army watch tower as a swing ride, said to have been painted by Banksy, in Gaza City
Palestinians release crabs caught in their nets on the beach at Gaza City, 1 October
Boys play with a fish net on the beach in Gaza City, ahead of Eid al-Adha in September
The parkour acrobats is one of my favorite pictures, because those guys try to find the life through the death and through the destroyed houses
Mohammed Abed
Palestinian group Bar Palestine do street exercises in Gaza City, August
Biography
Abed is a Palestinian photographer who has been with AFP in Gaza for over 15 years. This year he stood out for his closeup coverage of the escalating tension in the region, but also for his feature work such as his images of the group Bar Palestine and Gaza’s fishing communities. He has been featured in our Eyewitness spread and regularly appears in our pictures of the week and photo highlights selections.
Olivia Harris
Reuters
A cosplayer poses at the 2015 Comic Fiesta event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Beijing delegation celebrate in Kuala Lumpur after winning the 2022 Winter Olympics, defeating Almaty in Kazakhstan in the final vote
Labourers unload gravel from a boat docked in Dala township opposite Yangon city, Myanmar
Pictures need to work immediately – and on a gut level
Olivia Harris
People celebrate as they watch election results roll in outside the National League for Democracy office in Mandalay, Myanmar, on 8 November
Biography
London-born Harris is based in Kuala Lumpur for Reuters. She covered news and features in London before moving to South-east Asia, where her images often make our photo highlights selections.
Abd Doumany
Agence-France Presse
Syrians walk amid the rubble of ruined buildings after reported air strikes by regime forces in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, in August
A wounded Syrian girl at a makeshift hospital in Douma, east of Damascus, after shelling and air raids by government forces in August
A wounded Syrian boy cries in hospital after a reported air strike by government forces in Douma, November
Douma is completely different from how it was in the past. People, buildings, streets: everything has changed. When you talk about the idea of safety, it doesn’t exist here
Abd Doumany
Syrians look at the damage following air strikes on the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus
Biography
Doumany is a Syrian freelance photographer born in Damascus. He has been covering the war in Syria since the beginning, and this year produced some of the most arresting images from the conflict.
Stefan Rousseau
Press Association
Mayor of London Boris Johnson joins a Street Rugby tournament in Tokyo with locals from the Nihonbashi, Yaesu and Kyobashi Community Associations
Labour party leader Ed Miliband meets supporters in Crouch End, north London, on the General Election campaign tour
Miliband looks on as Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood and SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon embrace after the BBC challengers’ election debate
I work in black-and-white too, and I process and print my pictures in my own darkroom at home. I find it hugely satisfying
Stefan Rousseau
David Cameron helps Lucy Howarth with a reading lesson at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School in Westhoughton
Biography
PA Chief Political Photographer Rousseau’s witty and insightful political photojournalism, especially of the UK General Election trail, caught our attention
David Ramos
Getty Images
Revellers at the opening day or ‘Chupinazo’ of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls fiesta in Pamplona, Spain, 6 July
Marina Durunda of Azerbaijan competes in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Final on day seven of the Baku 2015 European Games
Antonio Garcia carries a bucket full of clusters of grapes at a vineyard in Perpignan, France. Every year, thousands of Spanish emigrants travel to France to work the wine harvest
I am a fervent fan of new ways of visual storytelling
David Ramos
Revellers enjoy British Fancy Dress Day, one of the biggest fancy dress parties in Europe, which is held the day after the Benidorm fiesta in November
Biography
Ramos has been a regular stringer for Getty since 2010, covering news and sports events worldwide. He is based in Barcelona and this year his coverage of Pamplona, Benidorm and his features were remarkable
Lucy Nicholson
Reuters
Madeleine Klonoski, two, sits on her father’s leg at a kite festival in Redondo Beach, California, US
Brazilian Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio walks through the Coachella festival in Indio, California, with friends
Gordon Satterly, 61, from Michigan kisses his husband Richard Brand, 53, from Texas, at the International Gay Rodeo Association’s Rodeo in the Rock party in Little Rock, Arkansas
It’s a privilege to be invited in as an intimate observer of other people’s lives. Meeting so many different people is one of the best aspects of the job
Lucy Nicholson
Homes with swimming pools in Palm Springs, California, in April. The average daily water usage per person in Palm Springs is 201 gallons – more than double the California average
Biography
Born in London and based in Los Angeles, Lucy is a senior staff photographer for Reuters. This year she stood out for her work on the Californian drought
Kenzo Tribouillard
Agence-France Presse
People observe a minute of silence at the Place du Trocadero in Paris, France on 16 November in tribute to victims of the attacks by Islamic State which killed at least 129 people and left more than 350 injured on 13 November
French security move people on Rue Bichat in the 10th arrondissement in Paris after the attacks on 13 November
A bullet hole in a window at the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel on the outskirts of Sousse, Tunisia, in June where a deadly attack took place the previous week
When my chief calls me about ‘shots in a street near a bar’ in Paris, something rings differently … since the ‘Charlie attacks’, terrorism is always in our minds
Kenzo Tribouillard
Director of Air France in Orly Pierre Plissonnier, nearly shirtless, tries to cross a fence, helped by security and police officers, after several hundred of employees invaded the offices of Air France
Biography
French photographer Tribouillard was called to cover the Paris attacks through the night on 13 November, and he also covered the Tunisian terror attack this year
