A gander at the greatest photos that grabbed our interest in 2016.
Top Photos of the Year 2016 - Human Interest
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Spanish soldiers of the 7th Airborne Light Infantry Brigade 'Galicia' fire a howitzer Light Gun L118 during maneuvers with other units from the Training Center 'San Gregorio' in preparation to NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) within the NATO Response Force (NRF) in Zargoza, Spain, April 19, 2016.
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Wild bluebells, which bloom around mid-April, turning the forest completely blue, form a carpet in the Hallerbos, also known as the "Blue Forest", near the Belgian city of Halle, Belgium, April 17, 2016.
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Ethnic Yao minority women brush their long hair as part of a performance during the local Long Hair Festival, to celebrate the third day of the third lunar month which is regarded as a traditional festival for many ethnic minorities in Huangluo village of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, April 9, 2016. More than 80 women in the village have hair longer than 1.4 meters, with the longest reaching 2.3 meters, according to local media.
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A sea lion eats sardines in the Marineland theme park on the French riviera city of Antibes, southeastern France, March 17, 2016.