From small moments to major events.
The Year in Pictures
![A picture glows as the sun sets on February 8, 2019, in Paradise, a town in the American state of California. An artist painted the image on this and other burned homes in the area after a fire destroyed most of the town. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)](https://gdb.voanews.com/aa1b14e1-d18b-4909-a9f3-db018ce7eac4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A picture glows as the sun sets on February 8, 2019, in Paradise, a town in the American state of California. An artist painted the image on this and other burned homes in the area after a fire destroyed most of the town. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
![Diver Lenford DaCosta cleans up lines of coral on February 12, 2019, in Oracabessa, Jamaica. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)](https://gdb.voanews.com/43b825aa-fa8c-4d6c-80d1-61cbaeb656ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Diver Lenford DaCosta cleans up lines of coral on February 12, 2019, in Oracabessa, Jamaica. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
![Racers ride their motorcycles across the sand during the Dakar Rally in Pisco, Peru, on January 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/3a852a27-f39f-445b-9067-1c654b2e2d41_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Racers ride their motorcycles across the sand during the Dakar Rally in Pisco, Peru, on January 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
![Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro puts his hand over his heart while the national song plays in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ee0129f6-8b7e-45d2-b21c-fdc1b963c614_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro puts his hand over his heart while the national song plays in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)