Reuters released its most-liked Instagram photos of 2018, and they're an unforgettable portrait of the past 12 months

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As these Instagram photos show, 2018 has been turbulent, troubling, joyous, and beautiful.
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  • Reuters does a yearly roundup of its most-liked photos on Instagram.
  • The 2018 images feature the World Cup tournament, flooding in North Carolina, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding, and migrant caravans, among other scenes.
  • Here's a recap of 2018, one striking photo at a time.

International news agency Reuters documents "the news in pictures, as it happens."

They capture moments in politics, sports, and international affairs — among so many other categories — so we can see what's happening in the world around us.

Every year they round up their most-liked photos on Instagram, where they currently have 1.8 million followers. This year saw a World Cup tournament, hurricanes and flooding in North Carolina, a royal wedding, and migrant caravans, among other things.

Here are Reuters' top 47 most-liked photos on Instagram.

Winters in Sibera can be both brutal and breathtaking. An aerial view of a forest road during sunset — with the air temperature at about minus 16.6 degrees Fahrenheit — outside the village of Balakhta in Russia captures that dichotomy.

January 6, 2018
Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Near Dhaka, Bangladesh — one of the most crowded places in the world— an overcrowded train leaves Tongi rail station after the final prayer of "Bishwa Ijtema," the world congregation of Muslims.

January 14, 2018
Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

Source: Business Insider

A fox walks past 10 Downing Street in London.

January 16, 2018
Hannah McKay/Reuters

Migrating starlings are seen across the sky near the village of Beit Kama in southern Israel. Fun fact: a group of starlings is called a murmuration.

January 16, 2018
Amir Cohen/Reuters

Big wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner of Germany drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal.

January 18, 2018
Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Roger Federer of Switzerland cries while holding the trophy after winning the Australian Open in Melbourne.

January 28, 2018
Thomas Peter/Reuters

Philadelphia Eagles' Patrick Robinson celebrates winning Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

February 5, 2018
Chris Wattie/Reuters

A young priest throws a snowball in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican during a heavy snowfall.

February 26, 2018
Max Rossi/Reuters

A child sleeps in a bag in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria. An estimated 42,000 civilians fled the country, escaping Syrian military in Damascus.

March 15, 2018
Omar Sanadiki/Reuters

Source: NBC News

A squirrel sits on the floor after its limb amputation surgery at Aydin University in Istanbul, Turkey.

April 3, 2018
Osman Orsal/Reuters

Rachele-Ngabausi, 2, injured by militiamen when they attacked the village of Tchee, stands in an internally displaced camp in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to witnesses, militiamen killed her pregnant mother, her three brothers, and chopped off part of her sister's arm.

April 15, 2018
Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Women walk past shops nearly destroyed by shell explosions in Manbej, Aleppo countryside, Syria.

May 10, 2018
Aboud Hamam/Reuters

Female demonstrators run from tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip, where Palestinians demanded the right to return to their homeland.

May 11, 2018
Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after their wedding.

May 19, 2018
Jonathan Brady/Pool via Reuters

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex ride a horse-drawn carriage after their wedding ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.

May 19, 2018
Benoit Tessier/Reuters

President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. The handshake marked the beginning of a nuclear summit, and the first time sitting leaders of the two countries have met face-to-face.

June 12, 2018
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Source: Vox

Germany fans react as they watch the South Korea and Germany World Cup group stage match from a public viewing area at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

June 28, 2018
Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts at referee Cesar Arturo Ramos during a World Cup game against Uruguay.

July 1, 2018
Toru Hanai/Reuters

Russian players celebrate winning the penalty shootout against Spain in the World Cup in Moscow.

July 1, 2018
Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

A ballerina watches the broadcast of the World Cup quarter-final match between Russia and Croatia at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

July 7, 2018
Anton Vaganov/Reuters

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England fans in Trafalgar Square, London react as they watch Croatia play England during the World Cup.

July 12, 2018
Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Demonstrators fly a blimp portraying President Donald Trump in Parliament Square during his and first lady Melania Trump's visit to London.

July 13, 2018
Peter Nicholls/Reuters

A Chinese tourist takes a picture in a lavender field in Valensole, France. The fields sit in prime lavender-growing conditions — which is plenty of sunshine — and are in full bloom in July.

July 13, 2018
Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Source: Provence Reservation

France's Benjamin Mendy celebrates with the trophy after winning the World Cup in Moscow.

July 15, 2018
Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Stewards apprehend one of many field invaders as France plays Croatia in the World Cup final in Moscow. Pussy Riot — a Russian protest performance group — later claimed responsibility for the invasion.

July 15, 2018
Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Source: CBS Sports

France's players hold up coach Didier Deschamps, celebrating their World Cup win in Moscow, Russia.

July 16, 2018
Christian Hartmann/Reuters

A crew member of NGO Proactiva Open Arms — a non-profit organization working to help refugees trying to reach Europe by boat — embraces an African migrant in the central Mediterranean Sea.

July 17, 2018
Juan Medina/Reuters

Source: Proactiva Open Arms

A full moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon before a lunar eclipse in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece.

July 27, 2018
Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

A bride poses for a photo during a total lunar eclipse in Brasilia, Brazil. It was the longest complete lunar eclipse this century has seen.

July 28, 2018
Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

Tourists walk past a giant hand structure on the Gold Bridge on Ba Na hill near Danang City, Vietnam. The bridge, which opened in June, stretches 490 feet through the Trường Sơn Mountains and sits 4,600 feet above sea level.

August 1, 2018
Kham/Reuters

Source: INSIDER

The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel near the southern city of Sderot, Israel.

August 9, 2018
Amir Cohen/Reuters

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa, Italy. One engineering failure after another caused the bridge to crumble to the ground, killing 43 people.

August 14, 2018
Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

Source: The New York Times

A girl poses for a photo on a giant waterlily leaf during an annual leaf-sitting event in Taipei, Taiwan. It's part of the giant water lily exhibition in Shuangxi Park.

August 16, 2018
Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Source: Taiwan News

People watch elephants from a local circus bathe in the Black Sea on a hot summer day in Yevpatoria, Crimea.

August 21, 2018
Pavel Rebrov/Reuters

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.

September 3, 2018
Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

The Villarrica Volcano is seen at night from Pucon town, Chile. It's one of Chile's most active volcanos and one of only a few permanently active volcanos in the world.

September 4, 2018
Cristobal Saavedra Escobar/Reuters

Source: Volcano Discovery

Soldiers march during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's foundation in Pyongyang, North Korea.

September 9, 2018
Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

A man sits on a bench in a flooded park as the Cape Fear River rises above its usual height in Wilmington, North Carolina.

September 14, 2018
Jonathan Drake/Reuters

Volunteer Ryan Nichols of Longview, Texas, rescues panicked dogs in Leland, North Carolina, that were left caged by an owner who fled rising flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.

September 17, 2018
Jonathan Drake/Reuters

Chilean police officers march with future police dogs during the annual military parade at the Bernardo O'Higgins park in Santiago, Chile.

September 20, 2018
Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters

A passenger plane is seen with the full moon behind as it begins its final landing approach to Heathrow Airport in London.

September 25, 2018
Toby Melville/Reuters

A male deer barks in the early morning light during the breeding season in Richmond Park, west London.

September 26, 2018
Toby Melville/Reuters

Source: Noble Research Institute

A McDonald's sign in Panama City Beach, Florida, is damaged by Hurricane Michael.

October 11, 2018
Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

A Palestinian man argues with an Israeli soldier during clashes over an Israeli order to shut down a Palestinian school near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

October 15, 2018
Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold hands after unveiling a plaque in the Clairiere of Rethondes during a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Compiegne, France.

November 10, 2018
Philippe Wojazer/Pool/Reuters

A migrant family — part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States — runs away from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico in Tijuana.

November 25, 2018
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