TIME Selected Top 10 Most Important Photos Of 2015

TIME is famous for it’s covers. But the digital age lets it share world-shattering photographs with everyone. After some deliberation, TIME staff shared the 10 most important pictures of the year. Some deal with the heartbreaking hardships of the refugee crisis or the impact of the Paris terror attacks.

“There’s no doubt that the language of photography is expanding,” writes TIME. “The authors are more varied and the audience is also growing exponentially. Technology is opening up enormous avenues and possibilities. The great photojournalists of our days continue to make exceptional pictures that hold infinite power while citizen journalists are also adding to the repertoire as ‘witnesses’, making pictures that provide evidence.”

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That was a day I will never forget. It was the first time I saw my colleagues cry and take pictures, shaken by the terrified children’s faces that were trying to find their parents, brothers or sisters in the chaos. I was taking pictures with the intention of showing the world what was happening so that no child should ever live through this again. With time and distance, I can now say that the police weren’t being violent, they had orders not to let anyone pass, but the desperation of the refugees was much bigger than the policemen’s shields (Image souce: Georgi Licovski)