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Economist pics of the year: A car is drenched by a huge wave that slammed into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa on June 7th 2017. Credit: AP/Halden Krog #wave #storm #car #CapeTown #water

Economist pics of the year: People walk in the sunset at the Port of Gaza in Gaza City on January 10th 2017. The beach is one of the few open public spaces in this densely populated city. Credit: AP/Hatem Moussa #sunset #beach #publicspace #silhouette #sky #sea #GazaCity

An entry in the Open competition of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards. Photographers worldwide have only until January 4th 2018 to enter the 11th edition of the Awards. This photograph was taken in Mallorca, Cap de Formentor, with a long exposure while the photographer waited for sunset. Credit: Diego Faus Momparler #photography #photocontest #SonyWorldPhotographyAwards #Mallorca

Economist pics of the year: An early morning swim in the Mediterranean sea during cool temperatures across Beirut, Lebanon on February 16th 2017. Credit: AP/Hassan Ammar #swim #sea #Mediterranean #Lebanon #water #swimming #wildswimming

Economist pics of the year: A protestor holds a national flag while standing in front of the burning entrance to the Supreme Court of Justice, during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela on June 12th 2017. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins #Caracas #Venezuela #fire #burn #demonstration

Economist pics of the year: President Donald Trump welcomes 11-year-old Frank Giaccio, as he continues to cut the grass in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on September 15th 2017. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Barria #RoseGarden #gardening #WhiteHouse #Washington #Trump #UnitedStates #America

93-year-old Mary Derr holds her robot cat "Buddy" at the home she shares with her daughter in South Kingstown, Rhode Island on December 1st 2017. Derr has mild dementia, and her daughter purchased the robotic cat earlier this year to keep her mother company. Credit: AP/Stephan Savoia #robotcat #Buddy #dementia #companion #pet #JoyforAll #robot

Economist pics of the year:  A Bangladeshi man helps Rohingya Muslim refugees disembark from a boat on the Bangladeshi shoreline of the Naf river after crossing from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh on September 30th 2017.  Credit: AFP/Getty Images/Fred Dufour #Rohingya #refugees #Bangladesh

Economist pics of the year: Clouds of ash from Mount Agung volcano are lit by the setting sun in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia on November 30th 2017. Authorities told tens of thousands of people to leave an area extending 10 kilometres from the volcano as it belched volcanic materials into the air. Credit: AP/Firdia Lisnawati #volcano #MountAgung #Bali #ash #sunset #volcanic

Economist pics of the year: Fleeing civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the old city of Mosul, Iraq on July 4th 2017. Credit: AP/Felipe Dana #Mosul #Iraq #mosque #civiliansinwar #photography

Economist pics of the year: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16th 2017. Credit: KCNA via Reuters #NorthKorea #missile #KimJongun

Economist pics of the year: People stand near floral tributes for the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing at St Ann's Square in central Manchester on May 26th 2017. A suicide bomber detonated a homemade bomb in the Arena on May 22nd 2017, following a pop concert by Ariana Grande. Twenty-three people were killed, including the attacker, and over 500 were injured. Islamic terrorists claimed responsibility for the attack. Credit: AP/Rui Vieira #Manchester #Manchesterbombing #flowers #ManchesterArena #tribute #ArianaGrande

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