Photographers working for news agency Reuters share some of the most striking images that were captured around the world throughout 2013
A garden with a swimming pool is inundated by the waters of the Elbe river during floods near Magdeburg in the federal state of Saxony Anhalt, Germany, on June 10. Photo: Thomas Peter
A hibiscus flower is seen on an ash-covered plant at Mardingding village in Karo district, Indonesia’s north Sumatra province, on November 19. Photo: Roni Bintang
US President Barack Obama (left) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on June 17. Photo: Kevin Lamarque
A man runs up the ġostra, a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian’s, on August 25. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Survivors stand among debris and ruins of houses destroyed after Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines on November 10. Photo: Erik De Castro
A Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas as people protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project in Taksim Square, central Istanbul, on May 28. Photo: Osman Orsal
Young Palestinian groom Ahmed Soboh, 15, and his bride Tala, 14, stand inside Tala’s house that was damaged during an Israeli strike in 2009, during their wedding party in the town of Beit Lahiya, near the border between Israeli and northern Gaza Strip on September 24. Photo: Mohammed Salem
An aerial view shows the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side next to Giglio Island, taken from an Italian navy helicopter on August 26. Photo: Alessandro Bianchi