Welcome to our special edition of "Moving Image," a roundup of the best photos from around the world this year.
The following images tell the story of the past 365 days' most compelling events, capturing happenstance moments and monumental occurrences all over the globe.
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Our picks for 2013 are:
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MOVING IMAGE (Jan. 1 - Jan. 4)
Andoni Lubacki/AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Jan. 5 - Jan. 11)
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Jan. 12 - Jan. 18)
Jody Amiet, AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Jan. 19 - Jan. 25)
Ulet Ifansasti, Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Jan. 26 - Feb. 1)
Fabrice Coffrini, AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Feb. 2 - Feb. 8)
ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Feb. 9 - Feb. 15)
Barry Chin, The Boston Globe / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Feb. 16 - Feb. 22)
Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Feb. 23 - Mar. 1)
Muhammed Muheisen / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Mar. 2 - Mar. 8)
Robin Utrecht / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Mar. 9 - Mar. 15)
Wong Maye-E / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Mar. 16 - Mar. 22)
Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Mar. 23 - Mar. 29)
Nicolas Asfouri / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Mar. 30 - Apr. 5)
Sebastian Scheiner/AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Apr. 6 - Apr. 12)
Amr Nabil / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Apr. 13 - Apr. 19)
Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Apr. 20 - Apr. 26)
Vincent Yu / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Apr. 27 - May 3)
Leon Sadiki / City Press / Gallo Images / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (May 4 - May 10)
Steve Russell / Toronto Star / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (May 11 - May 17)
Mario Tama / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (May 18 - May 24)
Miguel Angel Morenatti / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (May 25 - May 31)
Vadim Ghirda / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (June 1 - June 7)
Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (June 8 - June 14)
Scott Olson / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (June 15 - June 21)
Yawar Nazir / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (June 22 - June 28)
Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (June 29 - July 5)
Hassan Ammar / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (July 6 - July 12)
Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (July 13 - July 19)
Arindam Dey / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (July 20 - July 26)
Adam Pretty / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (July 27 - Aug 2)
Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Aug 3 - Aug 9)
Sean Gallup / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Aug 10 - Aug 16)
Manu Fernandez/AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Aug 17 - Aug 23)
Maddie Meyer / The Washington Post / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Aug 24 - Aug 30)
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Aug 31 - Sep 6)
Wong Maye-E/AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Sep 7 - Sep 13)
Chris Pedota/Pool/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Sep 14 - Sep 20)
Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Sep 21 - Sep 27)
Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Sep 28 - Oct 4)
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Oct. 5 - Oct. 11)
Sanjeev Syal / AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Oct. 12 - Oct. 18)
Matt Dunham/AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Oct. 19 - Oct. 25)
Daniel Born/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Oct. 26 - Nov. 1)
Prabhjot Gill/AP
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MOVING IMAGE (Nov. 2 - Nov. 8)
Oliver Morin/AFP/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Nov. 9 - Nov. 15)
Nigel Roddis / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Nov. 16 - Nov. 22)
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Nov. 23 - Nov. 29)
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty
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MOVING IMAGE (Nov. 30 - Dec. 6)
Noorullah Shirzada / AFP / Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Dec. 7 - Dec. 13)
Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Dec. 14 - Dec. 20)
Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
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MOVING IMAGE (Dec. 21 - Dec. 31)
Ibrahim Zayed / AP
CORRECTION: A previous version of an Associated Press caption incorrectly referred to the Isle of Wight as the Isle of White. We regret the error.