Photographers in the field of business and industry have a tough job. They must tell visual stories on topics that can oftentimes be very hard to illustrate.
Sometimes a photo must work to convey a widespread issue by narrowing in on a specific, personal narrative.
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Other times, a less personal image will do. When paired with different captions, it can be used to for a variety of stories.
We've combed through tons of photos from 2015 to find the very best images by some of the most creative photographers in business media.
Check out the amazing images below, covering everything from textiles to aerials to emotional evictions.
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Carles Sanmarti checks noodles drying in wood cabinets at Pasta Sanmarti factory on Oct. 27, 2015, in Caldes de Montbui, Spain. The Sanmarti family has been involved in the production of pasta since 1700.
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A view of the Tata Steel processing plant at Scunthorpe which made 1,200 workers redundant in October in Scunthorpe, England.
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The shadows of a woman and nearby trees are cast on the wall of Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday, May 24, 2015. South Korea was scheduled to release revised first-quarter gross domestic product figures on June 4.
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Workers collect salt at Taibei saltern on Sept. 13, 2015 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China.
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A healthy and happy themed subway train is seen on March 5, 2015, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. Hangzhou Metro is promoting healthy and happy themed subway trains.
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Cooling towers emit vapor into the night sky beyond a harvested crop field at Grohnde nuclear power plant, operated by E.ON SE, in Grohnde, Germany, on Thursday, July 30, 2015. In one of the most ambitious political undertakings of a modern industrial economy, Germany is shutting down all its nuclear power plants by 2022.
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An employee works on a mannequin at the "A Top Mannequin" factory on Nov. 11, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company annually supplies up to 5,000 mannequins to Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore, where they are mainly used to display clothing in fashion outlets.
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Wind turbines spin next to a giant bull advertisement for the Bodegas Osborne SA winery at a wind farm on Feb. 19, 2015, near Zaragoza, Spain. France and Spain inaugurated the newly combined electricity project on Feb. 20 which will connect both countries after 30 years of demands by the Spanish Government, allowing an increase of opportunities for operations with renewable energies.
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Beekeeper Dave Whyman adjusts one of his hives after moving them to the site of a new apiary on Aug. 8, 2015, in Lealholme, England.
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Shipping containers sit stacked among gantry cranes in this aerial photograph taken above the BNCT Co. container terminal at Busan New Port in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday, July 30, 2015.
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A child looks at Lego figurines from the Star Wars "Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle," manufactured by Lego A/S, as it sits on display at the Toy Retailers Association DreamToys 2015 event in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. U.K. economic growth cooled as manufacturing contracted for a third quarter and construction shrank the most since 2012, a sign that Britain may be falling prey to global headwinds.
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An aerial view of tea pluckers picking Mingqian Tea at a tea garden on March 24, 2015, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. Mingqian Tea, characterized by its tender leaves and rich flavors, is a highly valued tea harvested ahead of The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day.
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A bulldozer moves almond hulls onto a pile at a Select Harvest Ltd. plant near Wemen, Victoria, Australia, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. Bees, responsible for an estimated $15 billion of crop output in the U.S. alone, play an essential role in almond production. With the nut fetching record prices, the insects have become the asset to own -- or steal -- in Australia's biggest almond-producing region.
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An Aer Lingus aircraft, operated by Aer Lingus Group Plc, stands on the perimeter of the runway at London Heathrow Airport, in this aerial photograph taken over London, U.K., on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers stand under construction in this aerial photograph taken above the Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Hyundai Heavy is one of South Korea's Big Three shipbuilders.
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Dairy cows graze at a farm that supplies to Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Thursday, March 19, 2015. Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, is scheduled to report interim results on March 25.
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Traditional miner Sya'rani (54), who has been mining for 30 years, washes mud in conical bowls known as Linggang as they search for diamond in Cempaka village at Martapura, also known as the City of Diamond, on Nov. 4, 2015, in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Hyundai Motor Co. vehicles sit parked at a delivery center at the company's factory in this aerial photograph taken in Asan, South Korea, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.
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Airbus aircraft landing gear is tested at the Airbus aircraft manufacturer's Filton site on Nov. 19, 2015, in Bristol, England.
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Traders signal offers in the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange on Aug. 24, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.
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A scale model of a plane is prepared for testing in the Airbus Filton's low-speed wind tunnel facility at the Airbus aircraft manufacturer's Filton site on Nov. 19, 2015, in Bristol, England.
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Steam locomotives sit at sidings as maintenance is carried out in the Grosmont railway sheds at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway on Sept. 24, 2015, in Grosmont, England.
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Cider maker Roger Wilkins, owner of Wilkins Cider Farm picks apples from a tree in his orchard at his farm in the village of Mudgley on Oct. 2, 2015, in Somerset, England.
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A worker passes through part of the disused Down Street underground station on May 18, 2015, in London, England. The disused underground railway station, which closed in 1932, was used by wartime leader Winston Churchill for some cabinet meetings in 1932 as his Whitehall bunker was being built. Out of 270 functioning stations in London there are at least 40 Overground and Underground stations which still exist but are no longer used.
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In this aerial view, combines harvest summer wheat at a cooperative farm on Aug. 14, 2015, near Grossderschau, Germany.
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Finished tires sit in a storage area inside the Vsevolozhsk tire manufacturing plant, operated by Nokian Renkaat Oyj in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015.
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A brand new Volkswagen Passat and a Golf 7 car are stored in a tower at the Volkswagen Autostadt complex near the Volkswagen factory on March 10, 2015, in Wolfsburg, Germany.
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People walk past shops in al-Moez street in Cairo's Khan el-Khalili district, in Egypt on March 7, 2015. Al-Moez street is one of the oldest streets in Cairo, approximately one kilometer long, and according to a United Nations study it's found to have the greatest concentration of medieval architectural treasures in the Islamic world.
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Forklifts transport aluminum cans at the Rexam Beverage can plant in Jacarei, Brazil, on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015.
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Offices line a corridor inside the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. German business confidence unexpectedly increased in September as companies benefited from strengthening domestic demand in Europe's largest economy, shrugging off risks from slowing growth in emerging markets.
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Hand made carpets, brought from varied regions of Turkey, are laid under the sun on a field to soften their color in the Dosemealti District of Turkey's Southern touristic province Antalya on July 25, 2015.
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Steam rises from cooling towers at the coal-fired Kraftwerk Mehrum power plant at Haemelerwald on March 10, 2015, near Sehnde, Germany.
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Mannequin hands display different types of nail art at the Atarazanas beauty mall center in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015.
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Visitors and journalists take pictures of the new Samsung Galaxy S6 during the Mobile World Congress 2015, March 1, 2015, in Barcelona, Spain.
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The Samsung C&T Corp. headquarters building, bottom, stands in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 12, 2015.