The Year in Pictures: See the most powerful images of 2014

December 23, 2014

Bulent Kilic / AFP - Getty Images The Year in Pictures: 2014 See the most powerful images of the year.     View Photos

Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters Sparkling Holiday Lights Brighten the Season Festive lights spread cheer around the globe.     View Photos

Jerzy Rojkowski Take Us to Your Leader! Amazing Views of Micro Life The Olympus BioScapes contest celebrates astonishing images of life seen through a microscope, including baby mosquitoes and bizarre barnacles.     View Photos

Justin Lane / EPA Sign of the New Year: Numbers Arrive in Times Square A seven-foot tall numeral '15' will be used to make the number '2015' complete for the famous Times Square New Year's Eve celebration.     View Photos

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