News websites have been publishing their selections from the best pictures of the year for weeks or even months. Some of these collections were made from their own photos made by their staff but most of them are edited from the images of the wire services. I too made my collection of these collections just like I did it last year and the year before.

I don’t remmber which of the sites started the earliest publishing the year’s end selections. I only remember to recognise it started almost as early as the Christmas preparations did. Reuters’ selection has been developed into greatly misunderstood statistics. This time I only want to list all the galleries.

This years’ collection includes not just the usual pressphoto galleries, but some other interesting stuff too. From the press photo galleries I would highlight Time’s wast selection that has a reason to be called A Year of Photographers in the Picture. Time also has something special for the photographer community. They made a gallery in memory of the photographers who died in 2012.
The list also contains a collection of mobile photos and it also has a dedicated Instagram selection – especially once they stirred up photography communities at the end of the year. There are also some selections of weather photos, most shared photos on the web and the best magazine covers of the year.

Reuters, AFP, Getty Images and VII agencies also made a video reel of their best photos. You find these videos at the end of this post.

News agency selections:

• Best photos of the year 2012 – Reuters
  
• Looking Back at 2012 – Reportage by Getty Images
• AP’s Top 10 Photos of 2012 – AP
• Bloomberg’s Best Photos 2012: A Changing World – Bloomberg
• From Facebook IPO to Tsunami, Bloomberg Best Photos 2012 – Bloomberg
• Best of 2012: Highlights of a Year in Pictures – VII

Hungarian language collections:

• Elszálló Malév, zuhanó elnök: az év képei – HVG Nagyítás
• Íme 2012 tíz legfontosabb eseménye az Instagramon – HVG Nagyítás
• Csodálatos képek az év hazai természetfotósaitól – HVG Nagyítás
• Az év képei – első negyedév – Index
• Az év képei – második negyedév – Index
• Az év képei – harmadik negyedév – Index
• Az év képei – negyedik negyedév – Index
• Az év legjobb sportfotói – Index
• Rajtuk nevettünk 2012-ben – Index
• Őket vesztettük el 2012-ben – Index
• 2012 legjobb sportfotói – Magyar Hírlap
• Az év legemlékezetesebb képei – Origo
• Az év képekben 2012/1 – FN
• Az év képekben 2012/2 – FN
• A 2012-es év sportpillanatai – Magyar Nemzet
• Íme 2012 legbénábban photoshoppolt képei – Dívány

English language collections:

• 2012: The Year in Photos, Part 1 of 3 – Atlantic In Focus
• 2012: The Year in Photos, Part 2 of 3 – Atlantic In Focus
• 2012: The Year in Photos, Part 3 of 3 – Atlantic In Focus
• 2012 Year in Pictures: Part I – Boston Big Picture
• 2012 Year in Pictures: Part II – Boston Big Picture
• 2012 Year in Pictures: Part III – Boston Big Picture
• Best nature pictures of 2012 – Boston Globe Big Picture
• In the Picture 2012 – Totally Col Pix
• The 10 Most Viewed Topics in 2012 – Totally Cool Pix
• Top Pictures of 2012 Part 1 – Totally Cool Pix
• Top Pictures of 2012 Part 2 – Totally Cool Pix
• The Year in Pictures 2012 – LA Times Framework
• The year in wire pictures: 2012 – LA Times Framework
• Best of the Web – LA Times Framework
• 2012: The Year in Pictures – NY Times
• Pictures of the Year – Sports Illustrated
• Best of 2012 – Photos of the Year – National Geographic Magazine
• Best Camera-Trap Pictures of 2012 – National Geographic Magazine
• Best Space Pictures of 2012 – National Geographic Magazine
• The Best Astronomy Images of 2012 – Slate
• Our favorite photos from Getty Images in 2012 – Dallas Morning News
• 2012 best news photos – Chicago Tribune
• 2012 best Chicago iPhone photos – Chicago Tribune
• The best pictures of the year – Daily Mail
• 52 weeks: Photos of 2012 – Guardian
• The best photographs of 2012 – Guardian
• Best portraits of 2012 – in pictures – Guardian
• The best photography of 2012: Sean O’Hagan’s choice – Guardian
• Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 – the best pictures – Guardian
• 2012: The Year in Pictures – The Telegraph
• Pictures of the year 2012: UK news – The Telegraph
• The 50 best images of the London 2012 Olympic Games – The Telegraph
• Time’s Best Photojournalism of 2012 – Time LightBox
• Time Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2012 – Time LightBox
• Time Picks the Most Surprising Photos of 2012 – Time LightBox
• Time Picks the Top Photographic Magazine Covers of 2012 – Time LightBox
• A Year of Photographers in the Picture – Time LightBox
• In Memoriam: Photographers Who Died in 2012 – Time LightBox
• Time’s Best Portraits of 2012 – Time LightBox
• 2012: The Year in Silhouettes – Time LightBox
• 2012: A Year of Deja Vu – Time LightBox
• Marco Longari: TIME Picks 2012′s Best Photographer on the Wires – Time LightBox
• The Images of 2012: Sports – NY Times Lens Blog
• The Images of 2012: New York – NY Times Lens Blog
• Best of the Post 2012 – Washington Post
• Twelve from 2012: Portraits in The New Yorker – New Yorker
• The View from Space: 20 Stellar Photos of Earth in 2012 – New Yorker
• Best Photos 2012: Amazing Photography From Around The World – Huffington Post
• 40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012 – Huffington Post
• The 45 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012 – BuzzFeed
• The 2012 Readers’ Photo Contest Winners – PopPhoto
• Photo Gallery: The Best News Photos of 2012 – Spiegel
• 2012’s Best Photojournalism – American Photo
• 42 Unforgettable Photos From The Past Year – Business Insider
• The Best Photos Of Barack Obama In 2012 – Business Insider
• Photos of the Year 2012 – Wall Street Journal
• 2012 in Vanity Fair – Vanity Fair
• Top 10 Kisses of 2012 – Mashable
• Best news photos of 2012 – USA Today
• The Year in Pictures: 2012 – NBC News
• The year in pictures 2012 – BBC
• The UK year in pictures 2012 – BBC
• 2012: The year in pictures – CNN
• 2012 Photos of the Year by the Associated Press – Mercury News
• Best Pictures of the Year from Agence France Presse – Whittier Daily News
• The most striking photos of 2012 – Adelaide Now
• Photos: More best images of 2012 – Windsor Star
• Best world photos 2012 – Stuff.co.nz
• 2012’s Best Entertainment Photography – Vulture
• 2012: Best N.J. news photos of the year – NJ.com
• 2012: Best N.J. feature photos of the year – NJ.com
• 2012: Best weather photos of the year – NJ.com
• More best images of 2012 – Vancouver Sun
• The Phoenix Business Journal’s best photos of 2012 – Phoenix Business Journal
• Best Photos of 2012, and Why: From Syria to the New York Harbor – BagNews
• Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012 – Take a View
• Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 – British Journal of Photography
• Best photos from 2012 – Global News
• Top 10 Photo Fails: 2012’s Fake & Wrong Photos – iMedia Ethics
• Best Your 2012 Cell Phone Pictures – WNYC
• Documenting 2012 Through Instagram to See More – Instagram Blog
• Best Weather Photos of 2012 – Weather.com
• Wired’s Favorite Viral Photo Projects of 2012 – Wired
• See Ad Age’s Magazine Covers of the Year – AdAge
• Year in Photographs 2012 by Pete Souza – White House

Reuters Year in 60 seconds

Getty Images Showreel 2012

AFP year in photos

Bloomberg Photos: Best of the Year 2012

National Geographic Magazine’s Photos of the Year

Sources: The majority of this collection was based on the Monroe Gallery‘s collection. I couldn’t manage to find a lot of galleries they couldn’t find (but there has been a few).

If you know any other collections that is left out, let me know in the comments!

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