It is a habit at the end of every year to make a selection of the best photos taken during the course of the year. This year is no different. Most of the websites made their own selections. I only had to collect these collections together (just like I did last year and the year before as well) to make it easier for you to find the best photos of the year passing away.

Just like the years before the blog of Monroe Gallery and the Hungarian Photo History blog too made their own selections and both of them helped me greatly with my collection. Many of the links in my list are from these two sources and I just had to add a few here and there what they didn’t find.

At the end of the list you find a few videos as well. If you would like to watch the agency photo selections in video with some music rather than clicking through a lot of galleries just do it.

But if you still don’t find the list complete enough just send me what galleries you think I should add to this collection.

Selections of Hungarian sites:

• Panda bear on the train – pictures of the year, 1/4 – Origo
• Floods and a fishing president – pictures of the year, 2/4 – Origo
• People, soldiers and some fun – pictures of the year, 3/4 – Origo
• Keep on fight and never give up! – pictures of the year, 4/4 – Origo
• National snow storm, national flooding, national dating – Index
• Murder, goa, pizza and nudity – Index
• Monkey in space, bras in the air – Index
• Super typhoon, chemical attack, fake sign translator – Index
• Beckham fail, flying C and Monaco’s women – Index
• This was 2013: Pictures of the year from the world – HVG Nagyítás
• Sandbags and tobacco corruption: Big pictures of the year – HVG Nagyítás
• Pintér, Vettel, Pistorius: this was 2013 in sports – HVG Nagyítás
• Storm, flooding, wedding – pictures of the year – Vs.hu
• Pictures of the year 2013 – Népszava
• Pictures of the year 2013 – Velvet

Selections from around the world:

• The Year in Pictures – New York Times
• 2013 Year in Pictures: Part I – Boston Big Picture
• 2013 Year in Pictures: Part II – Boston Big Picture
• 2013 Year in Pictures: Part III – Boston Big Picture
• Top Big Pictures in 2013 – Boston Big Picture
• The best Boston Globe photos of 2013 – Boston Globe
• The Year in Photos, January-April – Atlantic In Focus
• The Year in Photos, May-August – Atlantic In Focus
• The Year in Photos, September-December – Atlantic In Focus
• Best News Pictures of 2013 Part One – Totally Cool Pix
• Best News Pictures of 2013 Part Two – Totally Cool Pix
  
• World news pictures of the year 2013: part 1 – Telegraph
• World news pictures of the year 2013: part 2 – Telegraph
• World news pictures of the year 2013: part 3 – Telegraph
• The Year in Pictures – LA Times Framework
• Best of the Web: The best of the best from 2013 – LA Times Framework
• 2013: The Year in 365 Pictures – Time LightBox
• Photos That Almost Got Away: Behind and Beyond 365 – Time LightBox
• The Year in Pictures 2013 – Time LightBox
• TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2013 – Time LightBox
• TIME’s Best Portraits of 2013 – Time LightBox
• TIME’s Best Photojournalism of 2013 – Time LightBox
• The Most Surprising Photos of 2013 – Time LightBox
• Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2013 – Time LightBox
• Year in Photos 2013 – Wall Street Journal Photo Journal
• 54 Unforgettable Pictures From The Past Year – Business Insider
• The 44 Most Mesmerizing Sports Photos Of 2013 – Business Insider
• The Most Science Fictional News Stories Of 2013 In Pictures – Forbes
• Best photos of 2013 – Milwaukee Business Journal
• Year in Photographs, 2013 – Vanity Fair
• Travel 365: Best of 2013 – National Geographic
• Best Ocean Animal Photos of 2013 – Discovery Channel
• The most incredible nature photography of 2013 – Salon
• A look back at the top photos of the year – NY Daily News
• Top 30 most striking news images from across the globe – NY Daily News
• Sun photographers’ best 100 images of 2013 – Baltimore Sun Darkroom
• 2013: The Year in Pictures – Baltimore Sun Darkroom
• The best photographs of 2013 – in pictures – Guardian
• Picture editors’ favourite photos of 2013 – Guardian
• Selfies of 2013 – the best, worst and most revealing – Guardian
• 2013 The year in pictures – Guardian
• Best portraits of 2013 – in pictures – Guardian
• 2013: the media year in pictures – Guardian
• The best photography of 2013: Sean O’Hagan’s choice – Guardian
• Wildlife and nature award-winning images of 2013 – Guardian
• In pictures: 2013 – The year in review – Independent
• The 52 Most Breathtaking Photos This Year – Huffington Post
• 2013’s Most Striking Fine Art Photography – Huffington Post
• The Year in Photojournalism – New Yorker Photo Booth
• Thirteen Incredible Outtakes from 2013 – New Yorker Photo Booth
• The Most Amazing Earth Photos This Year – Wired
• The 100 Most Astonishing Images of 2013 – Gizmodo
• 100 Most Powerful Moments of 2013 in Photos – Mashable
• The Best Photojournalism of the Year – American Photo
• 2013 Photo Books of the Year – American Photo
• Images of the Year 2013 – American Photo
• The best political photos of 2013 – LA Times
• The 18 Best Washington Photos of 2013 – Politico
• The 18 best political pictures of 2013 – Washington Post
• Architectural Photography Award Winners – Arcaid Images
• The 16 Best Photo Essays Of 2013 – Fast Company
• Signs of the Times during 2013 – Times of Malta
• The 40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2013 – Doublemesh
• Best photography of 2013 – ESPN
• Photos of the Year 2013 – Denver Post
• Photo Staff’s Best of 2013 – Desert Sun
• 2013: A Year in Photos – Pulitzer Center
• 2013 The Year in Pictures – The Week
• 2013 Year in Pictures – The Columbian
• 2013 The Year in Photos – Daily Beast
• 2013 Year in Pictures – ABC News
• Year in pictures 2013 – BBC
• The UK year in pictures 2013 – BBC
• 2013 The Year in Pictures – CBS
• 2013: The year in pictures – CNN
• The Year in Pictures: 2013 – NBC News
• 2013 in Pictures – Paris News
• Best pictures of 2013 – DNA India
• In Pictures: 2013 in review – Aljazeera
• 20 photographs of the year – Observer
• Best LA Concerts of 2013 in Photos – LA Weekly
• 2013’s Best Entertainment Photography – Vulture
• Year in Music Photos 2013 – Pitchfork
• Photos of the year – 2013 – Yahoo News
• Sports’ pictures of the year – USA Today
• Pictures of the Year – Sports Illustrated
• Best of Sports Pictures of 2013 – Totally Cool Pix
• 50 Stunning Sports Photos From 2013 – Mashable
• Monster Gallery: The 100 Best Surf Photos of 2013 – The Inertia
• Best Baltimore college football players from the 2013 season – Baltimore Sun Darkroom

Reader photos:

• Best photos of the year on Indafoto – Indafotó Blog
• Your pictures of the year – BBC

Agency selections:

• Public Service or Propaganda? Top Handout Photos of 2013 – Time LightBox
• Best Action Sports Photos From Red Bull In 2013 – The Post Game
• Year in Photos 2013 by Pete Souza – The White House
• Greenpeace Photo of 2013 – Greenpeace
• 2013 The Year in Review – Magnum Photos Blog
• Top 10 photos of 2013 – Associated Press
• Best of Getty Images 2013 – Denver Post
• 2013 Roundup – Reportage by Getty
• Best Photos 2013 Sneak Peak – Bloomberg
• A Year In Focus – Bloomberg
• 2013 Pictures of the Year from Agence France Presse – AFP/Denver Post
• Pictures of the Year: Fashion – Reuters
• Best photos of the year 2013 – Reuters
• The most astonishing pictures of 2013 – Reuters/Daily Mail
• 2013 Year in Pictures – Thomson Reuters Foundation

Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013:

Getty Images 2013 Award Winning Imagery – Getty Images:

2013’s Most Colourful Images – AFP:

Bloomberg Photos Best of the Year 2013 :

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