New York Times special cover

However, my blog is in a rest for a while (instead of me) my old habits die hard. Just like in previous years i made my usual collection of the pictures of the year galleries made by leading newspapers. Blog of Monroe Gallery was a great help in it once again. They made a good job in gathering foreign collections. Most of them I simply copied from them but had to add not only the Hungarian galleries but quite some of the international ones too.
2016 was quite an interesting year in Hungarian and international media as well. This is why I included some articles about this in the list. Unfortunately, most of them are only in Hungarian, but the photo collections require no knowledge of the language.

Just like in recent years The New York Times not only made a great selection of the best pictures of the year. Their Sunday special published them in print as well (unfortunately this year I didn’t find a video of it like last year). They also published an article about their methods and considerations of selection but their editors also share their insights on this process in a Facebook video.

If you know any local or international selections that should be included in the list, please let me know in the comments section to be added!

Year summaries on media events:

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  Look Back on 2009 in Pictures
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  Photo by Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters

  24.hu (in Hungarian): Drámai éve volt a magyar médiaiparnak

• 444.hu (in Hungarian): Soha ilyen sötét éve nem volt a szabad sajtónak Magyarországon
• 444.hu (in Hungarian): Lehet, hogy nem vetted észre, de 2016 egy jó év volt
• Index.hu (in Hungarian): Kőkemény éve volt a magyar médiának 2016-ban
• Média2.0 (in Hungarian): A 10 legváratlanabb fordulat a magyar médiában – mégis, már meg sem lepődünk
• Média2.0 (in Hungarian): 2016-os kríziskörkép: hogyan mélyítik a válságot a konteóhívők?
• Wired: 2016: The Mainstream Media Melted Down as Fake News Festered

Photo selections on Hungarian news sites:

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  Best photos of 2012 selections
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  24.hu: Akármilyen szomorú, tényleg ez volt 2016

• 24.hu: Mutatunk egy csomó sportfotót 2016-ból, amitől garantáltan újra libabőrös leszel
• 24.hu: Egy év Palvin Barbarával – 2016 legjobb képei a magyar topmodellről
• 444.hu: Vérben úszott ez az év is
• 444.hu: Az év legütősebb képei
• 444.hu: Az év legállatibb képei
• 444.hu: Az év legcsodásabb természetfotói
• Erdekesvilag.hu: Az év legjobb utazási fotói
• Google Trends: Az év keresései 2016-ban
• Index: Jó- és rosszkedvünkben is az utcára vonultunk az idén
• Index: Ezeket a képeket nem fogjuk egykönnyen elfelejteni <-NEW
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  Collectino of best photos of 2013
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  Index: Szíriai építészhallgató lett az év ügynökségi fotósa

• Index: Kozmikus rigóhorror és karatézó madarak az év magyar természetfotóin
• Index.hu: Ezeket a sorozatokat szerettük 2016-ban
• Hajdú Online: 2016 Derencsényi István szemével <-NEW
• Hajdú Online: 2016 Matey István szemével <-NEW
• HVG: Magyarország 2016 – így látták a HVG fotósai
• HVG: Ilyen volt 2016 Magyarországon
• HVG: Az év, amikor a félelem a hétköznapjaink részévé vált
• HVG: Egy év, amikor a magyarok nem hittek a szemüknek – az év sportképei
• Lemon.hu: Íme a 2016-os év Instagram sztárjai
• Mai Manó Ház Blog: A Reuters válogatása 2016 legjobb sajtófotóiból
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  Best photos of 2014 collection
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  Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

  MNO: Megmutatjuk, hogyan látták 2016-ot a Magyar Nemzet fotósai <- NEW

• MNO: Tevék, vulkán, Copacabana – íme 2016 legjobb drónfotói <-NEW
• MNO: Az év képekben
• MNO: Sony World Photography Awards 2016: két magyar a döntőben
• NLCafé: A meztelen jógás csaj legjobb képei 2016-ban
• NLCafé: Az NLCafé fotósai ezért szerették 2016-ot
• Origo: 2016 az Origo fotóriportereinek szemével <- NEW
• Origo: Az év képekben 2016 (gyűjtőgaléria)
• Origo: Merénylet és nejlonzacskós Messi az év képein – Január
• Origo: Magyar Oscar és magyar kutya az év képein – február
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  Best photos of 2015 collection
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  Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.hu

  Origo: Tanártüntetés és terror az év sajtófotóin – Március

• Origo: Tehenek Budapest utcáin és gyász az év sajtófotóin – Április
• Origo: Erzsébet királynő 90 éves és repülő az autópályán – Május
• Origo: Labdarúgó Európa-bajnokság és Brexit az év sajtófotóin – Június
• Origo: Nizzai terror és puccskísérlet az év sajtófotóin – Július
• Origo: Olimpikonok a csúcson és autós üldözés – Augusztus
• Origo: Hullámok és paralimpia az év sajtófotóin – Szeptember
• Origo: Bob Dylan és a levitáló Yoda az év sajtófotói – Október
• Origo: Fegyverégetés és Donald Trump az év sajtófotóin – November
• Origo: Gyilkosság élőben és gyászoló világ az év sajtófotóin – December
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  Collection of 2017’s best photos
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  Photo by Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters

  Style.hu: Top 10: képek a 2016-os sienai fotós díjátadóról

• Style.hu: Top 10: A legcsodálatosabb akcióképek 2016-ból
• Style.hu: Íme az Év természetfotósa 2016 döntőseinek képei
• Style.hu: A National Geographic: Az év természet fotósa verseny díjazottjai
• Velvet: Felismeri 2016 menő sorozatait egy képkocka alapján?
• Velvet: 2016 a válás éve – A top 10 szakítás idén
• Velvet: Búcsúzzunk 2016-tól az év legjobb nőivel!
• Velvet: Többször mutatták meg a mellüket nyilvánosan, mint vártuk
• Velvet: 15 hipszter kajatrend, amit el kéne felejteni jövőre
• ZooZoo: Lélegzetelállítóak a National Geographic díjának idei döntős fotói

News agency selections:

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  Broadest collection of 2018 photos
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  Photo by Ostariyanov/Shutterstock/TheAtlantic

  AFP: Pictures of The Year – Part 1 <- NEW

• AFP: Pictures of The Year – Part 2 <- NEW
• AFP: Pictures of The Year – Part 3 <- NEW
• AFP: Pictures of The Year – Part 4 <- NEW
• AP: Top Middle East Photos from 2016 <- NEW
• AP: 2016 Photos in Review – News
• AP: 2016 Photos in Review – Features
• AP: Top Europe & Africa feature photos from 2016
• AP: Top Europe & Africa news photos from 2016
• AP: Top Europe & Africa sports photos from 2016
• AP: Best Feature Images From Latin America in 2016
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  A look Back on 2009 in Pictures
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  Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters

  Noor: 2016 Year in Review by NOOR <-NEW

• Magnum: End of Year 2016 <-NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year 2016 <- NEW
• Reuters: One Photo, One Country, One Year <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Fighting Islamic State <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Natural Disasters <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Environment <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Animals <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Space <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Sports <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Entertainment <- NEW
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Oddly
• Reuters: Pictures of the Year: Fashion <- NEW
• Reuters: In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2016 <- NEW
• Reuters: Top Google Searches of 2016 <- NEW
• Reuters: World’s Most Powerful People <- NEW
• Reuters: Newsmakers of 2016 <- NEW
• Reuters: The Top 10 Business Stories of 2016 <- NEW
• Reuters: Most Popular Instagram Photos <- NEW
• VII: 2016 Year in Review <- NEW
• Xinhua: Xinhua selects best world news photos of 2016 <-NEW
• Xinhua: Selected Xinhua domestic pics in 2016 <-NEW
• Xinhua: Eye feast given by nature in 2016 <-NEW
• Xinhua: Highlights of Chinese Air Force in 2016 <-NEW

Foreign news sites’ selections:

• BBC: The most striking photos of the year  <- NEW
• BPOTY: Bird Photographer of the Year <- NEW
• Haaretz: The Best Photos of the Year 2016 <- NEW
• iPhone Photography Awards: 2016 Winning Photographs <- NEW
• Lens Culture: 2016 LensCulture Street Photography Awards <- NEW
• Lens Culture: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 <- NEW
• Nature.com: 2016 in pictures: The best science images of the year <-NEW
• PDNpulse: Top Photo News Stories of 2016 <- NEW
• PetaPixel: Here Are the Best Travel Photos of 2016 <- NEW
• PetaPixel: 2016 Nat Geo Nature Photo Contest <- NEW
• PetaPixel: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2016 <- NEW
• PetaPixel: 20 of the Best iPhone Photos of 2016 <- NEW
• PetaPixel: The Top 10 Photos, Cameras, and Tags on Flickr in 2016 <- NEW
• PetaPixel: The 30 Best Selling Photos on EyeEm in 2016 <- NEW
• PetaPixel: A Montage of the Best Drone Footage of 2016 <- NEW
• Red Bull: 2016’s top Adventure photos will make you go WOW! <- NEW
• Red Bull: Highlights of what happened in our skies in 2016 <- NEW
• Red Bull: The very best of Adventure 2016 in 80 seconds <- NEW
• Red Bull Racing: The Best Of Show Runs 2016 <- NEW
• Red BUll Racing: 2016 Best Of Photos <- NEW
• Uganda Press Photo Awards <- NEW
• Sports Illustrated: SI’s 100 Best Photos of 2016 <- NEW
• Sports Illustrated: 2016 Sports Illustrated Covers <- NEW
• Sports Illustrated: SI’s 2016 Cheerleaders of the Week <- NEW
• Sports Illustrated: Notable Sports Firsts in 2016 <- NEW
• Sports Illustrated: Top sports controversies of 2016 <- NEW
• Sports Illustrated: Biggest Retirements of 2016 <- NEW
• Wired: The Best WIRED Photo Stories of 2016 <- NEW
• Wired: The Most Stunning Space Photos of 2016 <- NEW
• Wired: All the Best Space Stuff From 2016 <- NEW
• Wired: 25 Masterpieces Prove 2016 Was Incredible in Architecture <- NEW
• Wired: These Are the 12 Best Movies of 2016 <- NEW
• Wired: The Best 2016 Movies You (Probably) Never Saw <- NEW
• Wired: Our 11 Favorite Transportation Video Stories in 2016 <- NEW
• Wired: 8 Wonderful Games You Might Have Missed in 2016 <- NEW
• Medium/The White House: Behind the Lens: 2016 Year in Photographs
• NY Times: The Best Styles Photography of 2016
• The Guardian: Our favourite Australian photos of 2016
• Evening Standard: Pictures of the year: The best photographs from 2016
• EuroNews: Pictures of the year 2016
• International Business Times: The year’s most powerful photos of the migrant crisis
• TIME: The Best Drone Photographs of 2016
• Hindustan Times: India in images: 2016 HT photographs
• BBC: The UK in 2016 as seen by Press Association photographers
• Politico’s Best Photos of 2016
• The Guardian: Our best portraits of 2016 – in pictures
• Telegraph photographers’ pictures of the year 2016
• Al Jazeera’s best photos of 2016
• Washington Post: Our most memorable photos of 2016
• Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: 2016: A Year in Photos
• Washington City Paper: The best images exhibited in D.C. this year
• Boston Globe The Big Picture: 2016 Year in Pictures: Part I, Part II
• Boston Globe The Big Picture: The best Boston Globe photos of 2016
• Boston Globe The Big Picture: Amazing animals 2016 <-NEW
• Quartz: The most moving, striking images from a year of terrible news
• Grimy Goods’ Best Concert Photography of 2016
• Journal.ie: The 27 photographs that took our breath away in 2016
• BBC: Year in pictures 2016
• BBC: In pictures: Twelve months, twelve frames
• Highlights from the Year in New Yorker Photography
• The Guardian: The funniest and most unusual animal photos of 2016
• Christian Science Monitor: Our best photos of the year 2016
• Politico Europe: Most powerful photographs of 2016
• The Guardian: The best photographs of 2016 – in pictures
• Daily Herald: Daily Herald’s best photos from 2016
• SantaFe.org: Top 10 Santa Fe Instagram Photos of 2016
• A year in photos: CAR magazine’s best 2016 pictures
• Kottke.org: The year in photos 2016
• The Express Tribune: 38 iconic pictures of 2016
• Bleed Cubbie Blue: The 10 Best Chicago Cubs Photos of 2016
• Telesur: Europe 2016 in Pictures
• New Statesman: Memes of 2016: What viral images will teach future historians
• Wall Street Journal: Year in Photos 2016
• CNN: 2016: The year in pictures
• MIT Technology Review: Our Best Photographs of 2016
• The Guardian: The best photographs of 2016 from across the US
• WCPO: Staff photographer’s top 9 photos of 2016
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 2016: A year in Post-Gazette photos
• STRAVA: The Best Photos of the Year
• The Best Photographs FADER Took This Year
• The Year in New Yorker Instagrams
• Magnum: Martin Parr presents his edit of the 2016 pictures of the year
• Greenpeace: 2016 – The year in photos
• Artsy: The Most Powerful Moments of Photojournalism in 2016
• CBS News: 2016 Instagrammer of the year
• USA Today: 2016: The year in pictures
• ESPN: Iconic moments of 2016
• HELLO! The Year in Pictures 2016
• Vegas Seven: 2016 In Decline: The Year in Pictures
• WNYC: Photography Roundtable: The Most Powerful Images of 2016
• Business Insider: 50 stunning moments captured by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters photography team in 2016
• PHOTOS: 2016 Pictures of the Year from The Denver Post    
• Metro: The most memorable photos of 2016
• NY Times: The Year in Pictures 2016
• NY Times: Choosing the New York Times Pictures of the Year
• NY Times: In the Moment: Photographs From 2016 <-NEW
• NY Times: The Best Styles Photography of 2016 <-NEW
• NY Times: The Photos You Liked in 2016 <-NEW
• USA Today: 2016: One photo from every day
• The 30 most stunning photos Business Insider took in 2016
• Guardian photographer of the year 2016: Carl Court
• Kansas City Business Journal: Year in Review: Best photographs of 2016
• TIME: 50 Astonishing Animal Photos of 2016
• Wall Street Journal: 2016 The Year in Review
• A year through the lens: Nelson Mail’s best sports photographs of 2016
• NBC News:  The Year in Pictures: 2016
• Federal News Radio:   2016 in pictures: Best photo galleries of the year
• Silicon Republic: Enjoy some of the best award-winning photographs of 2016
• International Business Times: The 100 most memorable photos of  2016
• Catch News: NASA releases top 16 photos of the Earth for 2016
• Quartz: The very best drone photography of 2016
• Up Worthy: 23 incredible photos from 2016 that prove it wasn’t a total dumpster fire
• British Journal of Photography: Kathy Ryan’s Best of 2016
• The Guardian: 2016 Eyewitness: our summary of the defining images of the year
• Space.com: The 100 Best Space Photos of 2016
• Courier-Mail 2016 has been one of the most dramatic years ever
• The Guardian: Jonathan Jones’s top 10 art exhibitions of 2016
• Digital Trends: These 20 Dronestagram photos take a look at 2016 from the skies
• Market Watch: The Must-See Photos of 2016
• CNN: Travel Photographer of the Year: 2016 winners revealed
• WTOP: Top Google searches in 2016 (Photos)
• TIME: The Best Space Photos of 2016
• NPPA: Links for ‘Best of the Year’ Photo Galleries
• New Atlas: 2016 from above: Some of the year’s finest drone photography
• A Look Back to L.A. Weekly’s Best Photojournalism of 2016
• Baltimore Sun/The Darkroom: 2016 Baltimore Sun pictures of the year
• The Atlantic: 2016: The Year in Photos, September–December
• The Atlantic: 2016: The Year in Photos, May-August
• The Atlantic: 2016: The Year in Photos, January-April
• L’Oeil De La Photographie:  The Best Of The Eye 2016
• TIME: Best Sports Photos of 2016
• LA Times: The top 10 art museum exhibitions of 2016
• TIME: The Best Weather Photos of 2016
• What Culture: 30 Best WWE Photos of 2016
• Al Arabiya: Part 1: 10 of the 100 best pictures of 2016
• Photojournalink: 2016 in Pictures
• TIME: The Best Weather Photos of 2016
• The Indian Express: Defining pictures of 2016: From Syria civil war to US elections
• ABC News: The Best Images of the Year: 56 Captivating Photos of 2016
• The Onion’s Best Photojournalism Of 2016
• The Guardian: Travel Photographer of the Year 2016: the winners – in pictures
• The Oregonian: Our favorite music photography of 2016
• TIME’s Best Photojournalism of 2016
• Daily Mail: News agency AFP releases its best photographs of the year 
• Bloomberg’s Best Photos of 2016
• CNN: 2016: The year in pictures
• Hartford Courant: The Year In Pictures 2016
• Maclean’s picks the top photos of 2016
• TIME’s Best Portraits of 2016
• Tufts Now: The Year in Photos 2016
• TIME: The 10 Best Photos of 2016
• Bloomberg: Watch our Video of The Best of the Year 2016 Photos
• The Guardian: Photographer of the year – 2016 shortlist
• TIME: Wire Photographer of 2016
• USA Today: 2016 Celebrity Phots of the Year
• Business Insider: The most incredible nature photos of 2016
• Newsday: 50 best sports photos of 2016
• NOOR: 2016 Year in Review
• Mashable: Man behind THAT Usain Bolt photo picks the best sporting shots of 2016
• The Guardian: Sean O’Hagan’s top 10 photography exhibitions of 2016
• Associated Press: PHOTOS: 2016 in Review
• The top 10 inspiring photography projects on Creative Boom in 2016
• Tampa Bay Times: All Eyes Gallery, Cherie Diez’s favorite photos of 2016
• TIME: Ruddy Roye is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of 2016
• The Atlantic: Top 25 News Photos of 2016
• National Geographic: Best Photos of 2016
• TIME: Top 100 Photos of the Year
• Gizmodo: 2016’s Supposed ‘Photo of the Year’ Is a Big Fat Fake
• Rueters: Pictures of the year 2016
• Powder: The 2016 Photos of the Year
• Tampa Bay Times: All Eyes gallery: Lara Cerri’s favorite photos of 2016
• ArtNet: Here Are the World’s Most Instagrammed Museums of 2016
• Daily Mail: Winners of categories in The Nature Conservancy 2016 Photo Competition
• World Press Photo: 2016 Photo Contest
• Audubon: The 2016 Audubon Photography Awards: Top 100
• AOL: The 40 best Reuters photos of the year so far
• USA Today: The best landscape photographs of 2016
• Newsweek: The 10 Most-Liked Instagram Pictures of 2016 Revealed
• National Geographic: Travel Photographer of the Year 2016
• BBC: Wildlife Photographer of the Year – People’s Choice
• Straits Times: 8 iconic photos, videos and memes that best sum up 2016
• IBN: Best Pictures From The 2016 Presidential Election Campaign Trail
• Globe and Mail: AFP Sports Photos of the Year 2016
• CNN: Haunting image of reservoir wins best architectural photograph of 2016
• CNN: The best sailing pictures of 2016
• TIME: The Best Astronomy Photos of 2016
• Nation Geographic: Winners of the 2016 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
• Wall Street Journal: Nature’s Best Photography Awards
• Time Lightbox: Best iPhone Photos of 2016
• Belfast Telegraph: UK Mountain Photo of the Year 2016
• MSN: The 100 best pictures of 2016
• New Atlas: World’s best architecture photography brought into sharp focus
• Chicago Tribune: Best of Skokie through amateur photos
• Delaware 105.9 Talk: Winners are revealed in 2016 Delaware Fishing Photo Contest
• AV Club: The 20 Best Films of 2016 <- NEW

A legjobb fotókönyvek:

• Elizabeth Avedon: 2016 BEST PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS : ROUND-UP PART 1
• Lens Culture: Critically Acclaimed: Experts’ Top 14 Photobooks of 2016
• Lens Culture: 2016 Photobooks of the Year, Part II: 32 Personal Favorites        
• NY Times: The Best Photo Books of 2016
• The Guardian: The best photography books of 2016
• American Photo: The Best Photography Books of the Year: 2016
• 1000 Words Magazine: Top 10 Photobooks of 2016
• Colin Pantall’s Blog: The Best Books of 2016:
• Crave: The 5 Best Photography Books of 2016
• pdn: Notable Photo Books of 2016: Part 1, 2, and 3
• Photo Eye: The Best PhotoBooks of 2016 
• The NY Times: A Spotlight on the Season’s Top Photography Books
• Financial Times: Best books of 2016: Art & photography
• Smithsonian: The Best “Art Meets Science” Books of 2016
• HAF: The 17 Best Socially Concerned Photobooks of 2016
• TIME Selects the Best Photobooks of 2016
• 500px: The Top Food Photos on 500px in 2016

AFP: AN2016: rétrospective des images insolites AFP de l’année

Getty Images: 2016 In Focus

Getty Images: The Moments That Gave Us Hope in 2016

Getty Images: The Moments That Made Our Jaws Drop in 2016

Getty Images: The Moments That Dazzled Us in 2016

Getty Images: The Moments That Warmed Our Hearts in 2016

Getty Images: The Moments That Broke Our Hearts in 2016

Getty Images: The Moments That Made Us Love the Game in 2016

Getty Images: Celebrating Some of Those We Lost in 2016

Sky News: A Year In Pictures 2016

It took me over 8 hours to edit this list (even though most of it was only copied over) – tell in the comments section how long did it take for you to check out all the images included!