Getty Images have covered more than 80,000 events this year and their photographers have brought you some of the most incredible, inspiring and moving images of 2014.
They've been everywhere, from the Scottish Independence referendum to frontline conflicts around the world via flooding, riots and the devastating scenes caused by the the Ebola epidemic.
Photographers often put their life on the line to capture THAT memorable shot to bring the news directly into our homes.
Through the power of photography, pictures are playing an even bigger part in our lives than ever before.
Getty CEO & Co-Founder Jonathan Klein reflects on Getty’s year in focus...
There are images we remember all our lives. They’re different for everyone, depending on where you were born and how old you are – for me it’s Nelson Mandela, or Princess Diana cradling a child infected with HIV, or the Twin Towers on 9/11 – but we all have them. These images capture something essential about their subjects. Some of them are referred to as ‘heart stopping’ or ‘beautiful’, but they’re more than that. They’re true. The truth of images is what gives them their power and explains why so many go to such lengths to censor or black them out. Today, the job of the person behind the lens has never been more important; it has also never been more threatened.
The barbaric slayings of journalists in Syria are fresh in our minds. The 2011 loss of our own beloved Chris Hondros in Libya still haunts us. The safety of journalists is something Getty Images takes very seriously. At the time of writing, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 40 journalists have been killed in 2014. Many others – too many – are missing, exiled or imprisoned. Journalists have worked amid unprecedented surveillance and intimidation this year. Together with other great media organisations and the CPJ, we have reaffirmed our commitment to combatting these trends.
It takes a lot to help the world see itself. Apart from the technical side of their work, photojournalists are experts at building relationships in tough situations, utilising their natural empathy, curiosity and trustworthiness. Whether they are covering hard news in Gaza, the Ukraine or West Africa, documenting the sweaty symphony of sport, or capturing the iconic moments of the world’s most famous people, their jobs require a tremendous amount of responsibility. They are some of the bravest people I’ve ever met.
John Moore is among them. He was one of the first photographers to travel to Liberia to cover the Ebola epidemic there and shed light on the harrowing impact of this disease. It was not easy. He packed 24 sets of coveralls, masks and boot covers, a half-dozen goggles, rubber boots and 400 rubber gloves, some of which he shared with aid workers when their own supplies dwindled. He went to great lengths to document the crisis for the world to see, and it did see. As his images ran in the world’s major news publications, people and governments worldwide began to mobilise against the disease. There is no doubt that by risking his life he helped to save others, and I was proud to shake his hand and give him a hug when he came home to New York
Here is just a handful of images showing what Getty and its photographers have achieved this year.
Getty Pictures of the year
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Ukrainian protesters shoot with a help of petards amongst burning automobile tires during a mass action of opposition on Grushevsky street against laws recently accepted by the Verkhovna Rada that toughen requirements to carrying out mass meetings and restrict journalists activity, on January 22, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. (credit:Photo by Vladislav Sodel/Kommersant Photo via Getty Images)
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A young girl looks at flowers and candles laid by members of the public near to the house in Ferry Gait Crescent where three year old Mikaeel Kular was reported missing last Thursday on January 19, 2014 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Rosdeep Kular, 33, the mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular, has been charged over the death of her son. (credit:Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA - FEBRUARY 4: Hindu devotees taking dip in the waters of the holy confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Sangam on the occasion of Basant Panchami on February 4, 2014 in Allahabad, India. The fourth bathing day of the ongoing 44-day annual religious fair Magh Mela witnesses elaborate preparations and bigger congregation of saints and devout every year. (Photo by Sheeraz Rizvi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Performers sing as the Olympic rings are presented during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YURI KADOBNOV via Getty Images)
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GIANYAR, BALI, INDONESIA - MARCH 30: A Balinese man throws a burned coconut husk during the 'Mesabatan Api' ritual a head of Nyepi Day on March 30, 2014 in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. Mesabatan Api is held annually a day before the Nyepi Day of Silence, as symbolizes the purification of universe and human body trough fire. Nyepi is a Hindu celebration observed every new year according to the Balinese calendar. The national holiday is one of self-reflection and meditation and activities such as working, watching television or travelling are restricted between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Photo by Agung Parameswara/Getty Images) (credit:Agung Parameswara via Getty Images)
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An Orthodox priest prays between police and protestors at the scene of anti-government protests near Dynamo Stadium on January 25, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Violent protests in Ukraine have spread beyond the capital as President Viktor Yanukovych held crisis talks with three key opposition leaders. (credit:Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
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Caption:People react to the fireworks on the new year's celebration at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 1, 2014. (credit:YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach as temperatures dipped well below zero on January 6, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago hit a record low of -16 degree Fahrenheit this morning as a polar air mass brought the coldest temperatures in about two decades into the city. (credit:Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Spectators watch as waves break over the harbour wall at Porthcawl during a high tide on February 5, 2014 in Porthcawl, United Kingdom. High tides combined with gale force winds and further heavy rain mean some parts of the UK are bracing themselves for more flooding. (credit:Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
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Protesters catch fire as they stand behind burning barricades during clashes with police on February 20, 2014 in Kiev. Ukraine's embattled leader announced a 'truce' with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation. The shocking scale of the violence three months into the crisis brought expressions of grave concern from the West and condemnation of an 'attempted coup' by the Kremlin. (credit:Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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Houses in Blackett Close are inundated with flood water on February 16, 2014 in Staines-Upon-Thames, England. Housing near the river Thames has suffered a week of flooding after the river burst it's banks on February 10, 2014. (credit:Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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In this image handout provided by the Office of Mayor of New York, firefighters from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) pour water on the rubble as they respond to a five-alarm fire and building collapse at 1646 Park Ave in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan March 12, 2014 in New York City. Reports of an explosion were heard before the collapse of two multiple-dwelling buildings at East 116th St. and Park Avenue that left at least 17 injured and a number of people are missing. (credit:Photo by Rob Bennett/Office of Mayor of New York/Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 03: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, exchange gifts during an audience with His Holiness, Pope Francis, in the Pope's study during their one-day visit to Rome on April 3, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. During their brief visit The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will have lunch with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The Queen was originally due to travel to Rome in April 2013 but the visit was postponed due to her ill health. The audience with Pope Francis will be the fifth meeting The Queen, who is head of the Church of the England, has held with a Pope in the Vatican. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) (credit:Oli Scarff via Getty Images)
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Palestinians flee their destroyed neighbourhood on a horse and cart in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanun, on August 18, 2014. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel will hit back hard if Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza resume, speaking just hours before the midnight expiry of a five-day ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 14: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge plays a game of cricket during a visit to Latimer Square on April 14, 2014 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, the first official trip overseas with their son, Prince George of Cambridge. (Photo by Martin Hunter/Getty Images) (credit:Martin Hunter via Getty Images)
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Resident Mark Wade looks through debris after the area was hit by a tornado April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region April 27, leaving more than a dozen dead. (credit:Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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A gated community White Bluff home is burned to save Lake Whitney from falling debris Friday, June 13, 2014 in Lake Whitney, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images) (credit:Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Getty Images)
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CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: A student of Cairo University lights flare during an anti-coup protest in Cairo, Egypt on November 17, 2014. Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Nadia Coppola, 16 and Johanna Hanson, 5 lead pilgrims walking with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage undertakes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April18, 2014 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. More than 50 people, young and old, celebrated Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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The world's most complete mammoth, is seen before going on public display at Natural History Museum on May 19, 2014 in London, England. The baby mammoth, measuring 85 centimetres tall and 130 centimetres long, was discovered in Siberia, Russia in May 2007 by reindeer herder Yuri Khudi and his sons whilst searching for wood along the Yuribei River some 42,000 years after the one month old mammoth died. Lyuba, named after Yuri's wife and meaning love in Russia, is on public display at the Natural History Museum from 23 May until 7 September 2014. (credit:Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 01: UKIP leader Nigel Farage is lead back to his car after after being hit with an egg thrown by a man who gave his name as Fred, an unemplyed musician, on May 1, 2014 in Nottingham, England. Nigel Farage is on a whistle stop tour of the country campaigning ahead of next month's European elections. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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The Mayor of London Boris Johnson wears a traditional headdress during a visit to the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, a major new Hindu temple being built in Kingsbury on May 28, 2014 in London, England. The Mayor met with religious and community leaders and toured the new complex. The temple, set to fully open in August, has cost �20 million to build, all of the money being raised by the community and through the sale of its previous site in Golders Green, which is being developed for housing. (credit:Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
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WW2 veteran Fred Holborn, from the Fleet Air Arm, salutes as he looks at British Legion Union flags carrying thank you messages planted in the sand on Gold beach on June 5, 2014 near Asnelles, France. 20,000 paper flags are being planted. Each one carries a personal message of Remembrance submitted by Royal British Legion supporters. Friday 6th June is the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings which saw 156,000 troops from the allied countries including the United Kingdom and the United States join forces to launch an audacious attack on the beaches of Normandy, these assaults are credited with the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. A series of events commemorating the 70th anniversary are planned for the week with many heads of state travelling to the famous beaches to pay their respects to those who lost their lives. (credit:Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain prepare to appear at the balcony of the Royal Palace during the King's official coronation ceremony on June 19, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. The coronation of King Felipe VI is held in Madrid. His father, the former King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicated on June 2nd after a 39 year reign. The new King is joined by his wife Queen Letizia of Spain. (credit:Photo by Javier Lizon /EFE - Pool Getty Images)
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge attend the Royal Charity Polo during the Maserati Jerudong Trophy at Cirencester Park Polo Club on June 15, 2014 in Cirencester, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for La Martina) (credit:Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for La Martina)
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In this handout photo provided by the Bavarian Mountain Patrol (Bergwacht Bayern), rescue workers carry injured spelunker Johann Westhauser to a waiting helicopter after they brought him to the surface from the Riesending vertical cave during the final phase of his rescue on June 19, 2014 near Marktschellenberg, Germany. Westhauser received a severe head injury when he was struck by rocks in the cave on June 8, 1,000 meters below the surface, and since then over 700 rescue workers from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Croatia have been working around the clock in an arduous effort to save him. Westhauser was among explorers who first discovered the cave, which is over 20 kilometers long, in 1995. (credit:Photo by Bergwacht Bayern via Getty Images)
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A man looks at debris from an Malaysia Airlines plane crash on July 18, 2014 in Grabovka, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed on the Ukraine/Russia border near the town of Shaktersk. The Boeing 777 was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members. (credit:Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
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ISOLA DEL GIGLIO, ITALY - JULY 23: The wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia is towed by tugs from Giglio in the open sea after being refloated, on July 23, 2014 in Isola del Giglio, Italy. The ship is bound for it's home port of Genoa where it will be dismantled. The Costa Concordia capsized at the island of Giglio in 2012 killing 32 passengers. (Photo by Laura Lezza/Getty Images) (credit:Laura Lezza via Getty Images)
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Debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shown smouldering in a field July 17, 2014 in Grabovo, Ukraine near the Russian border. Flight 17, on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur and carrying 295 passengers and crew, is believed to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile, according to U.S. intelligence officials and Ukrainian authorities quoted in published reports. The area is under control of pro-Russian militias. (credit:Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
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Revellers run with Torrestrella's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 7, 2014 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona. (credit:Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
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Syrian opposition brigades and members of Islamic Front stage attacks with tanks to the locations of Assad regime forces in north region of Aleppo, Syria on August 28, 2014. (credit:Photo by Ahmed Muhammed Ali/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Omu Fereneh stands over her husband Ibrahim after he staggered and fell, knocking him unconscious in an Ebola ward on August 15, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. People suspected of contracting the Ebola virus are being sent by Liberian health workers to the center, a closed primary school originally built by USAID. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries. (Liberia Battles Spreading Ebola Epidemic (credit:Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Tear gas reigns down on a woman kneeling in the street with her hands in the air after a demonstration over the killing of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Despite the Brown family's continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night in Ferguson since his August 9, death. (credit:Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Malala Yousafzai waves to the crowd at a press conference at the Library of Birmingham after being announced as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on October 10, 2014 in Birmingham, England. The 17-year-old Pakistani campaigner, who lives in Britain where she received medical treatment following an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012, was jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize with Kailash Satyarthi from India. Chair of the Nobel Committee Thorbjorn Jagland made the announcement in Oslo, commending Malala for her ?heroic struggle? as a spokesperson for girls' rights to education. (credit:Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is seen in the dock on April 17, 2014 at the North Guteng High Court in Pretoria. The athlete's murder trial resumedt today before a two-week postponement. The prosecution on April 16 derided a forensic expert hired by Oscar Pistorius, accusing him of being unqualified to testify and rubbishing his account of the circumstances of Reeva Steenkamp's death. (credit:Photo credit should read ALET PRETORIUS/AFP/Getty Images)
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In this handout provided by Donga Daily, The Republic of Korea Coast Guard work at the site of ferry sinking accident off the coast of Jindo Island on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Four people are confirmed dead and almost 300 are reported missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol is reported to have been carrying around 470 passengers, including students and teachers, as it travelled to Jeju island. (credit:Photo by Park Young-Chul-Donga Daily via Getty Images)
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Sheep, brought by shepherds for milking to Kiyiduzu village, travel the dust around through the tablelands of Mount Nemrut in Tatvan district of Bitlis, Turkey on July 3, 2014.
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - SEPTEMBER 28: Pope Francis (R) greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he arrives at St. Peter's Basilica during a celebration for grandparents and the elderly on September 28, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday morning in St Peter's Square, following a special encounter with elderly persons. In his homily, the Holy Father said 'Elderly are key to health of free society'. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Franco Origlia via Getty Images)
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The Tribute in Light illuminates the sky down in the Wall Street area of lower Manhattan in New York on September 10, 2014 on the night before the 13th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The tribute, an art installation of the Municipal Art Society, consists of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center creating two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the 2001 attacks. (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian man, Ram Singh Chauhan (61) displays his approximately 18 foot long moustache in Ahmedabad on September 24, 2014. Ram Singh Chauhan is to be felicitated by the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for having the World's Longest Moustache, a feat which has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records. AFP PHOTO / Sam PANTHAKY (credit:Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images))
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Students from St Andrew's University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honour the 'academic family' on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. Every November the 'raisin weekend' which is held in the university's Lower College Lawn, is celebrated and a gift of raisins (now foam) is traditionally given by first year students to their elders as a thank you for their guidance and in exchange they receive a receipt in Latin. (credit:hoto by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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In this handout provided by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA Wallops Flight Facility on October 28, 2014 on Wallops Island, Virginia. William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and Michael Suffredini, NASA's International Space Station Program Manager also participated in the press conference via phone. Cygnus was on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after lift off at 6:22 p.m. EDT. (credit:Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)
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A demonstrator protesting the killings of 18-year-olds Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri Police officer and Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer gets help after being maced by police on October 12, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson following Brown's death. (credit:Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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A woman crawls towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take her sister Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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An explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State (ISIS) group on a People's Protection Unit (YPG) position in the city center of Kobani, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 20, 2014 in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. According to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey will reportedly allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross the Syrian border to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in the Syrian city of Kobani while the United States has sent planes to drop weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Syrian Kurdish fighters around Kobani. (credit:Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband donates money to a woman as he walks to a meeting with UK council leaders at the Town Hall on October 31, 2014 in Manchester, England. A recent poll has predicted that Labour could lose it's Scottish seats to the Scottish National party next year. (credit:Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images)
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A ceremony to mark the addition of the final poppy to the 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' installation by ceramic artist Paul Cummins and theatre stage designer Tom Piper, is pictured on Armistice Day in the moat area of the Tower of London in central London, on November 11, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLISRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
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Sheriff's deputies inspect the wreckage of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2 in a desert field November 2, 2014 north of Mojave, California on The Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2 crashed on October 31, 2014 during a test flight, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. (credit:Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
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KUNMING, CHINA - DECEMBER 22: (CHINA OUT) Feeder Li Hongliang wears the costume of Santa Claus and feeds monkeys at Yunnan Wild Animal Park on December 22, 2014 in Kunming, Yunan province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A Doctors Without Borders (MSF), health worker in protective clothing carries a child suspected of having Ebola in the MSF treatment center on October 5, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. The girl and her mother, showing symptoms of the deadly disease, were awaiting test results for the virus. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. (credit:John Moore / Staff)
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 12: A scaffold carrying two workers hangs 69 floors up at 1 World Trade Center on November 12, 2014 in New York City. The workers were washing windows 69 floors up soon after 1 World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, opened. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
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FRESH POND, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: A firefighter monitors a backfire as he battles the King Fire on September 17, 2014 in Fresh Pond, California. The King fire is threatening over 1,600 homes in the forested area about an hour east of Sacramento and has consumed over 18,544 acres. The out of control fire is 5 percent contained. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (credit:Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 06: Members of the public enjoy the art installation entitled 'Spectra' by Ryoji Ikeda lights the night as part of a series of 14-18 NOW events to commemorate the centenary of Britain's entry into World War I at Victoria Tower Gardens on August 6, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/Getty Images) (credit:Joseph Okpako via Getty Images)
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A militant of Islamic State (IS) is seen just after an air strike on Tilsehir hill near Turkish border on October 23, 2014, at Yumurtalik village, in Sanliurfa province. Turkey said on October 21 that Kurdish peshmerga fighters based in Iraq have yet to cross into Syria from Turkish territory, a day after announcing it was assisting their transit to join the battle for the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab. It was seen as a major switch in policy by Turkey, which until now has refused to interfere in the over month-long battle for Kobane between Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State (IS) jihadists. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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Young Manchester City Academy footballers sit behind Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during the official launch of the City Football Academy in Manchester, Northern England, on December 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFFRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or live services. Online in-match use limited to 45 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo credit should read OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OLI SCARFF via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 08: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, helps to wrap Christmas presents during a visit with Chirlane McCray, the first lady of New York, to the Northside Center for Child Development on December 8, 2014 in New York City. The royal couple are on an official three-day visit to New York with Prince William also due to meet President Barack Obama in Washington D.C today. (Photo by Mark Stewart - Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales takes part in traditional Mexican clog dancing in Zocalo Square on November 4, 2014 in Campeche, Mexico. The Royal Couple are on the second day of a four day visit to Mexico as part of a Royal tour to Colombia and Mexico. The Duchess was scheduled to visit the site today but had to pull out due for health reasons. (credit:Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)