Unforgettable images in 2015

The Eiffel Tower changed the flag of France after a series of horrific terrorist attacks in Paris; Syrian migrant children drifting to the coast are two of the unforgettable images of 2015.

12 unforgettable photos in 2015

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France's Eiffel Tower turned red, white, blue in the color of the French flag after a series of bloody 13/11 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people.The attackers, believed to be members of the terrorist organization claiming the Islamic State (IS), caused shootings and suicide bombings across the capital, Paris.Shortly after the attack, France launched an air strike to retaliate against IS in Syria.President François Hollande also carried out a shuttle diplomatic campaign to search for allies in the fight against IS.(Photo: Getty)

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Shi'ite militants fired rockets at IS in a clash in Iraq's Salahuddin province on March 1.Since mid-2014, IS has continuously expanded its operations by taking over or cooperating with other armed groups in the Middle East and North Africa.The Iraqi and Syrian troops were also constantly losing to this force.The US-led international air campaign and its support for the CIA's local armed forces and the Pentagon could not stop the expansion of the terrorist organization.(Photo: Reuters)

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Palestinians spread red carpets among badly destroyed houses during Israel's 50-day air raid campaign in the summer of 2014. They are about to show a war film east of Gaza City on 12/12. 5.In the last months of this year, tensions continued to escalate because of knife attacks from Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers, leading to reprisal attacks by Jewish state soldiers.Photo: Reuters

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Immigrants, found on a boat in the middle of the sea, enlisted in a rain in a makeshift tent in a refugee camp outside Maungdaw town, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar on June 4.At this time, authorities in Southeast Asia and neighboring countries continuously discovered ships carrying immigrants at sea.People also found mass graves on the Thai-Myanmar border.Many people became victims of trafficking groups on their journey to find the promised land.(Photo: Reuters)

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However, the wave of immigrants is considered to be the worst in Europe, where refugees from the Middle East, North Africa and African countries have flocked to flee violence and poverty.Refugee waves cause serious chaos and overload in countries like Greece or Hungary.(Photo: Reuters)

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Although the tragedy of refugees is mentioned by many journalists, the moment of 3-year-old Syrian Aylan Kurdi's body drifted to the coast of Turkey after the unfinished journey to Europe made the world shocked.The ill-fated boy died when the boat carrying him and his family sank when traveling from Bodrum, Turkey to Kos Island, Greece.Without a life jacket, he was quickly engulfed by seawater.Kurdi's mother and brother were also killed in their journey to find the promised land.Many international efforts were made to help refugees flow after Kurdi's photo.(Photo: AP)

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People cycled through the road with an unexploded bomb in the town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria on November 5.For nearly five years, the Syrian civil war has not only shown signs of ending but has become more and more complicated with the participation of many factions.In late September, Russia launched a raid on insurgents in Syria, including the IS terrorist organization.Moscow does not hide its goal of protecting the administration of President Bashar al-Assad while Western countries want to overthrow this figure to build a pro-Western government in Syria.(Photo: Reuters)

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Law enforcement officers check the Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's infamous drug tunnel system to escape Mexico's most rigorous security prison, Altiplano federal re-education camp on July 14.Guzman's subordinates dug a tunnel of more than 1.5 km, connecting a house outside the re-education camp with the toilet of Guzman cell.Despite the surveillance camera system constantly monitoring, terrorists still escaped and have not been arrested.(Photo: Reuters)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with US President Barack Obama outside Elmau castle in Bavaria, Germany on the sidelines of the World Summit of the 7 leading industrial groups (G7) in June. Ukraine's political crisis was the reason Moscow was not invited to attend the G7.Russia and the West also apply sanctions against each other, which seriously damage their economies.(Photo: Reuters)

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Pope Francis shook a prisoner in the Curran-Fromhold Re-education Camp, Philadelphia, USA during his visit to the continent on September 27.Before coming to the United States, the Pope toured Cuba during the time when La Habana and Washington re-established diplomatic relations, which had been interrupted for decades.Pope Francis is a major contributor in the effort to normalize US-Cuban relations.(Photo: Reuters)

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Fragment of the Airbus A320 of Germanwings low-cost German airline in the Alps, running through Seyne-les-Alpes region, France on March 26.The deputy of the 9525 flight hijacked the plane before it plunged into the mountains and killed 150 people on the plane.However, the French authorities, where the plane crashed, could not determine the cause of the 28-year-old deputy Andreas Lubitz's suicide.(Photo: Reuters)

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The pain of the birth into a Chinese when the only unfortunate child died of an accident on November 22.At the end of 2015, the Chinese government announced the abolition of the one-child policy, which has been used for decades to curb population growth.Many views suggest that this policy causes many negative and implications for a generation of Chinese people.(Photo: Reuters)