29 December 2014 Last updated at 09:30

Pictures of the Year Dramatic moments from the big stories Lukas Michul jumps from atop the rugged rocks overlooking the azure waters of Navagio beach, Greece

UK in 10 photos Milica Lamb selects her favourite images People watch and photograph enormous waves as they break on Porthcawl harbour, South Wales

Five moments of 2014 The story behind five powerful pictures Ed Miliband eating bacon sandwich

Christmas celebrations Christians around the world mark Christmas U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment pose for a photograph while eating a Christmas day lunch at forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 25, 2014

The masked man Story behind a picture from Donetsk A masked pro-Russian protester sits on a chair as he poses for a picture inside a regional government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine

On the border A baby's cradle on the Syrian Turkish border A cradle left behind by Syrian Kurdish refugees lies at the Turkish-Syrian border near Suruc

Doused with milk Treated for the effects of pepper spray A man is doused with milk and sprayed with mist after being hit by an eye irritant from security forces in Ferguson

Phil Coomes Article written by Phil Coomes Phil Coomes Picture editor

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