20 Most Amazing Pictures of 2013

Tragic, beautiful, suprising, heroic, devastating and hilarious; when it comes to events around the world, 2013 has been a momentous year. Here are some of those incredible moments in pictures..

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, takes the new Sea Explorer 5 for a spin off the coast of Gogland

Russia AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service

View from Sibintun village in Karo district of Indonesia as Mount Sinabung expels ashReuters/Roni Bintang

Lightening bolt strikes St Peter’s dome

At a party meeting in North Korea, Kim Jong-un’s uncle is Jang Song-thaek is escorted out and later executed

Nina Ricci’s S/S 2014 catwalk show is interrupted by two Femen group activists

Jennifer Lawrence trips on her way to collect Academy Award for Best Actress

US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt do a ‘selfie’ at Mandela memorial

Truck and fire equipment covered in winter ice as firefighters battle mammoth fire in Chicago

Photograph- Scott Olson/Getty

Thunderstorm at False Kiva

Photograph by Max Seigal

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the Inaugural Ball in Washington, January 21st

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George just after his birth

Mo Farah winning men’s 10,000 metres final at IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow, August 10th

Pope Francis greets downtown Rio de Janeiro, July 22nd

A rare glimpse of snow shower at the Colosseum in RomePhotograph by Gabriele Forzano/Reuters

A view of Mount Everest from Camp Pumori Photograph by Cory Richards/National Geographic

Man leaping off a cliff at surfing competition at Steamer Lane, CaliforniaPhotograph: Allen Hughes/Caters News Agency

Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon 2013, July 7th

Shark hunting its prey in Seal Island, South Africa, July 26th

Photograph by David Jenkins

Wildfire flames outside Clayton, California

Queen Elizabeth and members of Royal Family celebrate winning horse at Ladies’ Day at the Royal Ascot