The Press Photographer's Year 2013

Photo Essay: Amer Al Dous, 16, and Asam Abo A'ase, 33, enter the sea from Gaza City. Asam uses an old windsurfing board to surf with; nearly all of the surfboards in Gaza have been donated from outside, mainly the United States. 13 July 2011 Photograph: Andrew McConnell/Panos Pictures

Olympic Folio: Usain Bolt has his photo taken with spectators as he celebrates Jamaica winning and setting a new world record in the men's 4x100m relay final, 11 August 2012 Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP

The Arts: U2's Bono reaches forwards during a headline performance on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury festival. Bono 'borrowed' the camera that took this picture and then started to photograph the photographers. He gave back the camera afterwards. 25 June 2011 Photograph: David Levene

Features: A woman kills a water monitor lizard while clearing weeds with machetes on the Barotse flood plain, Zambia, on 18 November 2012 Photograph: Felix Clay/Duckrabbit

Olympic Singles: Pawel Zagrodnik of Poland in white and Masashi Ebinuma of Japan lie on the mat after their match in the men's 66kg judo on day two of the London 2012 Olympic Games, 29 July 2012 Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images

News Folio of the Year: A mother is comforted by one of her sons over the bodies of two of her younger sons who were killed by indiscriminate shell fire into a residential area of Al-Qusayr by forces loyal to the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Homs province, Syria, 22 February 2012 Photograph: Jack Hill/The Times

Royalty: Her Majesty the Queen attends a cabinet meeting at Downing Street. London, 18 December 2012 Photograph: Jeremy Selwyn/Evening Standard

Sports Specialist Folio of the Year: Rafael Nadal serves to David Ferrer in the final of the ATP Masters Series tennis at the Monte Carlo country club on 17 April 2011 Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

Entertainment: Alastair Campbell speaks on a telephone as actor Peter Capaldi gestures, on the trading floor of BGC Partners. The company holds a charity day each year to commemorate the 658 employees who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and celebrities help raise money. 11 September 2012 Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Live News: A man holding a knife avoids being tripped by a member of the public as he runs away from police officers and a man with a stab wound (centre) at the Notting Hill carnival on 29 August 2011 Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Portraits: Jimmy Savile pictured four days before his death. It was his last interview and final portrait session. Revelations of sexual abuse against children and vulnerable adults came to light shortly afterwards. 25 October 2011 Photograph: Simon Hulme/Yorkshire Post

The Press Photographer's Year 2013 - in pictures