I shot 2017
From Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to Notting Hill carnival and a seahorse clinging to a cotton bud: photographers describe how they took some of the defining images of 2017
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After a fire, I feel so lucky
Possessions are ruined, but they don’t matter
We spend our lives hoarding things we believe to be precious. A house fire at Christmas made me realise they were only ever prompts, writes Gaby Hinsliff
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Have we reached ‘peak asshole’?
From the US president firing off dimwitted tweets to Hollywood moguls exposed as sexual predators: 2017 has been the year of the asshole. And the signs are that 2018 could be just as bad
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Mexico maelstrom
How the drug violence got so bad
Eleven years since the government launched a crackdown on drug cartels, violence continues, rule of law is elusive and accusations of human rights abuses abound
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'You can't afford to get upset'
Frontline emergency services are frequently hailed for their heroism, but less is known about the critical role 999 operators play
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My pop highlight of 2017
‘We’d been part of something bigger’
From Craig David’s intergenerational Glastonbury success to Tim Jonze’s run-in with Marc Almond: pop stars and Guardian music writers pick their musical memories of the year
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A Russian assignment
‘In the supermarkets, nothing’
With the collapse of the USSR and the country in chaos, writer Sebastian Barry was sent to lecture in Moscow. It was a stark awakening to a real catastrophe
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Cold snaps
A polar limousine, ice skyscrapers in China, a New York snowstorm, Sitting Bull’s descendant at a pipeline protest, and a flying figure-skater: top photographers on their best winter images
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'I've never felt so alive'
Readers’ best travel discoveries
A Norwegian glacier, an exotic garden in Chennai, vegan burgers in Warsaw and a sherry bar in Madrid: readers share their 2017 holiday discoveries
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