We sent 132 photographers on assignment. They returned with more than 2.2 million photographs. Here are some of our top pictures of the year. 📸 @carstenpeter The Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge erupts on La Palma, one of Spain's Canary Islands. The eruption lasted for three months, bulldozing roads, more than 2,800 buildings, and 864 acres of farmland. 📸 @mattabbottphoto Rangers hunt turtles on land they manage as traditional Aboriginal owners in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area, in northern Australia. 📸 @alecegarra Macaws perch on a rooftop, waiting to be fed by locals in Caracas, Venezuela. The birds have proliferated in Venezuela’s capital city over the past few decades because of the pet trade. See more from our Pictures of the Year issue at the link in bio.