Pictures of the year: Natural disasters

A man walks among debris at the Mudd neighborhood, devastated after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in more

A rescue worker swims as he checks around a flooded residential area due to Typhoon Hagibis, in Kawasaki, Japamore

People run after collecting food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftmore

A tract of Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by farmers in Rio Pardo, Rondonia, Brazil September 15, 2019. more

Tour guides evacuate tourists on a boat shortly after a volcano eruption on White Island, also known as Whakaamore

The contents of grain silos, which burst from flood damage, spill into floodwaters in Fremont County Iowa, Marmore

Rescue workers set up a lamp as rescue work continues after Typhoon Lekima hit a village in Wenzhou, Zhejiang more

A family prays near the ruins of a headless Buddha statue, which resurfaced in a dried-up dam due to drought, more

A child is seen on a street flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of the Amazon Rivmore

A house destroyed by a powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake, triggered by a 6.4 tremor the previous day, is seen more

Mud covers the seaside near the village of Fodele, following flash floods during a heavy storm on the island omore

Rescue workers climb where a landslide occurred after heavy rains in Los Rosales district in La Paz, Bolivia Fmore

Clouds gather but produce no rain as cracks are seen in the dried up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-more

Lava flows from the Stromboli volcano on the island of Stromboli, Italy, August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Parrmore

Italian firefighters work at the site of a collapsed building in the town of Durres, following a powerful eartmore

A woman walks away from a damaged house after several tornadoes reportedly touched down, in Linwood, Kansas, Mmore

Stalls are closed following a volcanic eruption at the tourism area of Mount Tangkuban Parahu in Bandung, Westmore

People clean up after flash rains hit Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain September 15, 2019. Rmore

Diane Cohen, 64, who was forced to leave her home when Kilauea Volcano erupted and covered it with lava last smore

Buildings damaged during Cyclone Kenneth are seen from the air in a village north of Pemba, Mozambique, May 1,more

Personnel from the Royal Bahamas Police Force remove a body recovered in a destroyed neighborhood in the wake more

Residents search for the bodies of their missing kin at the scene of a landslide following torrential rains nemore

Rescue workers place a woman on a stretcher as they search for survivors in the rubble after earthquakes hit Cmore

Somali men push their rickshaw through flood waters after a rainfall in Mogadishu, Somalia November 26, 2019. more

A water taxi carried by record high water sits in a street in Venice, Italy November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel more

A large volcanic ash and gas plume rises above the Kuril Islands in the North Pacific Ocean after an unexpectemore

The Getty Fire burns next to the 405 freeway in the hills of West Los Angeles, California, October 28, 2019. Rmore

People wade through a flooded street after Hurricane Barry in Mandeville, Louisiana, July 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jomore

Boats sit on the exposed riverbed at a pier near Foziling reservoir in the drought-affected Huoshan county, Anmore

Workers shovel snow out of a restaurant after an avalanche at Santis-Schwaegalp mountain resort, in Switzerlanmore

Smoke billows during a fire in the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 10, 2more

A shepherd takes rest under a tree on a dried-up lake on the outskirts of Chennai, India, June 27, 2019. REUTEmore

Workers on a boat rescue a person stranded inside a flooded tunnel after heavy floods in Pilar de la Horadada,more

Ngiyaampaa girl Punta Williams poses for photographs on the dry riverbed before performing at Yaama Ngunna Baamore

Orangutans gather as smoke covers Salat Island, which is used by Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) amore

A firefighter tries to extinguish flames as a wildfire burns near the village of Gavalas, in Evia, Greece, Julmore

Dax Leandro salvages clothing from the wreckage of his friend's home after two back-to-back tornadoes touched more

Mount Anak Krakatau volcano spews hot ash during an eruption at Sunda strait in Lampung, Indonesia, January 1,more