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    2014: A year in pictures

    Photo director Andrew Tolson presents the most compelling images of the year

    Andrew Tolson
    <p>MANILA, PHILIPPINES &#8211; JULY 28: Protestors barricade themselves against water cannon spray during President Benigno Aquino&#8217;s annual State of the Nation Address on July 28, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Thousands of government protestors staged a rally to protest the alleged corruption of Aquino involving the Disbursement Allocation Programme, a 145-billion-peso ($3.34-billion) fund to boost public spending but some of the funds went to favored allies in the Lower House of Representatives, reports say. Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images</p>

    MANILA, PHILIPPINES – JULY 28: Protestors barricade themselves against water cannon spray during President Benigno Aquino’s annual State of the Nation Address on July 28, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Thousands of government protestors staged a rally to protest the alleged corruption of Aquino involving the Disbursement Allocation Programme, a 145-billion-peso ($3.34-billion) fund to boost public spending but some of the funds went to favored allies in the Lower House of Representatives, reports say. Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images

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    Every day, Maclean’s editors look at hundreds of photographs. Each December, we publish the best of the best in the Year in Pictures issue.

    “We wanted to find the most compelling images — the ones that would most resonate with our readers,” says Photo Director Andrew Tolson.

    In this video, Tolson describes the work that went into this year’s edition and explains what makes these photographs unique:

    And here’s a gallery of some of the best from 2014:

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