End of Year 2015 images by Panos photographers

As every year, Panos photographers have been covering the most important issues and impactful events across the globe. From the crisis in Ukraine and Ebola in West Africa to the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the debt crisis in Greece, we’ve made a selection of some of the best images of 2015 which are grouped together in lightboxes below.

To view the lightboxes, just click on the image. You can make a copy of the lightbox in your account on our site and order the images from there. Please do get in touch if you have any questions about any of these images or are looking for other specific images that may not have been included. You can email Paula@panos.co.uk or call us on +44 20 33 22 83 82.

World Press Photo of the Year by Mads Nissen

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© Mads Nissen / Panos Pictures

War in Eastern Ukraine

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© Andrew McConnell / Panos Pictures

Refugee crisis in Europe

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© Andrew McConnell / Panos Pictures

Ebola epidemic in West Africa

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© Espen Rasmussen / Panos Pictures

The murder of Emmanuel Sithole by James Oatway

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© James Oatway / Panos Pictures

California forest fires

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© Zackary Canepari / Panos Pictures

Australia’s Manus detention centre in Papua New Guinea

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© Vlad Sokhin / Panos Pictures

Aftermath of Fukushima nuclear disaster

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© Andrew McConnell / Panos Pictures

Earthquake in Nepal

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© Aubrey Wade / Panos Pictures

Unrest in US cities after police killings

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© Hossein Fatemi / Panos Pictures

Aftermath of “Charlie Hebdo” killings in Paris

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© JB Russell / Panos Pictures

Euro Debt crisis in Greece

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© Georgios Makkas / Panos Pictures

Israel – Palestine

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© Tanya Habjouqa / Panos Pictures

Climate Change

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© Vlad Sokhin / Panos Pictures

Banksy’s “Dismaland” in the UK

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© Jenny Matthews / Panos Pictures

Aftermath of 13 November Paris terrorist attacks

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© William Daniels / Panos Pictures