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Best of the Year: News photos of 2017

The greatest press images of the year

AAP has recently launched AAP Photo, which is now the home for what it calls Australia’s largest source of visual content. To help us illustrate some of the greatest press images of the year, AAP has supplied Mediaweek with some of its best from 2017.

Australia’s Cameron Bancroft is run out for 10 with a direct hit by England’s Chris Woakes on Day 1 of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday, December 2, 2017. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins)

AAP’s most requested searches: 2017

1. Trump
2. Turnbull
3. Melbourne
4. Sydney
5. Tony Abbott & George Pell Mural Newtown
6. Australia – England Ashes
7. North Korea
8. AFL
9. Pauline Hanson
10. Bali
11. Barnaby Joyce
12. Bill Shorten
13. Socceroos
14. Bourke St Mall Incident
15. Winx
16. Julie Bishop
17. Northern NSW Floods
18. Scott Morrison
19. Theresa May
20. NRL
21. Bec Hewitt
22. Syria
23. London
24. Cyclone Debbie
25. Manus Island
26. Same Sex Marriage
27. Peter Dutton
28. Melbourne Cup
29. Barcelona
30. Perth
31. Jono Searle
32. Kyrgios
33. Jeff Horn
34. Schapelle Corby
35. Rebel Wilson

US President Donald Trump and Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at a trilateral meeting during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) forum in Manila, Philippines in November. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

US President Donald Trump and Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at a trilateral meeting during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) forum in Manila, Philippines in November. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

Rebel Wilson leaves the Victorian Supreme Court Thursday, June 15, 2017 after winning her case against Bauer Media, claiming defamatory print and online articles made her out to be a serial liar, costing her roles in Hollywood and tarnishing her reputation. (AAP Image/ David Crosling)

A moth lands on the nose of Rafael Nadal of Spain during the Men’s Singles Quarter Finals match against Milos Raonic of Canada on day 10 at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

Liberal MP Warren Entsch lifts up Labor MP Linda Burney as they celebrate the passing of the Marriage Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday December 7, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

Best of the Year: News photos of 2017
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