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The most powerful news images from 2017 from Getty Images

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WARNING:Ā Graphic Content. Reader discretion advised.Ā Continue through the photos to see the best photos of 2017, according to Getty Images.

WARNING:Ā Graphic Content. Reader discretion advised.Ā Continue through the photos to see the best photos of 2017, according to Getty Images.

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Former President Barack Obama crying on stage, a police officer racing to the scene of shooting at a Florida airport, and a Libyan woman crying in a rescue boat after having just lost her child are a glimpse into the 101 most powerful Getty news photos taken this year.

This year's photos captured President Donald Trump's first year in office and the devastation left behind by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Some of the photos in the slideshow above are graphic in nature.

Animals like Rascal, the world's ugliest dog, and a cat swimming through Houston's flooded streets were also featured prominently in Getty's selections.

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On the morning of Sunday, August 27, Houston Chronicle Managing Editor Vernon Loeb wrote in an email to the entire newsroom: "We are heading into a severe flooding emergency and everyone on the Chronicle editorial staff is activated." For the days and that followed most of the staff covered the effects of Hurricane Harvey and little else.Scott Kingsley, Houston Chronicle

Getty is a stock photo company founded in 1995.

Swipe through to see the most gripping photos from Getty this year.

Fernando Alfonso III is a digital reporter at Chron.com. You can read more of his stories here and follow him on twitter at @fernalfonso. If you also like surreal GIFs and Polaroids, go hereĀ and here.

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Fernando Alfonso III is a digital reporter for theĀ Houston Chronicle.

Before joining the Chronicle, AlfonsoĀ was aĀ reporter for Lexingtonā€™s Herald-Leader. HeĀ also taught someĀ journalism courses at the University of Kentucky.

Alfonso split his time at the LeaderĀ covering breaking news and combing the internet for Kentucky-specific content; such as the story on one of Eastern Kentuckyā€™s most iconic imagesĀ and how one heroin addict used social media and scienceĀ to cope. He also produced a series of stories on a disgraced family court judge.

Alfonso was theĀ Daily Dotā€™sĀ first art director and an early staff writer before joining the Herald-Leader.Ā He was hired at the company before it launched in the fall of 2011.Ā The Daily Dot sent him on a GIF-fueled road trip across the countryĀ andĀ helped him manufacture his own Ecstasy-free tablets. Alfonso alsoĀ publishedĀ deep dives into 4chanĀ and Tumblrā€™s historyĀ while hounding Reddit administrators to answer for aĀ controversial forum.

Alfonso started his career as a crime and education reporter at The Post-Standard. An investigation and handful of late night stakeoutsĀ he didĀ resulted in getting two public officials sacked. That work earned the newspaper some awards.

Follow him on Twitter.