Reuters has put together a fabulous slideshow highlighting the best pictures of 2009.

Images in the slideshow feature some of the biggest news stories of the year such as the H1N1 flu, global warming, the election of American President Barack Obama, Australia’s bushfires in Victoria and the memorial for pop star Michael Jackson.

Reuters has photographers based around the corners of the world covering news events and stringing for the agency. Many share insights into their working life via a blog. On the blog photographers talk about the horrors of photographing the devastation wreaked by the Asian tsunami, how to shoot the British Premier League in snow and some of the unusual topics they’ve covered.

A child receiving a vaccine for H1N1 at a Sichuan hospital in China. REUTERS/Stringer

A fan waiting to enter the Apollo Theater for the memorial to Michael Jackson. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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