From a dead refugee boy who encapsulated the migrant crisis to the raw power of a Chilean volcano that shot ash and dust an astonishing six miles into the sky, 2015 has been a year of both beauty and heartbreak.

As the end of the year approaches, news agency AFP has compiled the most striking images taken by its photographers.

歲末年終，法新社精選出本年度最震撼人心的圖片，從溺死的難民小男孩，到智利火山爆發(fā)的壯觀場景，2015年充滿了各種心碎和美麗的瞬間。

In arguably the most harrowing photo of 2015, a Turkish police officer stands next to the body of Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi, 3, whose boat sank while carrying refugees from Turkey to the Greek island of Kos

敘利亞3歲小難民隨父母偷渡溺亡。