The Atlantic released its epic list of the Most “2017” photos, those that captured all of the most influential, controversial or talked-about moments this year. Below is a listing of our fave, many of which are centered around families, children or family affairs:
US President Donald Trump (C), first lady Melania Trump, and their son Barron Trump, using a fidget spinner, walk off Air Force One after arriving at Andrews Airforce base, Maryland on June 11 2017.
Trump is returning to Washington, DC after spending the weekend at this Bedminster, New Jersey golf club. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Children perform tricks using fidget spinners during a contest held in Ashdod, Israel May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
A parking sign for people visiting for the Solar Eclipse is shown in Depoe Bay, Oregon, U.S. August 9, 2017. Picture taken August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jane Ross
Guests watch the final moments before the total eclipse at the football stadium at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S., August 21, 2017. Location coordinates for this image are 37°42’25” N 89°13’10” W. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A young girl dances with an American flag in baggage claim while women pray behind her during a protest against the travel ban imposed by executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, on January 29, 2017. (Laura Buckman / Reuters)
Robert Kelly, left, a political science professor at Pusan National University, holds a press conference with his wife Jung-a Kim, right, and children James and Marion at the university in Busan, South Korea, on March 15, 2017. As Kelly spoke from his home office via Skype with BBC about the just-ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye, his eyes darted left as he watched on his computer screen, his young daughter parading into the room behind him. Her jaunty entrance resembled the exuberant march of the Munchkins celebrating the Wicked Witch’s death in the The Wizard of Oz.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, center, stands next to candidate “Lord Buckethead,” as they wait for election results for the general election in Maidenhead, England, on June 9, 2017. Lord Buckethead won 249 votes in the election. Also visible, at left (red, fuzzy), is the Give Me Back Elmo Party candidate
A woman who told police that she and her family were from Sudan is taken into custody by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers after arriving by taxi and walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada February 12, 2017. Picture taken February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
This picture taken on November 14, 2017 shows a general view of the Tianjin Binhai Library.
A futuristic Chinese library has wowed book lovers around the world with its white, undulating shelves rising from floor to ceiling, but if you read between the lines you’ll spot one problem. Those rows upon rows of book spines are mostly images printed on the aluminium plates that make up the backs of shelves. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR /
A woman who told police that she and her family were from Sudan is taken into custody by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers after arriving by taxi and walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada February 12, 2017. Picture taken February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi