AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2016 A surfer looks at the Northern lights ( aurora borealis ) illuminating the sky over the snow covered beach of Unstad, on Lofoten Islands, Arctic Circle, on March 14, 2016. Surfers from all over the world come to Lofoten island to surf in extrem conditions. Ocean temperature is 5-6 oC, air temperature around 0oC in spite of a weather very unstable. / AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN