AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2016 Men look at a destroyed building in the town of Portoviejo, Ecuador, on April 21, 2016 almost a week after a powerful quake hit the country. With hope of finding survivors fading Thursday, Ecuador began shouldering the cost of its devastating earthquake, announcing drastic economic measures to clean up the ruins of a tragedy that killed at least 570 people, with 5,733 injured. Scores of people are still missing. / AFP PHOTO / Juan Cevallos