AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2016 Displaced Iraqi civilians drive back to their village of Tall Abtah, near the city of Mosul on November 25, 2016, after Iraqi forces retook the village from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists during a massive operation to oust IS jihadists from the country's second city. Around 70,000 people have fled their homes in the region since the start on October 17 of a huge offensive against Mosul, only about 30,000 of them from inside the city itself. / AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX