-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2015 -- Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras greets supporters following victory in the election in Athens on January 25, 2015. The left-wing Syriza party led by Alexis Tsipras won Greece's general election after campaigning on a pledge to renegotiate the country's international bailout and reverse years of spending cuts and painful economic reforms. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS