AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2016 Refugees and migrants try cross a river on their way to Macedonia from a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni on March 14, 2016, where thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded by the Balkan border blockade. More than 14,000 people are stuck on the Greek side of the border in an overcrowded camp at Idomeni after the main migrant route to western Europe through the Balkans was effectively shut down last week. Three Afghan migrants, including a pregnant woman, drowned in the river swelled by heavy rain as they tried to cross into Macedonia from Greece officials said. / AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU