PAN Photo / Shape of The Year 2015

Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan

Protesters clash with police outside Russian consulate demanding the extradition of Valery Permyakov, a Russian conscript soldier suspected of killing six members of a family in Gyumri, Armenia

Turkey's Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) commemorates Hrant Dink with a rally on the 8th anniversary of his assassination in Istanbul: Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist who was murdered in front of his office after controversial statements were

Ayarpi Oganisyan for PAN Photo

Lake Sevan, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia

Funeral of 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan who died in the hospital after being wounded in an attack by Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov in Gyumri

Prominent actor Vardan Petrosyan during court session: he was charged with the deaths of two children in a road accident on Yeghvard-Yerevan highway that took place on October 20, 2014

Opening of Komitas MuseumInstitute: Following a concert on July 4, 1911 in Alexandria, Casino El Shatby hosted a farewell dinner in honor of Komitas. The menu is special as the meals names formed an acrostic for Komitas, with each of the dishes chosen fr

Festive concert dedicated to Army Day

An honor guard soldier in Armenian Genocide memorial Tsitsernakaberd where the Pan-Armenian Declaration on the Armenian Genocide Centennial would be published

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan during the promulgation ceremony of the Pan-Armenian Declaration on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at Tsitsernakaberd Memorial

German-Turkish director Fatih Akin after Yerevan premiere of his film «The Cut» about Armenian Genocide

Newly elected leader of Prosperous Armenia Party Naira Zohrabyan

Pianist, composer Tigran Hamasyan during the shooting for “Luys i Luso” Project in Saghmosavank

Dvin Hotel being reconstructed: Dvin Hotel was built in 1979 and for a long time it was touted as a fine example of the modern Armenian architecture. In 2003 the hotel was sold to Caucasus Communication Group, which pledged to rebuild it into a 5-star hot

Tiarn’ndaraj (Trndez) celebrations in St. Zoravor Church

103- year- old Arshaluys Muradyan from Etchmiadzin, who survived the 1915 genocide

Snowman Festival 2015 in Jermuk

Armenian girls dance national dances during the concert dedicated to 150th birth anniversary of General Andranik Ozanyan

Horomayr Monastery, Lori Province, Armenia

“What women want” featured story about women prisoners in Abovyan jail

French pianist Richard Clayderman during his concert in Yerevan

“Red Hail ...because it never ends” Snapshot from video installation which was created to represent Armenia at PQ'15 -The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space

Actor Sos Janibekyan bids farewell to his father, People's Artist of Armenia Karen Janibekyan

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s official visit to Beijing

Candlelight Divine Liturgy at Yerevan’s Saint Sarkis Cathedral

Smbataberd Fortress and Tsakhats Kar Monastery, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and baby North during their visit to Geghard Monastery, Armenia

Kim Kardashian with sisters and husband Kanye West visited Armenian genocide memorial Tsitsernakaberd

The skull of Gregory the Illuminator in a gold plated copper bust during the Naples-hosted ceremony of returning St. Gregory's relics (In the 8th century, the Armenian Virgins took the greater part of the relics to Naples in Italy, where the church of San

Pope Francis held mass for Armenian Genocide centennial in St. Peter's Basilica, Italy

Rapper Kanye West jumped into Swan lake during his free concert in Yerevan, Armenia

Concert of Vladimir Spivakov and National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, dedicated to Armenian Genocide Centennial

"Saved manuscripts" exhibit opens in Matenadaran, dedicated to Armenian Genocide Centennial

Concert of Arto Tunçboyaciyan and "Armenian Navy Band"

Garni Pagan Temple, Kotayk province, Armenia

Friendly match of USSR and World football teams

Opening ceremony of the global forum “Against the crime of Genocide”

American mixed martial artist, judoka and actress Ronda Rousey in Yerevan

Canonization of the Armenian Genocide victims at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

SOAD’s Wake up the Souls concert in Yerevan

A fan during SOAD’s Wake up the Souls concert in Yerevan

160,000 people take part in LA rally commemorating Armenian Genocide centennial

Vahe Sargsyan for PAN Photo

President of Russia Vladimir Putin attends Armenian Genocide 100th anniversary ceremony

Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and wife of Armenia's president Rita Sargsyan attend Armenian Genocide Cent

Torchlight procession commemorating Armenian Genocide Centennial

French science fiction writer Bernard Werber, who was in Yerevan in the framework of International Festival “Literary Ark: April”

Serj Tankian, Tigran Mansurian, Tigran Hamasyan after the press conference

Armenian-American internet entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of social website Reddit, posing for a selfie with students from a school newly renovated by the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) located in Hatsik, Armenia. Ohanian visited the COAF-suppor

Armenian-Iranian border: Meghri, Syunik province, Armenia

Opera singer Maria Guleghina after the concert with Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra within the framework of Yerevan Perspectives festival

David Harrington (violin) during Kronos Quartet concert rehearsal in Yerevan

Gnishik gorge (Noravank Gorge), Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia

Moscow hosts Victory Day Parade on 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War

Anton Belyaev’s photosession after the concert of Therr Maitz band in Yerevan

Noyemberyan military unit

Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky during his concert in Yerevan

Nairit plant employees stage protest in front of RA government demanding meeting with Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan to discuss payment of the twenty months in back wages owed them

Evening of music and poetry with actress Chulpan Khamatova

Around 30 Templars from 10 countries worldwide visit the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial and ink a protocol on recognition of the Armenian Genocide on behalf of the Order of Knight Templars. The document is known as the 'Yerevan resolution’

International Dog Show 2015

UEFA president Michel Platini gives interviews after his visit to Football Academy of Armenia

EU Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker tried to convince the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to wear a tie during European People’s Party Eastern Partnership Leaders’ Summit in Riga

Students during the meeting with medical doctor, clown Patch Adams at American University of Armenia (AUA)

With You, Armenia Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall in a concert organized in remembrance of the century-old massacres of Armenians

Girls dancing during their school graduation celebration at Ayb High School

Zorats Karer (Karahunj / Carahunge), Syunik Province, Armenia

Paris hosts concert entitled 'Youth for Peace', dedicated to the 70th anniversary of UNESCO

Sheep Shearing Festival in Tatev

Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki during the concert of Hover Chamber Choir in the largest Protestant church in Cannes (Midem 2015)

Charles Aznavour, Alain Terzian аnd Robert Guédiguian during the official opening of Midem 2015 in Cannes

24 hours in Beijing, China

Models waiting for their turn during Oriflame Fashion Night 2015 in Yerevan

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo gestures after scoring the second goal during the Euro 2016 Group I qualifying match between Armenia and Portugal in Yerevan, Armenia

Tigran Tsitoghdzyan - artist, painter. Tsitoghdzyan’s ‘Mirrors’ exhibition opening at Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia

Armenian police use water cannons to disperse protesters demonstrating an increase in electricity prices in Yerevan, Armenia

Protest against electricity price rise in Yerevan, Armenia

Bi-2 rock band’s backstage before their concert in Yerevan, Armenia

Mount Aragats, Armenia

Deti Picasso band members Gaya Arutyunyan ( vocals), Karen Arutyunyan (guitars)

A protester sleeps as he rests during a protest rally against a hike in electricity prices in Yerevan, Armenia

Singer Beth Hart during a photoshoot in Yerevan

Annual music festival Tbilisi Open Air 2015

Vladimir Pozner - journalist and television host. Yerevan, Armenia

Actresses Ornella Muti and Nastassja Kinski are given the "Parajanov Thaler" Awards during the opening ceremony of Golden Apricot 12th International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia

Evening of classical and contemporary ballet 'Spirit of Motion'

Robert Guédiguian - film director, actor, screenwriter and producer

A woman scavenger is collecting recyclable material at Nubarashen Landfill, Armenia

A female beach volleyball player gestures during 2015 EEVZA U18 Beach Volleyball Championship in Sevan

Opening of 6th Pan-Armenian Summer Games

A young boy playing chess during 6th Pan-Armenian Summer Games

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, left, hugs teammate Dani Alves after scoring his side’s first goal during the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena stadium, in Tbilisi, Georgia

Yerevan Color Run 2015

The Bambir: Armenian rock band from Gyumri

RA President Serzh Sargsyan shake hands with RPA MP Hayk Babakhanyan during the meeting with "National Unity” party representatives

Day of Knowledge in Armenian schools

Conductor Zubin Mehta during the concert by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Shant-2015 military exercise: Shooting phase

Armenian police during the protest against the increase in electricity prices in Yerevan, Armenia

A girl poses during the outdoor fitness, organized within the framework of “Be active, live healthy” program in Yerevan

Erebuni Fortress (Arin Berd), an Urartian fortified city in Yerevan

Chamber and symphonic music concert by violist Kim Kashkashian and cellist Alexander Chaushian

Jazz bassist Richard Bona during the concert of Yerevan Jazz Fest 2015

Eve Tangian’s 2015-2016 fall winter collection show

100 pots of harissa cooks to mark the 100th anniversary of 40 days of Musaler

The house of 94-year-old Shushan Asatryan who was killed in Azerbaijan's shelling of Berdavan village in Tavush province

Blessing of the Holy Chrism (myron) at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, which occurs once every 7 years

European Heritage Days 2015: Sergei Parajanov Museum

Supermoon

French Armenian footballer Youri Djorkaeff during Yerevan RUNARM 2015 International Half Marathon

Karine Petrosyan's family in Artsakh will receive a new home thanks to Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's Telethon 2015

Opposition MP Zaruhi Postanjyan during the session of Armenian National Assembly

Generals Seyran Saroyan and Manvel Grigoryan with his son during the festive events dedicated to the 2700th anniversary of Etchmiadzin

Charles Aznavour during his concert in Yerevan

Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates the memory of the Holy Apostle Ananias

Concert of Danish 'MidtVest' Girls Choir in Yerevan

With more than 35 volunteer medical professionals, Armenia Fund and Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) provide medical aid to the Tavush region's borderline villages

German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Member of European Parliament (MEP) Michel Barnier during second day of EPP European People's Party head of states congress in Madrid, Spain

Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during second day of EPP European People's Party head of states congress in Madrid, Spain

Opening of Yerevan Show 2015 jewelry exhibition: Portraits of Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan on ostrich eggs

London hosts ceremony to commemorate holy Armenian Genocide martyrs

Argentinean director and animator Juan Pablo Zaramella: ReAnimania 7th International Animation Film Festival

Re-consecration ceremony of Armenian Cathedral of St George in Tbilisi

'Big bonfire 2015’ with the motto ‘People of Gavar are Hosting՛ in Gandzak community of Gavar

Yerevan hosts Anonymous Million Mask March headed by Shahen Harutyunyan, son of Tseghakron party leader Shant Harutyunyan

Arpa-Sevan Tunnel Reconstruction workers: Tunnel was built in 1963-1981 to convey water from Arpa and Yeghegis rivers to Sevan. The total length of the tunnel is 48.3 km. Repairs are intended to restore the deformation of the tunnel or its individual part

Workers of «International Masis Tabak» LLC

Apple Store in the Queens Center Mall, New York

Armenian chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian during the opening ceremony of IT Chess Cup 2015

A candle-lighting in Yerevan's France Square in memory of Paris attacks victims

First Armenian Front (FAF) holds march in front of Football Federation of Armenia demanding the resignation of FFA President Ruben Hayrapetyan

Musicians Armen Hyusnunts, Armen Tutunjyan, Yervand Yerznkyan, Martin Vardazaryan, Vahagn Hayrapetyan and Stepan Shakaryan during the photosession for "Armenian Jazz Anthology "project

Concert of Russian Rap Group Kasta in Yerevan

A man holding poster writing ‘NO’ during the rally of ‘No’ front against constitutional amendments in Yerevan's Freedom Square

Concert of Brazilian metal band Sepultura in Yerevan

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris

Leader of opposition Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian and military commander, political activist Jirair Sefilian during “New Armenia” Public Salvation Front's rally against constitutional amendments

Noragyugh neighborhood of Kentron administrative district of Yerevan

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan , Russian MP, a triple Olympic champion figure-skater Irina Rodnina and Chief Executive Officer of Monarch Group of Companies and the Armenian businessman Sergey Hambardzumyan during the opening of Yerevan youth sport school

Deputy of the National Assembly Nikol Pashinyan after voting in referendum on constitutional amendments in Armenia

After the referendum on constitutional changes President Serzh Sargsyan hosted numerous officials, political and civil figures

Robots Inc. and Ameriabank present Ball of Robots in Yerevan

Djivan Gasparyan during the unveiling of monument to duduk players Levon Madoyan, Vache Hovsepyan and Djivan Gasparyan

Deputy Chief of Yerevan Police Valeri Osipyan putting Icon of the Holy Virgin Mary into his pocket during “New Armenia” Public Salvation Front's rally against constitutional amendments

Sarik Andreasyan during Yerevan premiere of his film "Mafia: Survival Game"

Consecration of crosses of the newly built church in Arabkir District

Serbian director and musician Emir Kusturica in Yerevan

Swan Lake skating - rink in downtown Yerevan