50 of the most powerful news images of 2013

Here are 50 of the most powerful news images of 2013. These images - and more - have gone on display at the Museum of London. You can see them for yourself until next March.

The photographs were all chosen from winners and finalists at this year's UK Picture Editors' Guild Awards.

Here are some of the best.

Prince George appears to wave to photographers as he leaves St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington with his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge**

Former British energy minister Chris Huhne comes into contact with a photographer’s lens as he arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London

CO Vaudin of 2 Signal Regiment embraces his son, Nicholas, 12, on his return from Afghanistan

Andy Murray of Great Britain holds the winner’s trophy up to the spectators after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Championships

Alexander Bragg on Zagreb falls at the Bond Dickenson pond at Bramham International Horse trials

New Bank of England Governor Mark Carney walks to a monetary policy committee meeting on his first day inside the bank’s City of London HQ

Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais poses for a portrait with Barney the dog to launch the World Society for the Protection of Animals’ Red Collar campaign to help the fight against rabies

John Joseph Lydon also known by the former stage name Johnny Rotten

London Mayor Boris Johnson receives his bicycle from Lloyd’s Waiter David Hughes following a visit to Lloyd's of London

A thoughtful rebel commander in the Old City

A man soaks up the glorious summer sun on one of York’s Red Boats on the River Ouse

Andy Murray holds the winner's trophy after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

An employee of the bicycle company Brompton works on components for the folding bicycles on the production line at the company's headquarters in west London

Umbrellas suspended from the ramparts of Clifford’s Tower, York – part of a new art installation

Julian MacDonald on the catwalk following the presentation of his Autumn/Winter 2013 collection

Rebel fighters cleaning their weapons at a safe house in Aleppo, Syria's second largest city

A dog wrapped in a jacket belonging to a street artist sits on a pavement in London

Arsenal's French defender Laurent Koscielny lies at the bottom of a pile of celebrating Arsenal players after scoring their equalizing goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad stadium in Manchester

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall ride on a tube train on London's Underground from Farringdon to Kings Cross, to celebrate 150 years of the London Underground

John Clark, 21, from Staffordshire leaps across a fire at the Stone Circle at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset

England's Jos Buttler dives in an to attempt to run out Australia's Mitchell Johnson

Dwain Chambers of Great Britain wins the Men's 60m race during the British Athletics Glasgow International Match at The Emirates Arena

Paul Townend on Boston Bob falls at the last fence as Bryan Cooper on Lyreen Legend goes on to come second in The RSA Steeple Chase at the Cheltenham Festival

Khalid al'Bakr, a Free Syrian Army fighter receives treatment for battle injuries at a field hospital in Mah'sareen in Idlib province

**The Great Mosque of Aleppo, or the Umayyad Mosque, is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo, Syria. It has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, but has recently been badly damaged by fighting between the forces of the regime and those opposed to them. Here, inside the mosque on the opposition side, sniper screens are everywhere as the two sides are within very close proximity, less than 50 metres apart in some places

Battle of the Atlantic Veteran parade in Liverpool

A rebel fighter runs for cover as shell fire comes into his position near to Aleppo's famous Medina, Syria

The coffin of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is carried by the bearer party as it arrives for her funeral service at St Paul's Cathedral

Prince of Wales climbs on the new traversing wall in the new gym at Grainville Secondary School in St Helier, Jersey

A Free Syrian Army fighter grieves for a fallen comrade

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives at the Willows Primary School, Wythenshawe, Manchester to launch a new school counselling programme to help combat the effects of drug and alcohol addiction

HRH Queen Elizabeth II, smiles as she watches soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland 3 Scots march past after she presented the regiment with a Pipe Banner, at Dreghorn Barracks in Edinburgh

Tom Cutler, from Brighton, a member of the Handlebar Club – an international association for gentlemen with handlebar moustaches

A grief stricken family grieves over a family member killed by a Syrian airforce attack on their village. They come from the Kurdish village of Ziara

England's Chris Ashton is tackled by Wales' Jamie Roberts during their Six Nations international rugby union match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff

A baby African elephant

Shoppers beg sales assistants for perfume products at Selfridges on Boxing Day morning

Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes celebrates with the trophy and his players after defeating Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League final match at Wembley Stadium

A supporter of the right-wing and anti-Islamist English Defence League is moved by a police officer during a protest in Birmingham

Attendees check their mobile phones during a break in sessions on day two of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Fashion model Cara Delevingne with singers Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards

David Cameron attends a carol service with soldiers during a visit to Forward Operating Base Price in Helmand Province, Afghanistan

A student from University College Oxford gets "trashed" after finishing his exams. Trashing is the practice at the university where students have all manner of messy items thrown at them by their contemporaries after finishing their exams

Lorna Hobson, a nurse from Sheffield, recovering after she was attacked at a bus stop following her evening shift

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie cheer The Queen’s horse Estimate onto victory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot

HRH Queen Elizabeth looks at a Jaguar motorcar at the Coronation Festival in the garden of Buckingham Palace

HRH Queen Elizabeth II off duty at the Royal Windsor Horse Show

A crowd watches as the Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace following the annual Trooping of the Colour ceremony

Somerset's Jamie Overton bowls during day one of the LV County Championship Division 1 match between Somerset and Middlesex at the County Ground, Taunton

Campaigners dressed as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne congregate in Parliament Square to protest on behalf of 'Enough Food for Everyone IF', a campaign to end global hunger