With projects like "IMG_0001," an online compendium of YouTube home videos, Riley Walz is calling attention to the hidden deposits of personal information that power our digital lives.
Readers spent the most time this year on articles involving fraudulent identities, Kanye West, the turbulent U.S. election and its aftermath, and other memorable topics.
In one border town, some Syrians were fleeing to Lebanon, as others celebrated Bashar al-Assad's ouster, or returned from exile in search of the missing.