Evening Standard photographer Jeremy Selwyn's most memorable images of 2017

A string of terror attacks and the devastating Grenfell Tower disaster made 2017 a year dominated by tragic news headlines.

For award-winning Evening Standard snapper Jeremy Selwyn, whose 30-year career has seen him photograph war zones in Bosnia as well as Lockerbie and the Troubles, this year has at times proved difficult to capture.

The pictures below are his selection of the most memorable and powerful images he took this year from both London and across the UK.

“It’s been a sad year,” the photographer told the Standard.

“It’s been a year of nasty things to picture. We have had to photograph one horrible thing after another.

“A year of terrorist attacks, having to cover these has not been very pleasant.

“And Grenfell is not a situation that anyone wants to see ever - and it’s always in our minds.”

Among his most moving photographs is a shot of a policeman wiping a tear from his eye at the funeral of PC Keith Palmer killed in the Westminster attack, as well as an image showing two emotional concert-goers following the Manchester Arena bombing.

Possibly the most poignant photograph is the widely-shared early morning shot of the burning Grenfell Tower and another picture of an exhausted firefighter at the scene of the blaze.

But between the scenes of tragedy are some more light-hearted photos, including a defiant and grinning rain-soaked Londoner following the London Bridge terror attack and Theresa May coughing during her party conference speech in October.

Towards the end of the year, Mr Selwyn photographed the newly-engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after they announced they are to marry in May next year.

“Meghan’s great to photograph,” he added. “She’s very easy on the eye.”