Bill Gates takes part in a rather unusual project every year. He adds a paper with his name to the hat and turns himself into a Secret Santa. And every year one of Reddit subscribers gets their dream gift from Bill Gates himself.

British picture agency South West News Service (SWNS) has chosen 100 of their favorite snaps of the year 2016, and it ranges from astonishing foreign landscapes and fascinating wildlife pictures shot by professional photographers to photos timely-made by amateurs and even motorway cameras.

We all know that when winter comes, it hides away everything we have been used to and creates a wonderful new world of snow and ice, making us think we are in some kind of a magic realm. These pictures show just how much a single season of the year can transform familiar views and landscapes.