2016 was a pivotal year for BBVA. The institution came one step closer towards realizing its purpose of bringing the age of opportunity to everyone.  These 26 pictures, illustrate each one of the 26 milestones that the bank covered in 2016.

The new year is a chance to finally fulfil all those resolutions that you did not manage to fulfil the year before. For all of us it is a time to begin from scratch, which is why it is important that we make a good start. For the Spanish this means swallowing down twelve grapes in time with the twelve strokes of midnight, and it is paramount that they are all eaten!  But what about the rest of the world? Every place has its own tradition, but they all coincide that it must be followed in order to get the best out of the coming year.

The Crack is the field diary of two journalists trying to understand what is going on in the European Union. A journalistic comic book, published with support from the BBVA Foundation, where photographer Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril recount their experiences from the boundaries of a Europe in crisis.

According to new study published in scientific journal PLoS ONE,  led by researchers of the American Museum of Natural History, there could be about 18,000 avian species in the world, 7,000 more than current estimates, and nearly twice as many as thought just one year ago.

As we leave 2016 behind, we take a look back at the main events around the world marking the global trajectory of finance over the last twelve months. Meetings, agreements and scandals in the course of the year proved decisive factors; below we have presented eleven key events during 2016:

A study published in Science magazine, co-authored by University of Exeter, UK, scientists, concludes that every year 3.5 trillion insects migrate at high altitudes over the UK on their way to Africa. The combined weight of the insects is about 3200 tons.