Did you know that 2016 will last a bit longer than usual? Not too much, just one extra second that will be added to December 31. According to the press release published by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), a positive second leap will be introduced at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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.

From locating an unknown address to identifying the name of the song playing on the radio, apps can do almost anything. Although the app boom is over, users still download millions of them every day. This year, Snapchat was the most downloaded app in the Apple Store, according to Time magazine, followed by Messenger, Pokémon GO, Instagram and Facebook.

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.

Every year, each Spanish household wastes about 76 kg of food, according to the Spanish Confederation of Consumer and User Cooperatives, Hispacoop, or about 7,700 metric tons per year for the country’s population as a whole.

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.

Now that the end of 2016 is just a few hours away, it may be the right time to take a look at some of the highlights of a politically charged year.  Elections, referendums, resignations and international events marked the course of the world and grabbed endless headlines.