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2012’s photos of the year From the Olympics to the election, from the violence in Syria to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, these are the images that moved us.
April 17, 2012
The space shuttle Discovery flies over the Washington Monument on the back of a 747. The shuttle was on its way to the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Northern Virginia, where it went on display.
Jonathan Newton
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The Washington Post
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Jan. 17, 2012
The Costa Concordia is shown run aground off the coast of Italy in this DigitalGlobe satellite photo. Thirty people died and two are presumed dead after the luxury cruise ship partially sank in January.
DigitalGlobe
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Reuters
July 27, 2012
Fireworks adorn the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Toni L. Sandys
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The Washington Post
Aug. 2, 2012
American gymnast Gabrielle Douglas performs a gold-medal-winning routine on the balance beam in the women's individual all-around competition at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Gregory Bull
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AP
Aug. 5, 2012
Jamaican Usain Bolt, center, crosses the finish line first and sets a new Olympic record of 9.63 seconds in the men's 100-meter race in London.
Toni L. Sandys
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The Washington Post
June 15, 2012
Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda makes his way from the U.S. side of Niagara Falls to the Canadian side.
Mark Blinch
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Reuters
Aug. 17, 2012
A police officer in Moscow chases a supporter of the punk band Pussy Riot. Three members of the band were sentenced to two years in a penal colony for staging a protest against Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a church.
Mikhail Voskresensky
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2012
Swimmers take a dip in St. Mark's Square in Venice after high tides flooded the historic city.
Luigi Costantini
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AP
Nov. 25, 2012
In Iran, mourners cover themselves with mud during Ashoura rituals marking the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad. Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, was killed in a 7th-century battle at Karbala, Iraq.
Vahid Salemi
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AP
Oct. 14, 2012
Felix Baumgartner of Austria became the first skydiver to break the speed of sound when he leapt from more than 24 miles above the Earth.
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Red Bull Stratos via AP
Aug. 10, 2012
Devotees in Mumbai try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the Hindu festival of Janmashtami. The celebrations mark the birthday of the Hindu god Krishna.
Danish Siddiqui
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Reuters
Nov. 16, 2012
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen through a damaged car window after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern city of Ashdod, Israel. Such rocket attacks spurred Israel to carry out an air assault on militant forces in Gaza.
Amir Cohen
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Reuters
Nov. 14, 2012
Palestinians put out flames engulfing the car of Ahmed al-Jabari, head of the military wing of the Hamas movement, after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Jabari was killed in the attack.
Mahmud Hams
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 26, 2012
Mohammed Abu Zor, 10, recuperates from injuries he suffered in an Israeli airstrike at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. After eight days of strikes on targets in Gaza City, Israel and the Hamas forces agreed to a cease-fire.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
June 24, 2012
Egyptians celebrate the election of their new president, Mohamed Morsi, in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood-backed candidate, received more than 13 million votes, or 51.7 percent, while his main rival, former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, received 48.3 percent.
Daniel Berehulak
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Getty Images
Oct. 21, 2012
On the evening before the third and final debate, Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney enjoys dinner with grandsons Miles and Parker, his wife, Ann, and his son Craig and daughter-in-law Mary, at BurgerFi in Delray, Fla.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
Oct. 31, 2012
President Obama is greeted by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) upon his arrival at Atlantic City International Airport. Obama traveled to the region to take an aerial tour of the areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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AP
Oct. 24, 2012
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan say goodbye on the tarmac at Denver International Airport.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
Sept. 9, 2012
President Obama is lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant in Fort Pierce, Fla., during a stop on the campaign trail.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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AP
Nov. 5, 2012
President Obama wraps up his campaign with a stop in downtown Des Moines. The president said he wanted to make Iowa the last place he campaigned because the Iowa Democratic caucuses gave him his first victory in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Oct. 17, 2012
A mourner cries as the coffin of former King Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tens of thousands lined the streets to pay honor to Sihanouk, a revered figure who ruled through the triumph of Cambodia’ s independence to the tragedy of its brutal civil war.
Damir Sagolj
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Reuters
Aug. 14, 2012
A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his sniper rifle from a house in Aleppo, Syria. Rebel forces took control of parts of the key Syrian city in their efforts to depose President Bashar al-Assad.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
March 8, 2012
Ahmed, center, mourns his father, Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian army sniper, during his funeral in Idlib, Syria.
Rodrigo Abd
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AP
Oct. 18, 2012
Two rebels take sniper positions at the heavily contested neighborhood of Karmal Jabl in Aleppo, Syria.
Javier Manzano
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 25, 2012
A riot police officer is dragged by protesters after being knocked down off his horse by workers of La Parada wholesale market in Lima, Peru. Clashes between the market workers and police left two people dead and more than 100 injured. The conflict arose over concrete barriers put up by the city to close off supplies to the market. The city wants to close the market because it is overcrowded and lacks infrastructure, but longtime merchants want to stay there.
Alessandro Currarino
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For Reuters
Nov. 30, 2012
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters from a car after attending a meeting with officials from the operator of a Chinese-backed copper mine outside Monywa, Burma. After being held prisoner for 21 years, including almost 15 years in house detention, Suu Kyi was released in 2010, and in June, she traveled to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to her in 1991.
Ye Aung Thu
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AFP/Getty Images
April 11, 2012
North Korean leader Kim Jong Eun waves during the Fourth Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il, as leader of the reclusive nation.
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Korean Central News Agency via Reuters
March 28, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI, right, meets with Fidel Castro in Havana. The pope called for greater rights for the people of Cuba, but he also criticized the U.S. trade embargo.
AP
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Osservatore Romano via AP
Dec. 1, 2012
Actress Meryl Streep, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton take a photo at the State Department’s dinner for the Kennedy Center honorees.
Sarah L. Voisin
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The Washington Post
June 3, 2012
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, stand on board the Spirit of Chartwell during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in London. The 1,000-boat pageant marked the queen’s 60th year on the throne.
John Stillwell
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AFP/Getty Images
Sept. 14, 2012
Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the duchess of Cambridge, take their shoes off before entering a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during a tour of Southeast Asia.
Mark Baker
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AP
Nov. 6, 2012
Steven Arroche of Georgetown and Sarah Parker of Annandale socialize in Lafayette Park, across from the White House. Parker, an Obama supporter, said she came to the park when Obama won four years earlier and said it was the "best experience of my life . . . indescribable."
Bonnie Jo Mount
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The Washington Post
Oct. 10, 2012
Tahany Omar, 36, has a masters of business administration from Virginia’s Shenandoah University, but she has found the job market challenging in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Omar believes that King Abdullah supports education for women but that it's not filtering down into the hiring process in her country.
Linda Davidson
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The Washington Post
Nov. 26, 2012
Police officers are sprayed with milk by European milk farmers during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels. Farmers drove their tractors into the European Quarter of Brussels for a two-day demonstration to protest against what they believe are unfair milk prices.
Geert Vanden Wijngaert
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AP
May 3, 2012
Supporters of Antonis Samaras, leader of the Greek conservative party New Democracy, wave flags during a preelection speech in Athens. The election became a referendum on austerity measures tied to the bailout of the Greek government by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
Aris Messinis
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AFP/Getty Images
March 26, 2012
Tibetan exile Jamphel Yeshi screams as he runs engulfed in flames after setting himself on fire at a protest in New Delhi against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India. Yeshi died two days later while hundreds of other activists were being held without charge before the Hu's arrival for a summit with India, Russia, Brazil and South Africa.
Manish Swarup
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AP
Sept. 5, 2012
People run for cover as smoke rises from the site of a fire at a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Sivakasi, India. Police in southern India arrested six employees of the fireworks factory for a massive blaze that killed 40 workers and injured 60 others.
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AP
Jan. 12, 2012
The World Food Program distributes food at a refugee camp in Pibor, South Sudan. Thousands of people were displaced during a war with Sudan over oil fields on the border of the two countries.
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Rising water caused by Hurricane Sandy rushes into a parking garage in New York’s financial district. The storm surge swamped Lower Manhattan, flooding streets, tunnels and subways.
Andrew Burton
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Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
People raise the American flag among the wreckage of homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of Queens. Firefighters were unable to contain the wind-swept blaze in the neighborhood, which had been mostly evacuated before the storm.
Shannon Stapleton
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Reuters
Oct. 31, 2012
Waves break in front of a destroyed amusement park wrecked by Hurricane Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J. The storm, which caused damage from Virginia to Connecticut, made landfall near Atlantic City.
Mario Tama
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Getty Images
Oct. 9, 2012
Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., after being sentenced to at least 30 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing children. The Sandusky scandal tarnished the reputation of the university and brought to end the career of legendary coach Joe Paterno.
Matt Rourke
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AP
Jan. 24, 2012
President Obama hugs U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) at the State of the Union address. Giffords, who in 2011 was among the victims at a mass shooting in Tucson, resigned her seat in Congress the next day to allow her to concentrate on her recovery.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
May 27, 2012
Christian Slayton, 12, prays while retired Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers salutes fallen soldiers during the Memorial Day Rolling Thunder ride in Washington. Chambers holds his salute for up to four hours as bikers come by, just as he has done voluntarily for the past 10 years. Christian, of Raleigh, N.C., said he prayed to give thanks for veterans living and fallen.
Linda Davidson
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The Washington Post
Dec. 14, 2012
Jillian Soto waits to hear about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher, after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Victoria was among those killed.
Jessica Hill
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AP
Dec. 14, 2012
Connecticut State Police officers lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Shannon Hicks
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Newtown Bee via AP
May, 28, 2012
President Obama is reflected by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as he and other dignitaries attend a ceremony marking the memorial’s 30th anniversary.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Sept. 3, 2012
Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon. The aurora was due to the interaction of a coronal mass ejection from the sun with Earth's magnetosphere.
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NASA via Reuters
May 20, 2012
Hikers watch an annular eclipse from Papago Park in Phoenix. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across China, Japan and elsewhere in the region before moving across the Pacific to be seen in parts of the western United States.
Michael Chow
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Arizona Republic via AP
April 26, 2012
A bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado’s campus in Boulder falls from a tree after being tranquilized by state wildlife officials. University police spokesman Ryan Huff said the bear was probably 1 to 3 years old and weighed between 150 to 200 pounds.
Andy Duann
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CU Independent via AP
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