Find out what photos amazed and shocked the world in 2011, from the Japanese tsunami aftermath to the Occupy Wall Street protests to rarely seen photos from Africa. These are memorable images from both Digital Journalists, local media and other sources.
This year has given us a variety of powerful and emotionally wrenching photos snapped by photographers from across the world. The photos below represent the many news stories storming headlines from January to December 2011, and they are taken by Digital Journalists, local media outlets, government departments and freelance photographers.
In the comments section below, let us know what photos amazed you this year.
Here are our top 30 photos of 2011, in no particular order:
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Thousands of protesters attended a rally in Tahrir Square to call on the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to transfer power to a civilian administration and to honour the revolution's martyrs
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Matthew M. Bradley / U.S. Navy
A Japanese mother and daughter pause for reflection as they find a family photo amid the wreckage of their home.
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An elderly woman carrying sacks used for packaging rice and cassava products with contents unkown.
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Pete Souza / The White House
White House staffers, including President Obama and Hillary Clinton, react to news about the mission to capture Osama bin Laden
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Photo: Jasna Hodzic / © The California Aggie
UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike pepper-sprays Occupy UC Davis protesters who were blocking the police from removing arrested protesters from the quad
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Entrance to Academy Sports+Outdoors. Joplin, Mo. June 5, 2011
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Picture of an aerial photograph of Peru's Main Pyramid shows the size and complexity of the construction. The circle, below, center, was probably used for ceremonies and musical concerts.
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Rioters flipped cars, started fires and broke store windows in Vancouver after the city's hockey team lost in the Stanley Cup final in June of 2011
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Beacon Radio
Will and Kate sharing a kiss after their wedding
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Sgt Rupert Frere RLC / UK Ministry of Defence
Danish troops fire 120mm mortar whilst engaging the enemy outside their patrol base in Helmand, Afghanistan.
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Maggie Osama
Egyptians gathering at Tahir Square
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Eskinder Debebe / UN
Somali refugees sharing a meal in an Ethiopian tent
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Shareef Sarhan / UN
In an event dubbed the Great Global Gaza Bounce, 7,200 campers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Summer Games gather in Gaza City in a bid to set the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous basketball bounce
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Members of the South African Special Forces skydiving team with the flags of Special Forces and the Joint Operations Division.
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Daniel Watt
Running of the bulls in Encierro, Spain
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Pete Souza / The White House
President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China shake hands at the conclusion of their joint press conference in the East Room of the White House
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Basile Zoma / UN
Smoke billows from the streets of Attécoubé, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, after forces loyal to former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo shut down anti-Gbagbo protests.
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Shareef Sarhan / UN
A quarter million children in Gaza participated in the Summer Games 2011
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Digital Journal photo
An installation of seats from the old Maple Leafs Garden in Toronto, now on display at the new Loblaws
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Benjamin Crossley / US Navy
U.S. Navy Seaman Christopher Hotella wipes down the canopy of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft
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Eskinder Debebe / UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) and students of the New Explorations into Science, Mathematics and Technology
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Eskinder Debebe / UN
A child of Somali refugees, at a camp in Malkadiida, Ethiopia.
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Kibae Park / UN
A view of Busan, the Republic of Korea’s second largest city after Seoul
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Mat McDermott
Occupy Wall Street: Thousands of people packed shoulder-to-shoulder into Liberty Plaza on September 30th, 2011
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Beacon Radio
A fire blazing in London after several protests
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An activist in "polite" gear helping direct traffic during the Occupy Toronto march.
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A person writing a message on the ground of Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. Messages were written on the ground after NDP leader Jack Layton died.
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