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13 Iconic Images of 2011
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| 1 | Cry Freedom The protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, were the vanguard of change in the Arab world. Here, they celebrate Hosni Mubarak’s resignation |
Image by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters |
| 2 | (Royal) Gen Next Britain’s royal family still attract attention. The wedding of future king, William, and Catherine, was watched worldwide. (Note also the seemingly sulky flower girl who became an online meme.) |
Image by Dylan Martinez/ Reuters |
| 3 | Heroes The world watched, teary-eyed, as brave men and women worked to decontaminate the area around the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the tsunami (see pic 5) |
Image by Kyodo/ Reuter |
| 4 | Water way Thailand was hit by its worst floods in decades, (and is still being battered). Here, a mahout rides his elephant on a flooded street in Ayutthaya province |
Image by Sukree Sukplang/ Reuters |
| 5 | Killer wave Japan’s earthquake and the resulting tsunami left the country reeling and the world in shock |
Image by Mainichi Shimbun/ Reuters |
| 6 | The End A grab from local TV shows fallen Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, just after his capture by rebels |
Image by GlobalPost via Reuters |
| 7 | Annarchists Kisan Baburao ‘Anna’ Hazare captured the imagination of a significant chunk of Indians fed up of semi-instituitionalised corruption. His fast at Delhi’s Ramlila grounds dominated the media for days |
Image by Adnan Abidi/ Reuters |
| 8 | Uprising The Occupy Wall Street demonstration sparked off similar protests in other parts of the USA and the world, highlighting the simmering dissatisfaction of the ‘99%’ unhappy with how the financial industry is run |
Image by Brendan McDermid/ Reuters |
| 9 | Counter strike President Obama and top officials get live update on the mission that eliminated Osama bin Laden after a ten-year hunt. The USA never released any photos of bin Laden’s body. This picture became the iconic image of the mission instead |
Image by White House/ Handout / Reuters |
| 10 | Last Call The space shuttle’s 30-year stint came to an end with NASA retiring the fleet. Atlantis STS-135 flew the last mission |
Image by Pierre Ducharme/ Reuters |
| 11 | Walk Proud The SlutWalk movement, which began in Canada, sought to separate street sexual harassment from the clothes women wore. It spread around the world (this picture is from Seoul, Korea), even seeing a ‘Besharmi Morcha’ in Delhi |
Image by Truth Leem/ Reuters |
| 12 | Winners India’s cricket team ended a 28-year drought by winning the 2011 ICC World Cup |
Image by andrew Caballero-reynolds/ Reuters |
| 13 | World-changer The death of Steve Jobs, Apple’s iconic founder and CEO, set off mouring unprecedented for a corporate figure. |
Image by Alexander Demianchuk/ Reuters |
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