2011 year in photos (part of 1)
2011 was a year of social unrest and economic crisis. But other high-profile events, too, were in abundance.
The earth experienced a fall in regimes, the emergence of a new country (South Sudan), a tsunami and an earthquake in Japan, which swept almost the entire world into a wave of anti-government actions that in Libya turned into a full-scale civil war ...
This collection is the first part of a photo report for the year in three parts.
The wave caused by the 9,0 magnitude earthquake is approaching the city of Miyako, March 11 2011. The most powerful earthquake in all history Japan, in combination with a huge tsunami, caused severe destruction, more than 158000 people died and the Fukushima Dai-chi nuclear power plant was on the verge of disaster.
A demonstrator amid a burning barricade during the riots in Cairo, Egypt, January 28, 2011. Unprecedented protests with the participation of tens of thousands of people ended in clashes with the police. The Egyptians demanded the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
Juan Pedrero Garcia on his motorcycle during the sixth stage of the Argentina-Chile Dakar 2011 rally between Iquík and Arica in Chile, January 7 2011.
Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (left) visits Mohammed Bouazizi at the Center for Traumatology and Burns at Ben Arous Hospital, Tunisia. Bouazizi set himself on fire when police confiscated vegetables and fruits, which he sold without permission. Shortly after this photo was published (December 28 2010 of the year), he died. Millions of people in the Arab world were shocked by this story, and as a result, uprisings began, leading to the fall of dictatorships and unrest that continues to this day.
The STS-133 team at the Kennedy Space Center during a break in the countdown simulation before launching on the 39A platform. From left to right: pilot Eric Bow, specialist Michael Barratt, commander Steve Lindsey and specialists Tim Copra, Nicole Stott and Alvin Drew.
Oric Florestal (left) and Rosmond Altidon stand in their destroyed apartment in Port-au-Prince, January 9, 2011. Almost a year ago, a powerful earthquake destroyed most of the buildings in the city and caused the death of about 250000 people.
The shooter, identified as Michael Gonzalez, is aiming at local politician Reinaldo Dags, Manila, Philippines, January 5, 2011. Reinaldo Dags made this photo a few moments before his own death. Gonzalez and his accomplice (the man on the right) were captured, and were soon arrested on murder charges.
A car under the rubble of the Christchurch Cathedral, New Zealand, February 22 2011. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that happened at the height of the working day destroyed the tall buildings in the city and caused dozens of people to die.
A huge stone broke through this house in Littleton, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, during the 22 February 2011 earthquake of the year.
Mobile Curiosity Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The rover was sent to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida 22 June 2011 of the year. The mission to Mars was launched on December 26. Curiosity will reach Mars in August.
A police officer is trying to help his colleague, who hit an incendiary bottle during protests in Athens, Greece, February 23 2011. The demonstrators threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the police after the strike escalated into clashes with the forces of law and order.
President Hosni Mubarak’s supporter on a camel fights off protesters in Cairo, Egypt, February 2 2011. Several thousand people supporting President Mubarak clashed with protesters. The unrest in Egypt is becoming increasingly fierce.
Anti-government demonstration on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.
Demonstrators watching the performance of Hosni Mubarak through a projector, February 10 2011 of the year. The protesters shouted "Go Mubarak away" and "go away, go away" in response to his speech, where he announced that he would not resign, but would hand over authority to the vice-president.
After a sudden change of position, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned on 11 in February of 2011. The protests finally led to his dismissal from the position he held for 30 years. Demonstrators celebrate their victory in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.
The uprising in Libya escalated into a full-scale civil war. NATO forces control the airspace and provide support to the rebels. In this photo, the cars belonging to the forces of Gaddafi are burning on the road between Benghazi and Aydabiyya after the air raid, 20 March 2011 of the year.
Getty Images agency photographer Chris Hondros in front of a burning building, 18 on April 2011 of the year in Misrat, Libya. Hondros was killed two days later by an RPG shot.
Tsunami advances on the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, March 11, 2011.
Reporter Toya Chiba sweeps away a tsunami, 11 March, 2011, the port of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. Chiba survived only because he managed to climb a pile of coal.
Houses in the town of Natori are half flooded by earthquake and tsunami, Japan, March 11, 2011.
Containers scattered in a powerful wave, Sendai, Japan, March 12, 2011.
Woman sobs on the ruins after the earthquake and tsunami, the city of Natori, Japan, March 13, 2011.
One of the Japanese homes drifts in the Pacific, March 13 2011. Airplanes, helicopters and ships from the shock group of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan helped in finding coastal waters near Sendai, Japan.
Volunteers clean up family photos affected by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami, Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, 12 April 2011.
The men carry a dolphin from the flooded field, which got there along with a huge tsunami, 22 March 2011.
The boy who survived the tsunami plays with a typewriter next to a real car thrown on a wall by the house, April 6, 2011, Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.
The Coast Guard rescues a dog that drifted on the roof of a house off the coast near Kesennumri, Japan, on April 1, 2011.
Hot tub on the ruins, Kesennum, Miyagi Prefecture, 14 April 2011.
Demonstrators show their hands with the demands of the resignation of President Ymen Ali Abdullah Saleh, Sanaa, Yemen, 4 on April 2011. The military opened fire on the protesters, 6 people died, 30 were injured. Among other inscriptions on the hands: "Our blood is for our country", "Victory", "Leave, or you will have to kill us."
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding in Westminster Abbey, London, April 29, 2011.
Aerial shot shows the destruction in Sanford, North Carolina, 17 April 2011. Here, as in other parts of the state, a powerful tornado has hosted.
Andy Page cries on the rubble of his house, holding a cage with a cat, Ellie, Trenton, GA, April 28 2011. Paige had several cats, and in the house destroyed by a hurricane, Ally was the last to be found.
US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, are following the operation to catch Osama bin Laden, the White House, 1 in May 2011 of the year. The Seals team at this point stormed the building in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Also in the photo: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Crowds of people in front of the White House after the official statement of Barack Obama about the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Photo of a downed helicopter against the wall around the house where, according to the Americans, was bin Laden. Abbotabad, Pakistan, 2 May 2011 of the year.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (left) brings the Indian team a win over Sri Lanka at the 2011 Cricket World Cup finals in Mumbai, April 2 and 2011. India won by a margin of 6 points.
Libyan rebel smokes next to an improvised rocket launcher mounted on a pickup truck. Libya, April 14 2011.
The Texas Forest Service set up guided fires on the mountains around the MacDonald Observatory to destroy fuel and save the observatory from impending forest fires.
Protesters from Los Indignados take part in a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, on May 17, 2011. The inscription on the banner: "System Error".
The hands of the demonstrators in Puerta del So, Madrid, 20 on May 2011 during a protest against the economic crisis, unemployment, the political system and the tightening of government measures.
Photo of the dead Osama bin Laden. Of course, this photo would be one of the most sensational photos of this year if it were published. According to reports, in the archives of the CIA, there are at least three series of photographs of the dead bin Laden. Obama refused to publish these photographs, fearing that they could be used as propaganda tools and cause new outbreaks of violence. Numerous requests for publication and references to the law on freedom of information were rejected.
The earth experienced a fall in regimes, the emergence of a new country (South Sudan), a tsunami and an earthquake in Japan, which swept almost the entire world into a wave of anti-government actions that in Libya turned into a full-scale civil war ...
This collection is the first part of a photo report for the year in three parts.
The wave caused by the 9,0 magnitude earthquake is approaching the city of Miyako, March 11 2011. The most powerful earthquake in all history Japan, in combination with a huge tsunami, caused severe destruction, more than 158000 people died and the Fukushima Dai-chi nuclear power plant was on the verge of disaster.
A demonstrator amid a burning barricade during the riots in Cairo, Egypt, January 28, 2011. Unprecedented protests with the participation of tens of thousands of people ended in clashes with the police. The Egyptians demanded the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
Juan Pedrero Garcia on his motorcycle during the sixth stage of the Argentina-Chile Dakar 2011 rally between Iquík and Arica in Chile, January 7 2011.
Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (left) visits Mohammed Bouazizi at the Center for Traumatology and Burns at Ben Arous Hospital, Tunisia. Bouazizi set himself on fire when police confiscated vegetables and fruits, which he sold without permission. Shortly after this photo was published (December 28 2010 of the year), he died. Millions of people in the Arab world were shocked by this story, and as a result, uprisings began, leading to the fall of dictatorships and unrest that continues to this day.
The STS-133 team at the Kennedy Space Center during a break in the countdown simulation before launching on the 39A platform. From left to right: pilot Eric Bow, specialist Michael Barratt, commander Steve Lindsey and specialists Tim Copra, Nicole Stott and Alvin Drew.
Oric Florestal (left) and Rosmond Altidon stand in their destroyed apartment in Port-au-Prince, January 9, 2011. Almost a year ago, a powerful earthquake destroyed most of the buildings in the city and caused the death of about 250000 people.
The shooter, identified as Michael Gonzalez, is aiming at local politician Reinaldo Dags, Manila, Philippines, January 5, 2011. Reinaldo Dags made this photo a few moments before his own death. Gonzalez and his accomplice (the man on the right) were captured, and were soon arrested on murder charges.
A car under the rubble of the Christchurch Cathedral, New Zealand, February 22 2011. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that happened at the height of the working day destroyed the tall buildings in the city and caused dozens of people to die.
A huge stone broke through this house in Littleton, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, during the 22 February 2011 earthquake of the year.
Mobile Curiosity Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The rover was sent to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida 22 June 2011 of the year. The mission to Mars was launched on December 26. Curiosity will reach Mars in August.
A police officer is trying to help his colleague, who hit an incendiary bottle during protests in Athens, Greece, February 23 2011. The demonstrators threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the police after the strike escalated into clashes with the forces of law and order.
President Hosni Mubarak’s supporter on a camel fights off protesters in Cairo, Egypt, February 2 2011. Several thousand people supporting President Mubarak clashed with protesters. The unrest in Egypt is becoming increasingly fierce.
Anti-government demonstration on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.
Demonstrators watching the performance of Hosni Mubarak through a projector, February 10 2011 of the year. The protesters shouted "Go Mubarak away" and "go away, go away" in response to his speech, where he announced that he would not resign, but would hand over authority to the vice-president.
After a sudden change of position, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned on 11 in February of 2011. The protests finally led to his dismissal from the position he held for 30 years. Demonstrators celebrate their victory in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.
The uprising in Libya escalated into a full-scale civil war. NATO forces control the airspace and provide support to the rebels. In this photo, the cars belonging to the forces of Gaddafi are burning on the road between Benghazi and Aydabiyya after the air raid, 20 March 2011 of the year.
Getty Images agency photographer Chris Hondros in front of a burning building, 18 on April 2011 of the year in Misrat, Libya. Hondros was killed two days later by an RPG shot.
Tsunami advances on the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, March 11, 2011.
Reporter Toya Chiba sweeps away a tsunami, 11 March, 2011, the port of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. Chiba survived only because he managed to climb a pile of coal.
Houses in the town of Natori are half flooded by earthquake and tsunami, Japan, March 11, 2011.
Containers scattered in a powerful wave, Sendai, Japan, March 12, 2011.
Woman sobs on the ruins after the earthquake and tsunami, the city of Natori, Japan, March 13, 2011.
One of the Japanese homes drifts in the Pacific, March 13 2011. Airplanes, helicopters and ships from the shock group of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan helped in finding coastal waters near Sendai, Japan.
Volunteers clean up family photos affected by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami, Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, 12 April 2011.
The men carry a dolphin from the flooded field, which got there along with a huge tsunami, 22 March 2011.
The boy who survived the tsunami plays with a typewriter next to a real car thrown on a wall by the house, April 6, 2011, Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.
The Coast Guard rescues a dog that drifted on the roof of a house off the coast near Kesennumri, Japan, on April 1, 2011.
Hot tub on the ruins, Kesennum, Miyagi Prefecture, 14 April 2011.
Demonstrators show their hands with the demands of the resignation of President Ymen Ali Abdullah Saleh, Sanaa, Yemen, 4 on April 2011. The military opened fire on the protesters, 6 people died, 30 were injured. Among other inscriptions on the hands: "Our blood is for our country", "Victory", "Leave, or you will have to kill us."
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding in Westminster Abbey, London, April 29, 2011.
Aerial shot shows the destruction in Sanford, North Carolina, 17 April 2011. Here, as in other parts of the state, a powerful tornado has hosted.
Andy Page cries on the rubble of his house, holding a cage with a cat, Ellie, Trenton, GA, April 28 2011. Paige had several cats, and in the house destroyed by a hurricane, Ally was the last to be found.
US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, are following the operation to catch Osama bin Laden, the White House, 1 in May 2011 of the year. The Seals team at this point stormed the building in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Also in the photo: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Crowds of people in front of the White House after the official statement of Barack Obama about the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Photo of a downed helicopter against the wall around the house where, according to the Americans, was bin Laden. Abbotabad, Pakistan, 2 May 2011 of the year.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (left) brings the Indian team a win over Sri Lanka at the 2011 Cricket World Cup finals in Mumbai, April 2 and 2011. India won by a margin of 6 points.
Libyan rebel smokes next to an improvised rocket launcher mounted on a pickup truck. Libya, April 14 2011.
The Texas Forest Service set up guided fires on the mountains around the MacDonald Observatory to destroy fuel and save the observatory from impending forest fires.
Protesters from Los Indignados take part in a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, on May 17, 2011. The inscription on the banner: "System Error".
The hands of the demonstrators in Puerta del So, Madrid, 20 on May 2011 during a protest against the economic crisis, unemployment, the political system and the tightening of government measures.
Photo of the dead Osama bin Laden. Of course, this photo would be one of the most sensational photos of this year if it were published. According to reports, in the archives of the CIA, there are at least three series of photographs of the dead bin Laden. Obama refused to publish these photographs, fearing that they could be used as propaganda tools and cause new outbreaks of violence. Numerous requests for publication and references to the law on freedom of information were rejected.
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