This document presents 45 powerful images from 2011 that capture significant world events of that year, including images related to: the death of Osama bin Laden, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, same-sex marriage in New York, Occupy Wall Street protests, tornado damage in Joplin, Missouri, the Norway attacks, dust storms in Arizona, the Arab Spring uprisings, Hurricane Irene, Steve Jobs' death, and more. The images provide a visual timeline of some of the major news stories from 2011 around the world.

1. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011

2. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza in 9/11, pauses at his son’s name at the North
Pool of the 9/11 Memorial.
(Getty Images / Justin Lane)

3. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A whirpool forms off the Japanese coast after the tsunami on March 11.
(Reuters / Kyodo )

4. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
This sightseeing boat, Hama Yuri, was pulled 1300 feet from the coast and somehow balanced itself
on a two story house during the tsunami in Japan.

5. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in
the Situation Room of the White House on May 1.
(Reuters / HANDOUT)

6. 45 of the most
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Two lights from the former site of the World Trade Centers shine for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
(Reuters / GARY HERSHORN)

7. 45 of the most
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Phyllis Siegel, 76, left, and Connie Kopelov, 84, both of New York, embrace after becoming the first
same-sex couple to get married at the Manhattan City Clerk's office.
(Getty Images / STAN HONDA)

8. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A protester gets sprayed in the face with pepper spray at an Occupy Portland protest.
(Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian)

9. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A before and after shot of Joplin, Missouri after a massive tornado on May 22.
Source: zeitlosimagery

10. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Friends and loved ones gather at the Oslo cathedral to mourn 93 victims killed in twin terror attacks
from a bombing in downtown Oslo and a mass shooting on Utoya island on July 22.
(Getty Images / Paula Bronstein)

11. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A monstrous dust storm (Haboob) roared through Phoenix, Arizona in July.
Source: dbryant

12. 45 of the most
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A policeman detains an opposition activist in Baku on March 12. Azerbaijan police detained more than 30
activists of the opposition Musavat Party when its members took to the street of Baku to protest against the
ruling elite following a similar rally a day before. (Reuters)

13. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Christians protect Muslims during prayer in Cairo, Egypt.
Source: @NevineZaki

14. 45 of the most
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An aerial shot of the damage immediately following the Japanese tsunami.
(Reuters / KYODO)

15. 45 of the most
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A girl in isolation for radiation screening looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, Japan
on March 14.
(Reuters / Yuriko Nakao)

16. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A man sits in front of a destroyed apartment building following the Joplin, Missouri tornado.
(Reuters)

17. 45 of the most
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A University of California Davis police officer pepper-sprays students during their sit-in at an "Occupy
UCD" demonstration in Davis, California.
(Jasna Hodzic)

18. 45 of the most
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A mother comforts her son in Concord, Alabama, near his house which was completely destroyed by a
tornado in April.
(AP / Jeff Roberts)

19. 45 of the most
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Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New
Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
(Reuters)

20. 45 of the most
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Firefighters of Ladder Company 4 — which lost seven men on 9/11 — perched together on their aerial
ladder, watching a news bulletin in Times Square declaring that Osama bin Laden was dead on May 2.
Source: lens.blogs.nytimes.com

21. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Slain Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson's dog "Hawkeye" lies next to his casket during funeral services in
Rockford, Iowa. Tumilson was one of 30 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan on August 6 when
their helicopter was shot down during a mission to help fellow troops who had come under fire.

22. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A boy looks at a figure of Steve Jobs next to flowers laid in his tribute at an Apple store in Hong
Kong, China.
(AP / Kin Cheung)

23. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Cars are abandoned on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive during the "Snowpocalypse" in February.
(AP / Kin Cheung)

24. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Facebook played an extremely important role in the uprisings throughout the Middle East.
Source: theatlanticwire.com

25. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
84-year-old Dorli Rainey was pepper sprayed during a peaceful march in Seattle, Washington. She
would have been thrown to the ground and trampled, but luckily a fellow protester and Iraq vet was
there to save her. (Joshua Trujillo / seattlepi.com)

26. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Australian Scott Jones kisses his Canadian girlfriend Alex Thomas after she was knocked to the ground
by a police officer's riot shield in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadians rioted after the Vancouver
Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins. (Getty Images / Rich Lam)

27. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Hurricane Irene approaches the east coast.

28. 45 of the most
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Billy Stinson comforts his daughter Erin Stinson as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood
on August 28 in Nags Head, N.C. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed by Hurricane Irene, was one
of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. (Getty Images / Scott Olson)

29. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Flowers and tributes are seen outside the home of Amy Winehouse in London on July 24.
(Reuters / STEFAN WERMUTH)

30. 45 of the most
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Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington, D.C., moments after a 5.9-magnitude
earthquake shook the nation's capital. The earthquake was centered northwest of Richmond, Va., but
could be felt from North Carolina to Massachusetts. (AP / J. Scott Applewhite)

31. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child, is held by his mother in a field hospital of the
International Rescue Committee in the town of Dadaab, Kenya. The baby has since made a full
recovery. (AP / Schalk Van Zuydam)

32. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A woman jumps from a burning building during the London riots in August.
(Amy Weston / WENN.com)

33. 45 of the most
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Office workers look for a way out of a high rise building in central Christchurch, New Zealand on
February 22. A strong earthquake killed at least 180 people. (Reuters / Simon Baker)

34. 45 of the most
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A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern
Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters / ASAHI SHIMBUN)

35. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A demonstrator shows his bottom to riot police during a protest by European workers and trade union
representatives to demand better job protection in the European Union countries in Brussels on
March 24. (Reuters / Thierry Roge)

36. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A woman rebel fighter supporter fires an AK-47 rifle as she reacts to the news of the withdrawal of
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces from Benghazi on March 19.
(Reuters / GORAN TOMASEVIC)

37. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
Police spray Ugandan opposition party leaders with colored water during demonstrations in the capital
Kampala on May 10.
(Reuters / James Akena)

38. 45 of the most
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A student is punched in the face by a police officer in Chile. Students in Chile are demanding a new
framework for education.
(Reuters / VICTOR RUIZ CABALLERO)

39. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
An aid worker using an iPad captures an image of a dead cow's decomposing carcass in Wajir near the
Kenya-Somalia border on July 23.
(Reuters / STRINGER)

40. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A Libyan rebel is pictured with Gadhafi's golden gun.
(Getty Images / Philippe Desmazes)

41. 45 of the most
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Harold Camping speaks about the end of the world. The world was supposed to end on May 22 of this
year.
(AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)

42. 45 of the most
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A phone hangs off the hook on Wall Street.
(Reuters / LUCAS JACKSON)

43. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
US gay service members march in a gay pride parade for the first time ever.
(Getty Images / Sandy Huffaker)

44. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
US gay service members march in a gay pride parade for the first time ever.
(Getty Images / Sandy Huffaker)

45. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A distressed bride attempts suicide in China after her fiance abruptly called off their marriage. Still in
her wedding gown, she tried to kill herself by jumping out of a window of a seventh floor building.
Right as she jumped, a man managed to catch and save her. (Reuters / CHINA DAILY)

46. 45 of the most
POWERFUL IMAGES OF 2011
A U.S. Army soldier takes five with an Afghan boy during a patrol in Pul-e Alam, a town in Logar
province, eastern Afghanistan. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)