13 Iconic Images of 2011
Image by : Dylan Martinez/ Reuters
Image by : Dylan Martinez/ Reuters
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 : Kyodo/ Reuter
Image by : Kyodo/ Reuter
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 : Sukree Sukplang/ Reuters
Image by : Sukree Sukplang/ Reuters
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 : Mainichi Shimbun/ Reuters
Image by : Mainichi Shimbun/ Reuters
Japan’s earthquake and the resulting tsunami left the country reeling and the world in shock
Image by : GlobalPost via Reuters
Image by : GlobalPost via Reuters
A grab from local TV shows fallen Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, just after his capture by rebels
Image by : Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
Image by : Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
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 : Brendan McDermid/ Reuters
Image by : Brendan McDermid/ Reuters
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 : White House/ Handout / Reuters
Image by : White House/ Handout / Reuters
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 : Pierre Ducharme/ Reuters
Image by : Pierre Ducharme/ Reuters
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 : Truth Leem/ Reuters
Image by : Truth Leem/ Reuters
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 : andrew Caballero-reynolds/ Reuters
Image by : andrew Caballero-reynolds/ Reuters
India’s cricket team ended a 28-year drought by winning the 2011 ICC World Cup
Image by : Alexander Demianchuk/ Reuters
Image by : Alexander Demianchuk/ Reuters
The death of Steve Jobs, Apple’s iconic founder and CEO, set off mouring unprecedented for a corporate figure.
