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2012: The Year in Photos

By James St. James on December 31, 2012 9:09 am

The Costa Concorda sinks off the Italian coast, January 13, 2012

Kony 2012 , a short film created by Invisible Children, Inc, is released in an effort to make Ugandan cult and militia leader Joseph Kony globally known in order to have him arrested by the end of 2012.

A memorial for Whitney Houston

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Chilean student protests

Greek protestors set fire to Athens to protest austerity measures

A Tibetan exile protests against the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao by setting himself on fire.

In Syria, a man rushes his wounded daughter to the hospital after a bombing.

In Kathmandu, Nepal, a boy cries as he holds his sister in his lap after being evicted from the building he was squatting in

The Israeli/Palestine conflict escalates

Israeli soldiers fire teargas canisters at Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron

The bodies of Syrian civilians killed in the conflict

A memorial for the victims of the Aurora massacre is held across the street from the AMC Century 16 movie theater where it happened.

Aurora shooter James Holmes is arraigned

Russian feminist punk rockers Pussy Riot are arrested after a guerrilla performance in Moscow’s main cathedral in which they called for the Virgin Mary to protect Russia against Vladimir Putin

Across the world, people protest their imprisonment and march for the freedom of speech

Among them is Russian performance artists and activist Petr Pavlensky, who sews his mouth shut in protest

14-year-old Trayvon Martin is shot and killed by on his way home from the store

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Activists march carrying Arizona Ice Tea and Skittles, the items Trayvon bought at the convienance store


Homophobia is celebrated across the country as people flock to Chick-Fil-et to support their opposition to marriage equality

Bullied bus monitor Karen Klein receives over $700,000 in donations after the video of her ordeal goes viral

Fashionistas pose with homeless man at New York Fashion Week

95-year-old clubkid Zelda Kaplan dies doing what she loved, sitting front row, center at fashion week. Her body is removed and the show goes on.

Great Britain celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The queen looks like her face is about to break if she has to continue smiling one minute more

American royalty Honey Boo Boo and Mama June

Beyonce gives birth to a baby girl, Blue Ivy Carter

Olympic gold medal winner Gabby Douglas becomes a national hero

USA’s Nicholas Taylor and David Wagner celebrate after the Quad Doubles Wheelchair Tennis Gold Medal match at the Paralympics

Daredevil Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls on a tightrope

Hurricane Sandy from above

The Jersey coastline under water

Seaside Heights Amusement Park is mostly destroyed

A statue of the Virgin Mary is the only thing standing in this Staten Island neighborhood

Taxis underwater in NYC, post-Sandy

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie greets President Obama and Republicans flip the fuck out

The Democratic National Convention

At the Republican National Convention, Clint Eastwood yells at an empty chair

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Obama wins

Spiderman eats Uncle Sam’s ass at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Hilary and Meryl – They’re just like us. NOT.

Stephen Hawking was photographed at a Southern California swingers club. Apparently, he’s a regular.

A ridiculously photogenic jogger is accidentally photographed and becomes an internet sensation

A teenage girl in India has surgery to remove four-pound hairball lodged between her stomach and small intestine. She liked to chew her hair in class, she explained.

A NYC cop buys a pair of boots for a homeless man on a cold winters night

The Mars Rover takes it’s first pictures of the Martian landscape

The space shuttle makes one last journey across the country

It flies past the Hollywood sign, and over the World of Wonder offices, before making it’s final landing

A boy celebrates the ceasefire of the Israeli/Palestine conflict

A homecoming kiss

Felix Baumgartner’s breathtaking space jump

The Pope tweets for the first time

The Dutch artist Bart Jansen stuffs his dead cat, Orville, and and mounts propellers to his legs, explaining his beloved pet loved to chase birds. “Now can do it in the afterlife,” he told reporters.

The Ikea monkey appears out nowhere, dressed in a fashionable shearling coat, and becomes an instant icon

The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre unfolds

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Obama wipes away a tear as he addessed the nation following the tragedy.

 

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