Most memorable photographs of 2011

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An opposition supporter with pieces of bread taped onto his head shouts slogans during an anti-government protest in Sanaa, Yemen, on February 3

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Hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators crowd Cairo's Tahrir square on February 8

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A wave caused by a tsunami flows into the city of Miyako on March 11 after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck the area

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A ship washed away by the tsunami sits amid debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi, on March 13

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A home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean following the Japanese earthquake

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The shot on the left shows Colonel Gaddafi in a jubilant mood with his supporters in Tripoli on April 10, but on October 20 he had been hunted down and killed by rebel soldiers, with the picture on the right taken from video footage

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Kate Middleton was supposed to be the centre of attention at the Royal Wedding on April 29

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As Prince William kisses his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, it all proves too much for bridesmaid Grace van Cutsem, left, who covers her ears

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First we saw an astonishing shot of President Barack Obama in the situation room of the White House on May 1, left, overseeing the mission to hunt down Bin Laden, then after the terrorist was killed, footage was captured of him watching TV in his Pakistan hideout, right

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A cloud of ash billows from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile on June 5

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IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, centre, is taken out of a police station in New York on May 15. He was charged with attempting to rape a New York chambermaid

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Passenger Stefanie Gordon aboard a flight from New York to Florida snapped the space shuttle Endeavor streaking towards space on May 16 - with her mobile phone

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Riot police walk in the street as a couple kiss on June 15, in Vancouver, Canada. The city broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals

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Protesters clash with riot police during a 48-hour general strike on June 28 in Athens

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A leopard attacks a forest guard on the outskirts of Siliguri, India, on July 19. The leopard strayed into the village area and mauled several villagers. It later died from baton and knife wounds despite being take to a veterinary centre

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Zara Phillips, the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, and her husband England rugby captain Mike Tindall leave after their marriage at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30

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A woman can be seen jumping from a burning building in Surrey Street after rioting took place in Croydon, on August 8

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The Tribute in Lights is illuminated next to One World Trade Center during events marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, September 11

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A man sets himself on fire outside a bank branch in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September 16. The bank had refused to renegotiate the 55-year old's overdue loan payment

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In Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on September 27, the jury was shown this image purporting to show the singer on a hospital gurney

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Amanda Knox cries and gestures to friends during a news conference at Sea-Tac International Airport, Washington, after landing there on a flight from Italy on October 4, having been cleared of murdering Meredith Kercher

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As rebel fighters engage Gaddaffi's troops in Sirte on October 10, one man decides it's a good moment to play the guitar

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Rescuers carry two-week-old baby girl Azra Karaduman from the rubble of a collapsed building in Ercis, in Turkey, on October 25, following a huge earthquake

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Thousands of North Korean people paying their respects during the National Memorial service for their late leader Kim Jong-Il at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on December 29

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