45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011 (Part 1)

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23. An aerial shot of the damage immediately following the Japanese tsunami.

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  • An aerial shot of the damage immediately following the Japanese tsunami.
  • 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.
  • Chile s Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
  • 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.
  • A protester gets sprayed in the face with pepper spray at an Occupy Portland protest.
  • 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.
  • Facebook played an extremely important role in the uprisings throughout the Middle East.
  • A woman jumps from a burning building during the London riots in August.
  • A Libyan rebel is pictured with Gadhafi s golden gun.
  • 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.
  • A mother comforts her son in Concord, Alabama, near his house which was completely destroyed by a tornado in April.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hurricane Irene approaches the east coast.
  • Christians protect Muslims during prayer in Cairo, Egypt.
  • 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.
  • Police spray Ugandan opposition party leaders with colored water during demonstrations in the capital Kampala on May 10.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A phone hangs off the hook on Wall Street.
  • A before and after shot of Joplin, Missouri after a massive tornado on May 22.
  • A man sits in front of a destroyed apartment building following the Joplin, Missouri tornado.

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