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Pictures of the Decade 2010 - 2019
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Three bodies are trapped under the debris of the damaged part of the eight-storey building Rana Plaza that housed mostly garment factories and which collapsed at Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 April 2013. EPA-EFE/ABIR ABDULLAH
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks to US President Barack Obama (R) who sits on a bench facing the Wetterstein mountains during a G7 meeting at Elmau Castle in Elmau, Germany 08 June 2015. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL KAPPELER / POOL
Turkish gendarmerie stand near by the washed up body of a refugee child identiefied as Alan Kurdi who drowned during a failed attempt to sail to the Greek island of Kos, at the shore in the coastal town of Bodrum, Mugla city, Turkey, 02 September 2015. EPA-EFE/DOGAN NEWS AGENCY PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT TURKEY OUT
Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs unveils the iPad during an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California, USA, 27 January 2010. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO
San Francisco 49ers back-up quarterback Colin Kaepernick (C), San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold (L), and San Francisco 49ers free safety Eric Reid (R) take a knee during the US national anthem before the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, USA, 02 October 2016. EPA-EFE/JOHN G MABANGLO
Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza, pauses at his son's name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, New York, USA, 11 September 2011. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
Flames on the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, 15 April 2019. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
The newly-wed couple Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, 29 April 2011. EPA-EFE/KERIM OKTEN
Waves overwhelm a levee, swallowing a seaside village, after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan and triggered a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, near the mouth of the Hei River, in Miyako city, Iwate prefecture, Japan, 11 March 2011. EPA-EFE/AFLO / MAINICHI NEWSPAPER JAPAN OUT
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius as he appears in the Pretoria Magistrates court over killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in Pretoria, South Africa, 19 August 2013. EPA-EFE/STR
Indian activists of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community celebrate during a rally after India's Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence, in Mumbai, India, 06 September 2018. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Affected children receive treatment after a gas attack on al-Shifunieh village, in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, 25 February 2018. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
Children cry as migrants wait on the Greek side of the border to break through a cordon of Macedonian special police forces to cross into Macedonia, near the southern city of Gevgelija, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 21 August 2015. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI
A general view of Tahrir Square during anti-government demonstrations, that ultimately led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, 08 February 2011. EPA-EFE/ANDRE PAIN
Protestors march along a street during a day of action by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the area near the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street in New York, New York, USA, 17 November 2011. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
Protesters hurl home made bombs against riot policemen in front of the Greek Parliament on the second anniversary of the killing of a teenager by police in central Athens, Greece, 06 December 2010. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU
The accused Anders Behring Breivik (R), who bombed government buildings in Oslo and killed 69 people on Utoya island, arrives at the court for his hearing in Oslo, Norway, 06 February 2012. EPA-EFE/HEIKO JUNGE NORWAY OUT
The Costa Concordia cruise ship listing at 80 degrees after running aground off the island of Giglio, Tuscany, northern Italy, early 14 January 2012. EPA-EFE/ENZO RUSSO
The Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull continues to erupt causing widespread air traffic disruption with clouds of volcanic ash, in Iceland, 19 April 2010. EPA-EFE/VILHELM GUNNARSSON
Pakistani Army soldiers distribute food relief through helicopters in flooded areas after at least 1,500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains, near Muzaffargarh in southern Punjab province Pakistan, 09 August 2010. EPA-EFE/MK CHAUDHRY
A Libyan rebel fighter fire his weapon, during the battle to liberate the city of Sirte, Libya, 15 October 2011. EPA-EFE/MOHAMED MESSARA
A photo released by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Kim Jong-Un (C-R) and his uncle Jang Song-Thaek (C) besides the hearse carrying the body of his father and late leader Kim Jong-il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang during his state funeral in North Korea, 28 December 2011. EPA-EFE/KCNA
A Tibetan exile runs after setting fire to himself in New Delhi during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit in New Delhi, India, 26 March 2012. EPA-EFE/HARISH TYAGI
The new Pope, Francis I waves from a balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after he was elected by fellow cardinals following a two day conclave, Vatican City, 13 March 2013. EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ
Swimmers wait for the gush of a man-made tide in a salty swimming pool dubbed China's Dead Sea in Daying county, southwest China's Sichuan province, 19 August 2012. EPA-EFE/ZHONG MIN CHINA OUT
Liberian health care workers on an Ebola burial team collect the body of an Ebola victim at a motor vehicle garage in Paynesville on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia 09 September 2014. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALLANZO
A general view of the damage at the National Palace after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck, in Puerto Principe, Haiti, 13 January 2010. EPA-EFE/Orlando Barria
A Palestinian family who fled their homes is en route to seek shelter at a UN school in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, 18 July 2014, after Israeli troops moved into Gaza. EPA-EFE/OLIVER WEIKEN
People take cover behind a counter after gunmen fired automatic weapons and grenades inside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, 21 September 2013. EPA-EFE/KABIR DHANJI
A person blocks the road after protesters took to the streets firing guns, burning property and looting in anger that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury for the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in August 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, USA, 25 November 2014. EPA-EFE/ALEXEY FURMAN
An Ukrainian woman kneels before riot policemen during ongoing pro-European protests near the Cabinet of Ministers building during a protest in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, 25 November 2013. EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
Debris of the Boeing 777, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, with 29 people on board which crashed after apparently being shot down over the eastern Ukraine region near Donetsk, Ukraine, 17 July 2014. EPA-EFE/ALYONA ZYKINA
Fernandinho of Brazil reacts after a goal scored by Toni Kroos of Germany during the FIFA World Cup 2014 semi final match between Brazil and Germany at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 08 July 2014. EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
World leaders including EU Commission Jean Claude Juncker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande (C), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah of Jordan, Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko walk at the start of a march to honour victims of the terrorist attacks at Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket, in Paris, France, 11 January 2015. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND
Ana Beatriz, a baby girl with microcephaly, a condition that has seen increasing cases in regions where the Zika virus has been spreading, celebrates her fourth months in Lagoa do Carro, Pernambuco, Brazil, on 08 February 2016. EPA-EFE/PERCIO CAMPOS
A truck stands on a part of the collapsed Morandi bridge the day after the disaster in Genoa, Italy, 15 August 2018. EPA-EFE/LUCA ZENNARO
Protesters wearing gas masks react after the police fired tear gas during an anti-government rally against an extradition bill to China, in Tsuen Wan, in Hong Kong, China, 25 August 2019. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
A general view of the damaged coastal town of Marabut of Eastern Samar Province, after typhoon Haiyan hit the region, Philippines, 21 November 2013. EPA-EFE/ROLEX DELA PENA
A document being exchanged between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (2-R) and North Korean leader's sister Kim Yo Jong (2-L) moments after it was signed by President Donald J. Trump (R) and North Korean Chairmain Kim Jong-un (L) during their first meeting, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore, 12 June 2018. EPA-EFE/KEVIN LIM / THE STRAITS TIMES EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading 'School strike for the climate', during a protest against climate change outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, 30 November 2018. EPA-EFE/HANNA FRANZEN
A Yemeni woman holds her malnourished child as he receives treatment as 1.8 to 2.8 million children are in acute food insecurity as the ongoing conflict causes food and fuel prices to soar, at the malnutrition treatment center, in Sana'a, Yemen, 06 October 2018. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees enter Bangladesh from Budichong, Myanmar through the Palongkhali border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 09 October 2017, after crossing the Naf river. EPA-EFE/ABIR ABDULLAH
CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (R) takes his seat to testify before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on 'Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 10 April 2018. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
Debris as search and rescue workers are at the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 after the co-pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft, above the town of Seyne-les-Alpes, southeastern France, 26 March 2015. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
Megan Rapinoe of the USA celebrates after scoring a goal during the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 final match between the USA and the Netherlands in Lyon, France, 07 July 2019. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy where he had been staying since 2012 in London, Britain, 19 May 2017. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May cries as she makes a statement announcing she would resign from office on 07 June 2019, amid the gridlock with MPs over her handling of Brexit, at Downing Street in London in Britain, 24 May 2019. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
FC Barcelona's Argentinian striker Lionel Messi (up) is tossed in the air by his teammates after he marked his 253rd goal in La Liga, breaking the league's top scoring record, during the Spanish Primera Division soccer match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at Camp Nou in Barcelona, north-eastern Spain, 22 November 2014. EPA-EFE/ANDREU DALMAU
Saudi official opens the door to the Saudi consulate where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Istanbul, Turkey, 07 October 2018. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN
Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica celebrates after winning the men's 100m final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 August 2016. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON
Smoke rises from the fire at the Grenfell Tower apartment block in North Kensington, London, Britain, 14 June 2017. EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER
Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at a New York City police department precinct to turn himself in to face multiple charges related to allegations of sexual assault in New York, New York, USA, 25 May 2018. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
A large crowd gathers to lay flowers and candles for the victims after 130 people were killed and hundreds injured in the terror attacks which targeted the Bataclan concert hall, the Stade de France national sports stadium, and several restaurants and bars, in front of the Carillon restaurant in Paris, France, 15 November 2015. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
People try to free a man from the rubble of a destroyed building after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 April 2015. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) between the military demarcation line (MDL), at the Joint Security Area (JSA) on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, 27 April 2018. EPA-EFE/KOREA SUMMIT PRESS POOL
A dead sheep lies in a dry and dusty field of a failed crop due to ongoing dorught near Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 14 August 2018. EPA-EFE/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OU
Syrian soldiers patrol at the Yarmouk Camp district in south Damascus, Syria, 22 May 2018. EPA-EFE/YOUSSEF BADAWI
US Sergeant Brandt (L) of 4th Squad 73rd Cavalry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division makes a biometric control on a potencial suspect during a search operation at a ex-Taliban compound in Shewan, Farah province, Afghanistan, 31 May 2010. EPA-EFE/TIAGO PETINGA
Iraqi displaced people flee their houses due to the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic state group (IS) at an old city area, western Mosul, Iraq, 05 July 2017. EPA-EFE/OMAR ALHAYALI
President-elect Donald J. Trump (C) arrives to be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2017. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO