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Yearender 2011 – The Year in Pictures

To illustrate the most important developments in 2011 epa offers you a selection of its professionally edited service. Just click on the images below to find the collection for the respective month.

Protesters show a banner saying 'I have a dream, Tunisia free' and shout slogans during a protest against Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali , in Tunis, Tunisia, 14 January 2011, after Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's address to the nation. According to media reports, Tunisia President Ben Ali said, in his 13 January evening address to the nation, that he would not seek another term in office. He also admitted that he had mishandled a spreading wave of unrest and promised democratic refo

January
Deon Fourie from the Stormers (L) is tackled by Joshua Strauss from the Lions (R) during their Super Rugby match ​in Cape Town, South Africa 26 February 2011. EPA/NIC BOTHMA

February
Japanese medical personnel check a mother and son for radiation exposure in Kawamata village, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, 14 March 2011. Radiation levels at a damaged nuclear power plant at Fukushima, 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, were rising well above the legal limits, top government spokesman Yukio Edano said. Reactors at the Fukushima I and II plants lost their cooling functions after power and backup generators were cut off by the quake on 11 March 2011. EPA/ASAHI SHIMBUN

March
The newly-wed couple Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, 29 April 2011. The bride wears a v-neck Alexander McQueen gown, designed by creative director Sarah Burton and a 1936 Cartier halo tiara lent to her by Queen Elizabeth. The newly-wed couple traveled in the 1902 State Landau carriage which was built for King Edward VII for his coronation. EPA/KERIM OKTEN

April
IMF director general Dominique Strauss-Kahn (2nd R) is escorted out of a New York City Police station after being arrested for allegedly sexually attacking a hotel maid in New York, New York, USA, 15 May 2011. Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody for questioning related to the allegations by the New York City Police Department on Saturday after he boarded a plane for Paris, France, at John F. Kennedy International airport. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT **RESIZED IMAGE**

May
A Somali mother holds her severely malnourished baby boy at a clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Dagahaley camp, one of three camps that make up sprawling Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya, 17 June 2011. According to MSF, the malnutrition rate among newly arrived infants in Dadaab was nine percent, while three percent of them were severely so that they are at risk of death. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA

June
Huang Xuechen and Liu Ou of China compete in the Technical Duet finals synchronised swimming event at the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships, in Shanghai, China, 18 July 2011. The Chinese duo won silver in the event. EPA/BARBARA WALTON

July
British riot police walk by a burning building in Croydon, London, Britain, 08 August 2011, during the third day of violence in which police have clashed with rioters in Croydon and vehicles have been set on fire in Peckham and Lewisham. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

August
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, 11 September 2011. EPA/JUSTIN LANE / POOL

September
Steve Vilot (2-R) and Matthew Ketchum (2-L) give haircuts to two men wearing aprons with the names of banks on the front as part of an action called 'The Banks Need a Haircut' at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, New York, USA, 24 October 2011. The Occupy Wall Street movement has spawned similar protests across the United States and around the world. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

October
Prima ballerina Olga Gaiko of the National Academic Bolshoi Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus performs the White Swan during a press preview of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' at the Principal Theatre in Zaragoza, Spain, 23 November 2011. The Belorussian company staged 'Swan Lake' and 'La Sylphide (The Sylph)' in Zaragoza on 26 and 27 November. EPA/JAVIER CEBOLLADA

November
Opposition supporters hold an installation depicting Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev in a prison cell, during a rally to protest against violations at the parliamentary elections and the policies conducted by current Russian authorities in St. Petersburg, Russia, 18 December 2011. The words read, 'For usurpation of power'. The election, in which the United Russia party of Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won just under 50 per cent of the vote, have prompted mas

December

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