The second collection of images from 2011 once again brought us nature at its full force with floods, drought, wild fires, tornadoes and spectacular images of volcanic eruptions. The death of Osama bin Laden, the attack on an island in Norway by a lone gunman, continued fighting in Libya, and protests around the globe were a few of the news events dominating the headlines. -- Lloyd Young Please see part 1 from Monday and watch for part 3 Friday. (45 photos total)
A cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 5. Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in half a century on June 4, 2011, prompting evacuations for 3,500 people as it sent a cloud of ash that reached Argentina. The National Service of Geology and Mining said the explosion that sparked the eruption also produced a column of gas 10 kilometers (six miles) high, hours after warning of strong seismic activity in the area. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images) )
- Abdulrahman Abshir
- Adnan Abidi
- Afghanistan
- afghanistan africa
- Aisha Gadhafi
- al-Qaeda
- Albemarle
- Alberto Contador
- Amy Winehouse
- Apache National Forest
- Argentina
- Arizona
- Athens
- Banadir hospital
- Barack Obama
- Ben Vandandaigue
- Bill Borghoff
- Billy Stinson
- Birmingham
- blamed rising food
- Bnei Brak
- Bosnia
- Britain
- Canada
- Cape Canaveral
- Carl Court
- Chile
- China
- China Daily
- CLAUDIO SANTANA
- Dallas Mavericks
- DANIEL ROLAND
- Dirk Nowitzki
- Don Emmert
- Dublin
- Dylan Martinez
- Elizabeth II
- Eric Thayer
- Erin Stinson
- Ethiopia
- European Union
- Ex-Bosnian Serb army
- FIFA
- Fisher Lake
- Florida
- food
- food aid
- Football World Cup
- France
- Frankfurt
- Germany
- Getty Images
- Golan Heights
- Golan Heights
- Goran Tomasevic
- Greece
- Greer
- Gustav Wilhelmsen
- Hassan Ammar/Associated Press
- Hillary Clinton
- Homare Sawa
- Hubei
- Independence Day
- India
- International Criminal Tribunal
- International Monetary Fund
- iPhone
- Ireland
- Irish Sea
- Israel
- Ivan Aguinaga/Associated Press
- James Akena
- Japan
- Jason Terry
- Joe Biden
- Joe Raedle
- John Moore
- Joplin
- Kandahar
- Katlyn Wilkins
- Kennedy Space Center
- Kenya
- Lady Reading hospital
- Liberation Army
- Libya
- LIONEL BONAVENTURE
- Lloyd Young
- London
- Majdal Shams
- Mark Blinch
- Memphis
- Miami
- Miami Heat
- Mike Brown/Associated Press
- Mikheil Saakashvili
- Misrata
- Mississippi
- Mississippi River
- Missouri
- Moammar Gadhafi
- Mogadishu
- Mohammed Salem
- National Basketball Association
- National Service of Geology and Mining
- NBA championship
- New Mexico
- New York
- Norway
- Norwegian Labour party
- NY Times Co.
- oil prices
- Olympic Games
- Osama bin Laden
- Oslo
- Oslo police
- Pakistan
- Pamplona
- Pete Souza
- Phoenix
- Puyehue volcano
- Qiantang River
- rail network
- Ramadan
- Ratko Mladic
- Rebel
- religion science society sports technology
- religion science society sports technology
- Reuters
- Riot police
- Robert Gates
- Roberto Schmidt
- rubber bullets
- San Angelo
- Santiago
- Scott Olson
- Serge Ligtenberg
- Siliguri
- Somalia
- Spain
- state media
- Sudan
- Sveinung Sponheim
- Syria
- Taliban
- tear gas
- Tennessee
- Texas
- the 2011 Tour de France
- The Big Picture
- The Commercial Appeal
- the Hague
- the NBA Finals
- The Netherlands
- the Stanley Cup Finals
- Tour De France
- Tripoli
- U.S. government
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United States
- Utaoya island
- Utoeya
- Vancouver
- Vancouver Canucks
- War
- Washington, DC
- White House
- Wolf River
- Wuhan
- Yoweri Museveni
- Zhejiang
The best photos of 2011 from around the globe. Warning: All images in this entry are shown in full, not screened out for graphic content. Some images contain dead bodies, graphic content and tragic events. We consider these images an important part of human history.
- 2012 Olympic Games
- Abdulrahman Abshir
- Abu Dhabi
- Adam Pretty
- Afghanistan
- Al Abdullah Saleh
- Alexander Samokutyaev
- Ali Abdullah Saleh
- Aljosa Krivec
- Amanda Knox
- Amri hospital
- Andrey Borisenko
- Aoti Aquatics Centre
- Arizona
- Arlington
- Ashoura
- Asia
- Asian Games
- Athens
- Atlantic City
- Ayutthaya
- Banadir hospital
- Barack Obama
- Barcelona
- Belgium
- Berlin
- Bihar
- Billy Stinson
- Blackpool
- Brandie Barbiere
- Cairo
- California
- Cambodia
- Capitol and Civic Center
- Captured
- car pile
- Carlos Costly
- Centennial
- Central Asia
- China
- Christopher Furlong
- Colorado
- Coronado
- Craig F. Walker
- Dallas Cowboys
- Dan Wheldon
- Daniel Berehulak
- Davis
- Davis Police
- Delaware
- Denver
- DENVER POST
- Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
- Donnie Jones
- Douglas
- Dover
- Egypt
- Egypt's military
- Emilio Morenatti
- Erin Stinson
- Ethan Miller
- Expedition
- Ezra Shaw
- Florida
- Formula One Grand Prix
- Frank Augstein
- Gabrielle Douglas
- Germany
- Getty Images
- Getty Images
- Greece
- Guangzhou
- Heng Sinith
- High Wycombe
- Honda
- Honduras
- India
- Indiana
- Indianapolis
- Indy
- Italy
- Japan
- Jimmy Leeward
- Joey Foley
- John Holzhauer
- John Moore
- John Pike
- JONATHAN NACKSTRAND
- Jose Tomas
- Joshua Lott/The New York Times
- Julio Cortez
- Justin Lane
- Kabul
- Kampong Thom
- Kazakhstan
- Khalil Hamra
- Kolkata
- Kuni Takahashi/The New York Times
- Las Vegas
- law enforcement officers
- Libya
- London
- M. Djamil hospital
- Majid Saeedi
- Manila
- Marc Serota
- Maritime New Zealand
- Mark Wilson
- Martinsburg
- Mary Schwartz
- Maryland
- MASSOUD HOSSAINI
- Matt Dunham
- Mauricio Lima/The New York Times
- media representatives
- Meredith Kercher
- Mexico
- Milliken
- Milos Bicanski
- Misrata
- Moammar Gadhafi
- Mogadishu
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Transitional Council
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York City
- New Zealand
- Newark
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- North Carolina
- Ocean City
- oil
- oil tanker
- Olivia Holzhauer
- Pablo Martinez Monsivais
- Paolo Cito
- Patna
- Paul Gilham
- Paula Bronstein
- Perugia court
- Peter Macdiarmid
- Phnom Penh
- Raffaele Sollecito
- Ramadan
- Rani
- Rich Thompson
- Rina Castelnuovo/The New York Times
- river Ganges
- Robert David Peraza
- Robert Laberge
- Robert Peraza
- Rojuna Industrial
- Ron Agnir
- Ron Garan
- Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara Honda
- Samokuttayevare
- Sanaa
- Scott Olson
- Sean Gallup
- Sebastian Vettel
- Sirte
- Slovenia
- Socialist government
- Somalia
- Spa-Francorchamps
- Spain
- Spencer Platt
- St. Louis Rams
- Stock photography
- Stockholm
- T-28
- Tarana Akbari
- Tauranga
- tear gas
- Ted Aljibe
- Texas
- Thailand
- the New York Times
- the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
- The Denver Post
- the F1 Grand Prix
- the New York Times
- the Philippines
- Tokyo
- Tom Shaw
- U.S. Embassy
- U.S. government
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United States
- University of California, Davis
- Ward Howes
- Washington
- Wayne Tilcock
- West Bank
- West Virginia
- White House
- Will Power
- World Cup 2012
- World Trade Center
- Yemen
- Zhezkazgan
Billy Stinson (L) comforts his daughter Erin Stinson as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed yesterday by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. “We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset,” said Erin afterward.
Hurricane Irene moved along the east coast causing heavy flooding damage as far north as Vermont and shutting down the entire New York mass transit system.
- Albemarle
- Alexis Noa
- Andrea Morales/The New York Times
- Andrew Burton
- Antonia Schreiber
- AP Photo/The Asbury Park Press
- Ashley Catapano
- Atlantic hurricane season
- Atlantic Ocean
- Barack Obama
- Bettina Hansen/Hartford Courant
- Betty Walsh
- Bill Tiernan
- Billy Stinson
- Board of Education
- Boston
- Branford
- Breech Inlet
- Brendan Hoffman
- Brendon Morris
- Broad Channel
- Brooklyn Heights
- Captured
- car train
- Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times
- Cathy Zuraw
- Centreville
- Charles Eckert
- Chesapeake Bay
- Chloe Waterfield
- Chris Connelly
- Christian Chan
- Christopher Valentine
- Chuck Liddy
- Clark
- Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant
- Coinjock
- Coney Island
- Connecticut
- Continental airlines
- Cox
- Craig Busick
- Craig Ruttle
- Dare County
- David Alan Harvey
- Delaware
- Disaster
- East Coast
- east coast
- East Hampton
- East Haven
- East River
- electricity
- Elise Amendola
- Elizabeth Nguyen
- EMMANUEL DUNAND
- ERIN COX
- Erin Stinson
- Fairfield Beach
- Farmington River
- financial network
- Florida
- Folly Beach
- Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
- Freeport
- George Driscoll
- Gerry Broome
- Getty Images
- Goose Creek Island
- Gordon M. Grant/The New York Times
- Hamilton Beach
- HAMPTON BAYS
- Head hill
- Herman Noa
- historic covered bridge
- Hoboken
- Holly Gandron
- home
- Housatonic River
- Hurricane Emily
- Hurricane Irene
- Hurricane Katrina
- Intermediate School
- Irene Monday
- Isaac Morris
- Jackie Sparnackel
- James Estrin/The New York Times
- James M. Patterson
- Jane Jordan
- Jean Baptista
- Jeff Goad
- Jeremy M. Lange/The New York Times
- Jessica Hill
- Jim Gerrity
- Jim Lang
- Jim Watson
- Joe Raedle
- John Karavas
- John Weglarz
- Karly Domb Sadof
- Kathy Kmonicek
- Kill Devil hill
- Kitty Hawk
- Lebanon
- Leonard Runnells
- Liles Eanes
- Lisa Gerrity
- Long Beach
- Lorton
- Los Angeles Times
- Louis Davis
- Lowland
- Maine
- MANASQUAN
- Manasquan Inlet
- Marcus Yam/The New York Times
- Mario Tama
- Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant
- Mark Wilson
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Matt Rourke
- Matthew Gandron
- Michael Appleton/The New York Times
- Michael Bloomberg
- Michael Loccisano
- Mike Groll
- Mike Stobe
- Milford
- Millbury
- Monroe
- Montauk
- Morris Island
- Nadine Noa
- Nags Head
- Nags Head hill
- Nags hill
- Nancy Zakhary
- Nathaniel Brooks/The New York Times
- National Park Service
- National Weather Service
- New City
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York
- New York City
- Newark
- Newport
- Newsday
- Nick Krashefski
- Norristown
- North Carolina
- North Carolina coast
- Northfield
- Ocean City
- Pat Sterner
- Patrick Catapano
- Paul Kapteyn
- Penn Athletic Club on Boathouse Row
- personnel search
- Peru
- Peter Carr
- Philadelphia
- Pine Creek
- Polina Yamshchikov
- Pond Point Beach
- Radio City
- Raleigh
- Rhonda Woods
- Robert Nickelsberg
- Robert Ray
- Robert Stolarik/The New York Times
- Rye Brook
- Sabra Nethercutt
- Sandy Macys
- Sanford
- Sara D. Davis
- Sarah Bates
- Schuylkill River
- Scott Olson
- Seward Park High School
- Shawn Rocco
- Skylr Peele
- Sophie Waterfield
- South Carolina
- Spencer Platt
- Springfield
- Stacey Catapano
- STEPHEN CHERNIN
- Steve Earley
- Stony Creek
- Stratford
- Surf City
- Taylor West
- the New York Times
- The Asbury Park Press
- The Connecticut Post
- The Journal News
- The News & Observer
- The News Journal
- The Post And Courier
- The Valley News
- The Virginian-Pilot
- The Windham Spa
- Thomas A. Ferrara
- Thomas P. Costello
- Tim Vetter
- Tim Waterfield
- TOBY JORRIN
- Toby Talbot
- Trenton
- Trenton Transit Center
- United States
- US east coast
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Virginia Beach
- Volvo
- Waitsfield
- Washington
- Weather
- William Thomas Cain
- Windsor
- Winslow Townson
- Worcester
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Hurricane Irene wound up by most estimates as one of the top ten most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States since 1980. While ultimately not as powerful as many had predicted, the storm still killed at least 27 people along its path from the Caribbean to the eastern seaboard. Transportation was shut down all along the east coast, stranding residents and tourists in shelters, airports, and train stations. More than 5.8 million customers lost electricity, thousands of flights were cancelled, flooding washed out roads and destroyed homes, and evacuation orders were issued for hundreds of thousands. Gathered here are pictures from the Hurricane's path. -- Lane Turner (44 photos total)
Billy Stinson comforts his daughter Erin Stinson as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood on August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, N.C. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
- Acklins island
- Afghanistan
- afghanistan africa
- Albemarle
- Allison Joyce
- Andrew Robinson
- Barco
- Barry Gurley
- Bennington Banner
- Bennington Police
- Berlin
- Bill Tiernan
- Billy Stinson
- Board of Education
- Bosnia
- Boston
- Boynton Beach
- Boynton Beach inlet
- Brendan Hoffman
- Caribbean
- Carolinas
- Casey Robinson
- Centreville
- Chelsea Matiash
- Chris Urso/Tampa Tribune
- Chuck Liddy
- Columbia
- Cove
- Craig Busick
- Crooked island
- Dagsboro
- Delaware
- Denise Robinson
- Des Moines
- Dominican Republic
- Don Brown
- east coast
- electricity
- electronics
- Erin Stinson
- Farid Elattar
- Florida
- Frisco
- Getty Images
- Goose Creek Island
- Henry Walker
- her mother Suksan Chanthasri
- Hurricane Irene
- Indian River High School
- Iowa
- iPhone
- Irene Lived Up
- Ivan
- J. Scott Applewhite
- Jack Holloway
- Jackie Sparnackel
- Janie Gibbs
- Jim R. Bounds
- Jim Watson
- Joe Raedle
- John Bazemore
- John Rottet
- Julio Cortez
- Krishna Janmashtami
- Lane Turner
- Lewis
- Libya
- Lincoln
- Long Beach
- Lowland
- Maine
- Manteo
- Marjorie Anders
- Marjorie Anders/NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- Mark Wade
- Mark Wilson
- Maryland
- Matthew J. Lee
- Mel Evans
- Michael Dwyer
- Misjudged Structure
- Nagua
- Naguabo
- National Hurricane Center in Miami
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- New Bedford
- New Brunswick
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York
- New York City
- Next Move
- Nick Siragusa
- Norfolk
- North Carolina
- Norview High School
- Nova Scotia
- Noy Chanthasri
- NY Times Co.
- Ocean City
- P-3 Orion
- Pat Carter
- Pat Wellenbach
- Paul Doucette
- Portland
- public transportation
- Puerto Rico
- Red Cross
- religion science society sports technology
- religion science society sports technology
- Ricardo Arduengo
- Richard Howell
- Rick Meehan
- Roberto Guzman
- Rockaway Beach
- Sara D. Davis
- Scott Olson
- Southampton
- Stephen Morton
- Steve Egbert
- Steve Helber
- Sue Holloway
- Suksan Chanthasri
- Teresa Desmond
- Thailand
- the Bahamas
- The News & Observer
- The News Journal
- The Virginian-Pilot
- TIMOTHY A. CLARY
- Trenton
- United States
- Vancouver
- Virginia
- Virginia Beach
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington, DC
- Weather
- Winslow Townson
- Woodford