The second collection of images from 2012 once again brought us nature at its full force and beauty along with news and daily life coming from countries like Russia, Syria, Egypt, England, India and Italy. The following is a compilation - not meant to be comprehensive in any way - of images from the second 4 months of 2012. Please see part 1 from Monday and here's part 3. -- Lloyd Young ( 47 photos total)
Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the United States side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on June 15. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
- 2012 Olympic Games
- 82nd Airborne Division
- Afghanistan
- afghanistan africa
- Ahmed Shafiq
- Air Force Academy
- Aleppo
- Alex Druzhinin
- Alex Sullivan
- Alliant Energy
- Andrew Kelly
- ARNO BURGI
- Arno Burgi/European Pressphoto Agency
- Associated Press
- Atlanta
- Aurora
- Baje-Baj
- Bangladesh
- bank
- Bashar al-Assad
- Bhaktapur
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Boston Globe
- Cairo
- California
- California Institute for Women
- Chicago
- China
- Chino
- Cinco De Mayo
- Colorado
- Colorado Springs
- Cori Walters
- Crisis
- Dandong
- Daniel Berehulak
- Doug
- Dresden
- Dubuque
- East Dublin
- Egypt
- Elbe
- Elizabeth II
- Emilia-Romagna
- energy crisis
- Erik S. Lesser
- Erik S. Lesser/European Pressphoto Agency
- France
- Gabrielle Douglas
- Gary Hershorn
- Gateway High School
- Gene Blevins
- Germany
- Get On The Bus
- Getty Images
- Ginger Buchanan
- Giorgio Benvenuti
- government-supplied electricity
- Guangdong
- Hannah
- Horseshoe Falls
- Hosni Mubarak
- Hwanggumpyong Island
- India
- Indonesia
- Indonesian government
- Intrepid Sea
- Iowa
- Italy
- Jake Beaudoin
- Jamie Squire
- Japan
- Jessica Rinaldi
- Jim Urquhart
- Jim Watson
- JOE KLAMAR
- Justin Sullivan
- Kandahar
- Karachi
- Keelboats
- Kevin Lamarque
- Kolkata
- Korean peninsula
- Let it Snow
- Lloyd Young
- Local media
- London
- Los Angeles
- Lucy Nicholson
- Macon College
- Manila
- Marina Alabau
- Mark Blinch
- Maxim Shipenkov/European Pressphoto Agency
- May Day
- Michael Chow
- Michael Nagle
- Michelle Obama
- Mikhail Voskresensky
- Mohamad Morsi
- Mohamed Morsi
- Montana Horses
- Moscow
- Mother's Day
- Mother's Day
- Mumbai
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Cadet Corps
- Nepal
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York City
- Niagara Falls
- Nik Wallenda
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- northeast China
- northern Germany
- northern Italy
- NY Times Co.
- Occupy Wall Street
- olive oil
- Ontario
- Ousted Egyptian
- Paul Ryan
- Paula Bronstein
- Philippines
- Phoenix
- Pleasant
- Po River Valley
- Qingdao
- Ramadan
- religion science society sports technology
- religion science society sports technology
- Roberto Schmidt
- Russia
- Sao Paulo
- Scott G. Winterton
- Searchlight
- Shamil Zhumatov
- Shandong
- Sichaun
- Siegfried Modola
- Sinuiju
- Somebody Told Me
- South Korea
- South Sulawesi
- southern Afghanistan
- southwest China
- Spain
- Srinagar
- steel
- Stephane Mahe
- Syria
- the 1996 Summer Olympics
- The Arizona Republic
- The Dark Knight Rises
- The Deseret News
- the Summer Redneck Games
- Three Forks
- Tom Sullivan
- Tour De France
- Turkish Embassy
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Army
- Utah
- Varzaqan
- Victory Day
- Vivek Prakash
- Vladimir Putin
- West Dover
- West Orange
- Western United States
- Workers Day
- Yusuf Ahmad
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