In this post, featuring images from the last quarter of 2011, we remember a tumultuous year of change across the globe, the capture of Khadafi, the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the passing of Apple icon Steve Jobs, fire, famine, flood and protests. A memorable year, indeed. -- Paula Nelson -- Please see part 1 and part 2 from earlier. (EDITOR'S NOTE: We will not post a Big Picture on Monday, December 26, due to the Christmas Holiday ) (51 photos total)
A defaced portrait of fugitive Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in Tripoli on Sept. 1, 2011 as the fallen strongman vowed again not to surrender in a message broadcast on the 42nd anniversary of the coup which brought him to power. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images)
- 1st Cavalry Division
- Adem Altan
- Afghan army
- Afghanistan
- afghanistan africa
- Alexander Demianchuk
- alleged renegade trader
- Amanda Knox
- An
- Android
- Apostolos Polyzonis
- Apple
- Arizona
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Aviation Regiment
- Ayutthaya
- Azra Karaduman
- Bangkok
- bank
- bank branch
- Barack Obama
- Bastrop
- BEHROUZ MEHRI
- Belarus
- Bellefonte
- Benghazi
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Boeing
- Boeing 767
- Bosnia
- Britain
- Brussels
- Cairo
- California
- Camp Virginia
- Carlos Barria
- Centre County Magisterial District
- Charlie Company
- China
- China Business Journal
- China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
- Chongqing
- Chongqing
- Christophe Archambault
- CONCORD
- Conrad Murray
- Coronado
- crash site
- David Cameron
- Davis
- Davis Police
- DC
- Don Spindler
- Economy of Zimbabwe
- Egypt
- Eisenhower
- Ercis
- Eric Gay/Associated Press
- European Commission
- European Council
- European Union
- Evansville
- false accounting
- France
- Frederic J. Brown
- Gabrielle Giffords
- gas deal
- gas imports
- George Papandreou
- Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky
- Getty Images
- Getty Images
- Gilad Shalit
- Grahm Spanier
- Greece
- Guatemala City
- Gulzade Karaduman
- Haiti
- Hamas
- Helmand
- High Court in London
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Hosni Mubarak
- Hubei
- Indiana
- iPhone
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jason Clark
- Jean-Claude Juncker
- Jerry Sandusky
- Jim Watson
- Jimmy Carter
- Joe Biden
- Joe Paterno
- John Henson
- John Pike
- Joseph Mwangi
- Julian Assange
- Kenya
- Kiev Pechersky court
- Kuwait
- Kweku Adoboli
- Legion of Merit
- Leogane
- Leon Panetta
- Leslie A. Dutchcot
- Libya
- London
- London Magistrates Court in London
- London Stock Exchange
- Los Angeles
- Luxembourg
- Luxor
- Mahmud Turkia
- Mario Monti
- Mark Kelly
- Maxim Shipenkov/Associated Press
- Meredith Kercher
- michael jackson
- Michelle Obama
- Minsk
- Moamer Kadhafi
- mobile phones
- Moscow
- Muammar Khadafi
- Mustafa Abdel Jalil
- Myanmar
- Nairobi
- National Transitional Council
- NCAA
- NCAA
- New Hampshire
- New York
- New York Times
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Nonthaburi
- North Carolina
- North Korea
- NY Times Co.
- Occupy London Stock Exchange
- Ousted Egyptian
- Palestine
- Palestinian Authority
- Patrick Baz
- Paula Nelson
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Office
- Perugia court
- Philippe Desmazes
- Philippe Wojazer
- police car
- Prime Minister Cameron
- Red Crescent
- religion science society sports technology
- religion science society sports technology
- Rick Perry
- Rodion Kireyev
- Rome
- Rosalynn
- Russia
- scrap metal
- Seniha Karaduman
- SERGEI SUPINSKY
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Sirte
- St. Petersburg
- State College
- State House
- Steve Jobs
- Sweden
- Taliban
- Tel Aviv
- Texas
- Thailand
- the China Business Journal
- The Evansville Courier & Press
- TIMOTHY A. CLARY
- Tripoli
- Turkey
- UBS
- Ukraine
- United Nations
- United Nations General Assembly
- United States
- United States Army
- University of California, Davis
- US Secret Service
- Volga River
- Warsaw
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington, DC
- water
- Wayne Tilcock
- White House
- Wonsan
- World Trade Center
- Yangon
- Yulia Tymoshenko
- Zimbabwean dollar
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
Indian artists Kandha Panday, right, and Shiva Sharma dressed as Hindu god Rama and his brother Lakshman have paint applied to their faces ahead of a religious procession during the Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. The Dussehra festival commemorates the victory of Rama over Ravana, an evil ruler who had abducted [...]
- Aaron Favila
- Afghanistan
- Allahabad
- Amanda Knox
- America
- Anupam Nath
- Apple Inc
- Armed Forces Day
- Arshad Butt
- Association of Parents of Children
- Bani Walid
- Bavaria
- Bela Szandelszky
- Bill Gaytten
- Brazil
- Bulacan
- California
- chemotherapy
- China
- Chris Carlson
- coordinated media
- Curt Knox
- Edda Mellas
- Esteban Felix
- Felipe Dana
- food
- Francois Mori
- Gaile Owens
- Gauhati
- Geneva
- Germany
- Getty Images
- Hangzhou
- Hindu mythology
- Hinduism
- India
- Indian
- iPhone
- iPod
- Islamabad
- Israel
- John Galliano
- John Minchillo
- Kabul
- Karim Sahib
- Kin Cheung
- Kuala Lumpur
- La Mascota Children's Hospital
- Lake Geneva
- Lakshman
- Lakshmana
- Lausanne
- Lee Jin-man
- Libya
- Linda Oakley
- Los Angeles
- Malaysia
- Managua
- Manila
- Maria Jose Martinez
- Mark Humphrey
- Mark Lennihan
- Matthias Schrader
- Meredith Kercher
- Moammar Gadhafi
- Muhammed Muheisen
- Munich
- Nashville
- National Transitional Council
- New York
- Nicaragua
- Nick Whitmer
- nonprofit
- Occupy Wall Street
- Oded Balilty
- Oktoberfest
- Oktoberfest
- paint
- Pakistan
- Paris
- Pasadena
- Philippines
- Pictures of the Week
- Quetta
- Rai
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Rakshasa
- Rama
- Rama
- Ramayana
- Ravana
- retail store
- Rio de Janeiro
- River Brahmaputra
- ROBYN BECK
- Rock in Rio
- Save
- Seattle
- Seoul
- SHAH MARAI
- Shaima Akram
- Shamila
- Shiva Sharma
- Sirte
- Sita
- Sita Devi
- South Korea
- Steve Jobs
- Ted S. Warren
- Tel Aviv
- Tennessee
- the Rock in Rio
- Tripoli
- United States
- Vaishnavism
- Vijayadashami
- Washington
- Yom Kippur
- Zhejiang