2011: The Year in Photos (The Atlantic - In Focus)

[pokerfan]

2011 was a year of global tumult, marked by widespread social and political uprisings, economic crises, and a great deal more. We saw the fall of multiple dictators, welcomed a new country (South Sudan), witnessed our planet's population grow to 7 billion, and watched in horror as Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear disaster. From the Arab Spring to Los Indignados to Occupy Wall Street, citizens around the world took to the streets in massive numbers, protesting against governments and financial institutions, risking arrest, injury, and in some cases their lives.





Many more at the links (120 images in all)...
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/2011-the-year-in-photos-part-1-of-3/100203
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/2011-the-year-in-photos-part-2-of-3/100204
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/2011-the-year-in-photos-part-3-of-3/100205

[pokerfan]

1. kicking for the daytime peeps

:hi:

[Earth_First]

2. Your second image is absolutely surreal... n/t

[pokerfan]

3. Yeah

I remember seeing that when it happened. Absolutely bizarre.

[justiceischeap]

4. Why do they feel the need to cover up the first photo but not the second? *GRAPHIC*

Personally, I find the second image much more offensive than the first.

[pokerfan]

5. Who knows

It seems arbitrary.