TWENTY
TWENTY
a retrospective magazine looking at the events of the year 2011
Introduction Twenty 11 is a retrospective magazine that uses Creative Commons sourced photography to show a time line of events that happened in 2011, designed and written by Craig Baldwin. This is the second such magazine following on from what I learned in Twenty 10 which started out as an investigation into whether it was possible to source all the photography of a magazine through Creative Commons. I began work on Twenty 11 in May which allowed me to go deeper into the events of the year and create a much more complete representation of
keep
calm carry and
on
the year. It wasn’t like the mad rush of Twenty 10, the idea for it only came to me in November last time so I was limited to only being able to focus on ten major events. As with last year there are always limitations on what I can put in this magazine, I rely on the generosity of photographers around the world to put their work under a Creative Commons license. This generally requires a large amount of development in the country where the event is happening and media freedom hence why I was largely restricted from covering the events of Libya and Syria. I hope I haven’t missed any major happenings, I read the news everyday but living in the UK will obviously affect the coverage I receive, there will be regional differences in opinion as to whether an event is important enough to be featured but as the only person working on Twenty 11 I didn’t have the luxury of discussing it. I’ve largely avoided politics as well and reported on the events with as little bias as possible with a lot of credit going to Wikipedia for keeping me informed. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy Twenty 11 and have had a great 2011. Craig Baldwin, Editor
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About the designer I’m Craig Baldwin a print and web designer living and working on the south coast of England (at time of press). I started this magazine as a personal side project in May 2011 spending my own time gathering images, recording events, researching, designing, preparing for print and writing copy as a one man army dedicated to getting this project completed to the highest quality. Twenty 11 was published by Peake Press, a small print publisher focused on high quality limited availability printed products, visit http://peakepress.com/ for more. Once you’ve finished reading Twenty 11 why not visit my website to find out more about me and my work, see what I’m working on next on my Tumblr blog, follow me on Twitter or send me an email about whatever you like? Website:
http://craigbaldwin.com/
Tumblr: http://craigbaldwin.tumblr.com/ Twitter: @CraigBaldwin Email:
craigsbaldwin@gmail.com
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Contents January 8 February 18 March 34 April 50 May 66 June 72 July 80 August 94 September 106 October 114 November 122 December 128
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Egyptian Protests
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Japanese Tsunami
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Royal Wedding
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The Last Shuttle Mission
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England Riots
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#Occupy 108
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The events of
jan january 2011 8
January 8th •
US Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, along with eighteen others, by Jared Lee Loughner. January 9th - 15th
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Southern Sudan holds a referendum on independence paving the way for the creation of the new state in July. January 11th
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Flooding and mud slides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro kill more than 900. January 14th
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The Tunisian government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests; President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power. January 24th
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At least 36 people are killed and more than 100 others wounded in a bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.
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Current and previous pages: A referendum on independence took place in Southern Sudan. Even with 10 of the 79 counties suspended for exceeding 100% of the voter turnout Southern Sudan will become an independent nation. Photographer: Oxfam International
Location: Southern Sudan, Sudan
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Rio de Janeiro was hit by a series of floods and mud slides starting on the 11th of January that went on to kill 903 people and cause $1.2 billion in damages, some called it the worst natural disaster in Brazilian history. Photographer: Vladimir Platonow
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Current and previous pages: The Tunisian government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s 23 years in power who fled the country to Saudi Arabia. Photographers: Artem Nezvigin / cjb22
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
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On the 24th of January a suicide bomber detonated himself in the international arrivals hall of Moscow’s busiest airport, Domodedovo International, killing 37 people and injuring 180 more. Photographer: b-e-m
Location: Moscow, Russia
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The events of
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February 3rd •
Category 5 strength Cyclone Yasi makes landfall in Queensland, Australia causing $3 billion in damages. February 7th
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AOL purchases online publisher The Huffington Post in a $315 million deal. February 11th
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military until a general election can be held. February 22nd
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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits the Canterbury region in New Zealand killing 181 people. February 22nd - March 14th
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Uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes crude oil prices to rise 20% over a two-week period following the Arab Spring, causing the 2011 energy crisis.
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Current and previous pages: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi made landfall in northern Queensland, Australia on the 3rd of February with top speeds of 125mph and went on to cause 1 indirect death and $3 billion in damages. Photographers: NASA / Ben Houdijk
Location: Northern Queensland, Australia
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On the 7th of February AOL acquired the news website and content aggregating blog the Huffington Post for $315 million making its founder Arianna Huffington (pictured) editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group. Photographer: Citrix Online
Location: New York City, USA
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As the Arab Spring swept south from Tunisia, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak found himself the target of an extensive popular uprising throughout Egypt. For days the people of Egypt protested against his thirty year rule in a campaign of civil resistance featuring a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil disobedience, and labour strikes. The protests were not without violence
Egyptian protests
11.02.11 however with clashes between protestors and security forces killing at least 846 and leaving 6,000 injured. As Central Security Forces loyal to Mubarak were gradually replaced by the more restrained military violence subsided. After eighteen days Hosni Mubarak resigned from office , the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces was appointed to rule until elections could be held. People worry however that the military junta still rules to this day. Photographer: Zeinab Mohamed Location: Cairo, Egypt
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A boy wrapped in the flag of Egypt is part of a protest against the lack of USA support of those protesting against Mubarak’s regime in front of the Federal Building in Westwood, Los Angeles (29th January). Photographer: Asim Bharwani
Location: Los Angeles, USA
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People congregated in the streets of cities to campaign against police brutality, lack of free elections and freedom of speech, corruption, high unemployment, food price inflation, and low minimum wages. (29th January). Photographer: Ramy Raoof
Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Previous page: Protestors pelt the police with rocks in running battles on the streets of Cairo (29 th January). Current page: Tahrir Square, the focus of the protests, is visible on the right of this satellite image. Photographer: Ramy Raoof / DigitalGlobe
Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Social media was a strong influencing force in the Egyptian protests with 26 year-old Asmaa Mahfouz’s use proving instrumental in sparking the protests, she urged people to stand up against Mubarak and to not be afraid. Photographer: Steve Rhodes
Location: San Francisco, USA
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An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude
hit
the
district of Canterbury in New Zealand killing 181
people making it the second deadliest natural disaster in New Zealand, six months previously the same area had been hit by a 7.1 magnitude quake. Photographer: Nick Thompson Location: Canterbury, New Zealand
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The events of
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March 11th •
A 9.1 magnitude earthquake and resulting Tsunami hit the east of Japan killing over 15,000 with emergencies declared at four nuclear power plants. March 15th
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King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa declares a three-month state of emergency as troops from the Gulf Co-operation Council are sent to quell the civil unrest. March 17th
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The United Nations Security Council votes 10-0 to create a no-fly zone over Libya following government aggression against civilians. March 19th
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Military intervention authorised by UNSCR 1973 begins in Libya as French fighter jets makes recon flights.
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Japanese tsunami
11.03.11 The TĹ?hoku earthquake was a magnitude 9.0 quake that triggered a 40.5 metre tsunami which washed up to eight kilometres inland along the eastern coast of Japan. The earthquake is one of the five most powerful earthquakes ever recorded and moved the main island of Japan 2.4 metres east, shifting the Earth’s axis by as much as 25 centimetres. The tsunami left destruction in its wake and devastated the Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures. It killed 15,844 people, injured 5,893 with 3,394 still missing, and damaged or destroyed 125,000 buildings. It
also
caused
significant
nuclear
accidents at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant complex, with ongoing level 7 (the highest level) meltdowns at three reactors. Photographer: Dylan McCord Location: Sukuiso, Japan
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Previous spread: Debris fills the land in Ofunato during a search and recovery mission by Los Angeles Search and Rescue. Current page: A Japanese search and rescue team searches the rubble near a high-rise building. Photographers: Daniel St. Pierre / Alexander Tidd
Locations: Ofunato, Japan / Miyako, Japan
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Rodney Vaughan from the Fairfax County, Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue searches structures and debris for survivors in Kamaishi after it was hit by a tsunami triggered by the earthquake. Photographer: Jeremy Lock
Location: Kamaishi, Japan
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An
aerial
Japanese Self-Defense
view
of
Ground Force
personnel and disaster relief crews searching Sukuiso, Japan for victims in the rubble left behind by the tsunami. Photographer: Dylan McCord Location: Sukuiso, Japan
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Previous spread: Natural-colour image of the agricultural fields between the city of Sendai and Sendai Bay. (18th March). Current page: Aaron Wermy is scanned for radiation following the nuclear disaster of Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Photographer: NASA / Jonathan Steffen
Locations: Sendai, Japan / Aichi, Japan
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A bike lies on a cleared road in the ruins of Rikuzentakata in the Iwate prefecture of Japan which suffered the brunt of the tsunami that caused $235 billion in estimated damages making it the most expensive natural disaster ever. Photographer: Mitsukuni Sato
Location: Rikuzentakata, Japan
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Military
intervention
began on the 19th of March as fighter jets from the French Air Force
destroyed Gaddafi vehicles heading to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from US and British submarines severely crippling the Libyan air defence allowing a wider enforcement of the no-fly zone. Photographer: Nadine Y. Barclay Location: Aviano Air Base, Italy
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The events of
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April 11th •
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested in his home in Abidjan by supporters of elected President Alassane Ouattara with support from French forces thereby ending the Ivorian civil war. April 25-28th
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An extremely large and violent tornado outbreak in the USA popularly known as the 2011 Super Outbreak kills 322 and causes $10 billion in damages. April 29th
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An estimated two billion people watch the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
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Current and next spreads: An
extremely
large
tornado outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak
ever recorded, popularly known as the 2011 Super Outbreak, occurred from April 25th to 28th, 2011. The outbreak affected the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern
United
States,
leaving
catastrophic destruction in its wake, especially across the state of Alabama. Photographers: I Am Ming / VaDOT Locations: USA / Virginia, USA
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Royal Wedding
29.04.11 The engagement of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, to his long term girlfriend Catherine Middleton was announced on the 16th of November 2010. The Royal Wedding took place in Westminster Abbey
and
henceforth
Catherine
became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge. As Prince William was not heir apparent to the throne the wedding was not a full state occasion however it was still attended by 1,900 including most of the Royal Family as well as many foreign royals, diplomats, and the couple’s chosen personal guests. It took place on a bank holiday especially arranged for the wedding and attracted the world’s media. After the wedding the newly married couple made the traditional appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony and flypast before driving of in a classic Aston Martin DB6 Volante. They will continue to live in North Wales where Prince William is an RAF pilot. Photographer: Aurelien Guichard Location: London, UK
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The Union Jack is waved by onlookers on the day of the Royal Wedding. In celebration of the wedding an extra bank holiday was declared creating 2 four day weeks, which wasn’t universally popular with employers. Photographer: Gary Denness
Location: London, UK
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Over 5,000 street parties were hosted to celebrate the wedding in much the same way as for the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981 and no street party would be complete without cupcakes (1st May). Photographer: Ali Elangasinghe
Location: London, UK
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Previous spread: The royal carriage brings the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, to Westminster Abbey. Current page: The wedding was watched by 36.7 million people in the UK alone with tens of millions more abroad. Photographer: Gary Denness / Scorpions and Centaurs
Location: London, UK
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Current page: An Avro Lancaster, Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane gave a fly-past above Buckingham Palace. Next spread: The royal couple step out onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace where thousands waited to see their first kiss. Photographer: Dave Arquati / Magnus D
Location: London, UK
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The events of
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May 1st •
US President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group al-Qaeda, has been killed during an American military operation in Pakistan. May 4th & onwards
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The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging recorded along the US waterway in the past century. May 21st
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Iceland’s most active volcano Grímsvötn erupts, triggering 50 small earthquakes. May 26th
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Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia.
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Previous and current pages: With the announcement of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s death, at the hands of a Navy SEAL team, many Americans took to the streets of the US to celebrate the news, partying well into the night. Photographer: Andrew Bossi
Locations: Washington DC, USA
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The Mississippi River flooded in the months of April and May causing a comparable amount of damage to that of the great floods of 1927 and 1993; an estimated $2 to 4 billion along the US waterway. Photographer: Patrick Moes
Location: Mississippi, USA
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The events of
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June 4th •
Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate. June 5th
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh travels to Saudi Arabia for treatment of an injury sustained during an attack on the presidential palace.
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Set as the second day of pan-European demonstrations, it marked the 12th continuous day of demonstrations in Greece against austerity measures.
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June 12th Thousands of Syrians flee to Turkey as Syrian troops lay siege to Jisr ash-Shugur.
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The
Puyehue-Cordón
Caulle volcanic complex in Chile erupts in this view from space, spewing
a column of ash 5 miles into the air. The eruption caused the evacuation of at least 3,500 people while the ash cloud was blown across cities all around the Southern Hemisphere. Photographer: NASA Location: Chile, South America’s
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Previous and current pages: Ongoing demonstrations in Greece against austerity measures imposed as a result of the EU bailout attracted well over 200,000 demonstrators at Athens’ Syntagma Square. Photographer: Ggia
Location: Athens, Greece
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The protests in Greece also spread out across Europe with a second day of pan-European demonstrations taking place on the 5th of June as people continue to blame banks and governments for not acting to prevent the recession. Photographer: Ggia
Location: Athens, Greece
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The events of
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July 9th •
South Sudan secedes from Sudan, per the result of the independence referendum held in January. July 17th
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Japan wins the women’s world cup, beating the United States on penalties after a 2-2 draw. July 21st
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Space Shuttle Atlantis lands successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135, concluding NASA’s space shuttle program. July 22nd
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76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in Regjeringskvartalet (the government centre in Oslo) and shooting at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya.
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Previous and current pages: South Sudan became the 193rd nation on this day following the result of their referendum back in January in which 98.83% voted in favour of separating from Sudan. Photographers: ENOUGH Project / Sandra Macharia
Location: Juba, South Sudan
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The 2011 Women’s Football World Cup was the sixth Women’s tournament and was hosted in Germany. Sixteen nations entered with Japan emerging the winner against the USA (two time champions) with Sweden (pictured) coming 3rd. Photographer: Helgi Halldórsson
Location: Various, Germany
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As Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down in Florida it drew to a close the Space Shuttle Program and its thirty year and 135 mission history. Discovery was the first of the remaining shuttles to be retired on the 9 th of March, followed by Endeavour on the 1st of June, Challenger and Columbia were lost to a launch failure in 1986 and a re-entry failure in 2003 respectively. Their many major missions included launching
numerous
interplanetary
satellites
probes,
and
conducting
space science experiments, and 37 missions
constructing
and
servicing
the International Space Station. Until a suitable replacement is built, or commercial spacecraft become available, cargo and crew will use Russian Soyuz spacecraft for transfers.
The last shuttle mission
21.07.11
Photographer: NASA Location: Florida, USA
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Space Shuttle Atlantis launches from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on the STS-120 mission in this photo from the 28th of October 2007. The same launch pad was used in Atlantis’ last mission. Photographer: NASA
Location: Florida, USA
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Current page: Atlantis (lower centre) is towed into Kennedy Space Center for the last time before retirement. Next spread: The ISS (bright streak) and Atlantis (beneath ISS) fly across the night sky (26th November 2009). Photographers: NASA / Eric Magnuson
Locations: Florida, USA / Colorado, USA
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Norway was hit by two sequential attacks
terrorist against
government
the
and
a
political summer camp. The first was a car bomb explosion in Oslo in the government district killing eight. Less than two hours later 69 people were killed at a youth Labour Party meeting. Both attacks were carried out by rightwing extremist Anders Behring Breivik. Photographer: Christer Hansen Eriksen Location: Bergen, Norway
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The events of
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August 6th-10th •
Several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting, looting and arson. 3,100 were arrested with 1,000 charged. August 20th-28th
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In the Battle of Tripoli, Libyan rebels take control of the nation’s capital effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi. August 24th
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Steve Jobs steps down as CEO of Apple. August 28th
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Tropical Storm Irene hits the eastern seaboard of the USA eventually reaching New York City.
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England riots
06.08.11 Starting on the 6th of August and continuing for four nights several London boroughs, and later cities and town across England, suffered widespread riots, looting and arson. After a peaceful march in relation to the police response to the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan a riot began in Tottenham. This then spread to other London boroughs and to other cities, it was characterised by complete anarchy; looting and arson ran rampant. Many politicians came back from their summer holidays and all police leave was cancelled. It is still a matter of ongoing debate as to why so many from so many backgrounds took part. Courts sat extended hours to get through the 3,100 arrested linked with 3,443 crimes in London alone. Police action was blamed for the initial riot and their subsequent reaction was neither appropriate nor particularly effective as looters ran circles round them. Photographer: Todd Geasland Location: London, UK
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A large furniture store, House of Reeves, stands gutted
after
being
torched by arsonists. The
store had been in Croydon since 1867. Many homes were also destroyed in the blaze with hundreds left homeless due to arson attacks throughout London. Photographer: Alan Stanton Location: London, UK
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Previous spread: The riots were often hazardous for emergency services who found themselves under attack. Current page: Smoke can be seen as Police move to secure a high street before looters can damage it. Photographer: Todd Geasland
Location: London, UK
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The rioters made use of BBM and other messaging services to keep up to date and find undefended areas to attack. Many didn’t even try to conceal their identities and posted photos of themselves with their stolen goods on Facebook. Photographer: Todd Geasland
Location: London, UK
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Hurricane Irene was a category three Atlantic storm which struck the eastern seaboard of the
USA between the 21st of August and the 28th. It left behind extensive flooding and wind damage and got as far north as New York and Canada before dissipating. It caused $7 billion in damages and New York’s worst flooding in centuries. Photographer: Jonathan Percy Location: New York, USA
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September 10th •
The MV Spice Islander I, a Zanzibar ferry, sinks with 800 people on board, 240 are confirmed dead. September 12th
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A hundred Kenyans die when a petrol pipeline initially leaks and then explodes in Nairobi, Kenya. September 17th
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The Occupy Wall Street protests begins with protestors camping out in Wall Street, New York. The Occupy protests eventually spreads to major cities all around the world. September 19th
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After 434 dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan, the floods hit many areas still recovering from last years flooding.
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#Occupy
17.09.11 Occupy Wall Street was the original protest
that
began
the
worldwide
movement. It was originally organised by Adbusters, a Canadian activist group, and took place in Zuccotti Park which is located in New York’s Wall Street financial district. The protests were against social and economic inequality, high unemployment, greed, as well as corruption and the undue influence of corporations on government. The movement took on the slogan ‘We are the 99%’ referring to the growing income and wealth inequality in the US between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. The movement has taken to occupying public spaces, campaigning and marching, often being confronted by police eviction. Occupy Wall Street had spread to 82 countries only a month later. Photographer: Steve O Location: New York, USA
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Current spread: A man wears a Guy Fawkes mask, which has come to represent the faceless protestor of the Occupy movement and members of Anonymous, was made famous by its appearance in the comic and movie V for Vendetta. Photographer: Steve O
Location: New York, USA
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Next spread: On the 1st of October protestors set out to march across the Brooklyn Bridge, which is illegal on the road section, in the end over 700 arrests were made with ten buses being used to carry away protestors. Photographer: Steve O
Location: New York, USA
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October 5th •
In Thailand, 815 people are killed by floods during a severe monsoon season which cause $45.7 billion in damage across the country.
•
Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, dies. October 20th
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Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city, and ending the war. October 23rd
•
A destructive magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing over 582 people, and damaging about 2,200 buildings. October 31st
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Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reaches seven billion.
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A
true-colour satellite
image showing flooding in Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani
Provinces
in
Central Thailand, compared to before the flooding. The floods have killed 815 people and affected over two million. Photographer: NASA Location: Thailand
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The cofounder of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs dies of Pancreatic Cancer at 3pm after years of failing health. He is survived by his wife and four children with Tim Cook having been elected as his successor at Apple two months earlier. Photographer: Ben Stanfield
Location: California, USA
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Muammar Gaddafi was part of a convoy hit by a US Predator Drone and French air strike before being captured and killed by National Transitional Council fighters. This effectively brought an end to the Libyan civil war that began in February. Photographer: Jesse B. Awalt
Location: Sirte, Libya
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Date selected as the symbolic day that the global population of the world surpassed seven
billion. At the current rate of growth the population of the Earth will reach between 7.5 and 10 billion by 2050. Photographer: Gary Wong Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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nov November 2011 122
November 16th •
After losing his majority in parliament amid growing fiscal problems related to the European debt crisis, Silvio Berlusconi officially resigned as Italian Prime Minister. November 19th
•
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is arrested in southern Libya.
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Fresh protests erupt in Egypt against continuing military rule, nine months after ousting Hosni Mubarak from power. November 26th
•
NASA launch their largest rover yet, Curiosity, on its way to Mars, it will arrive in August 2012. November 27th
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The Arab League adopts sanctions against Syria in response to continuing crackdowns on protestors.
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Perhaps one of the most controversial figures in Italian politics Silvio Berlusconi officially resigns as Prime Minister, he announced his resignation on the 12th to scenes of jubilant celebration amongst his detractors. Photographer: Stefano Arteconi
Location: Rome, Italy
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Tens of people are killed and hundreds are injured as fresh protests begin in Cairo’s Tahrir Square against continuing post-revolutionary military leadership. The current Cabinet’s resignation is officially rejected on the 21st. Photographer: Zeinab Mohamed
Location: Cairo, Egypt
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NASA’s largest Mars rover yet, Curiosity, launches successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, it will reach Mars in August 2012 and carry out its search for signs of life. Photographer: Jen Scheer
Location: Florida, USA
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The Arab League, consisting of countries in North Africa and the Middle East, approve sanctions against member state Syria for its crackdown on the nation’s violent uprising which has already killed up to seven thousand people. Photographer: Al Jazeera
Location: Syria
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December 9th •
David Cameron vetoes the EU finance treaty thereby increasing the UK’s isolation within Europe. December 10th
•
A day of protests begins in cities across Russia against alleged election fraud by Vladimir Putin. December 13th
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A gunman opens fire and throws explosives into a crowd in an attack in the Belgian city of Liège. December 16th
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Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,257 fl ash flood fatalities in the Philippines. December 18th
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The last US troops withdraw from Iraq ending the war. December 19th
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The death of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il on December 17 is announced by Korean Central TV.
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David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, refuses to join a European Union financial crisis accord after negotiations in Brussels. This was seen by many as a definitive step away from the Union. Photographer: Dayna Bateman
Location: Brussels, Belgium
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Up to 60,000 people marched through the streets of Moscow in protest against the ruling party United Russia, Vladmir Putin, and the election process. The protests were the largest Russia had seen since the 1990s. Photographer: Bogomolov.PL
Location: Moscow, Russia
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Severe Tropical Storm Washi was a late-season tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic damage in the Philippines, flash flooding triggered by Washi caused at least 1,257 fatalities and $31.6 million in damages. Photographer: NASA
Location: Mindanao, Phillipines
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The last US troops cross into Kuwait leaving Iraq thus marking the end of US military operations in Iraq after nearly nine years of the Iraq War which claimed the lives of 4,805 Coalition troops and over 110,000 civilians. Photographer: Jordan Johnson
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
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Citrix Online
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Ramy Raoof
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Nick Thompson
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March Alexander Tidd
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Jeremy Lock
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Dylan McCord
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DigitalGlobe 28
Dylan McCord
Daniel St. Pierre
Steve Rhodes
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Nadine Y. Barclay
Gary Denness
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Ali Elangasinghe
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Gary Denness
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NASA 42
I Am Ming
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VaDOT 52 Jonathan Steffen
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Magnus D
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