Unforgettable images from 2012
We take a look at some exceptional images from 2012. Some recount events that shocked the world, while others stand-out in terms of what they depict.
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First-grader Henry Terifay and his sister, fourth-grader Kelly Terifay, wait outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Michelle Mcloughlin/ Reuters
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A bench engraved with the name of the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship (seen at rear) is seen washed up on the shore of Giglio island, January 20, 2012. Paul Hanna/Reuters
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Men use ropes to try and right a supply truck overloaded with wheat straw, used as animal feed, along a road in Dargai, in the Malakand district, about 165 km (100 miles) northwest of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, 13 April, 2012. Mian Khursheed/Reuters
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The remnants of a roller coaster sit in the surf three days after Hurricane Sandy came ashore in Seaside Heights, New Jersey 1 November. Steve Nesius/Reuters
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A man walks down Shore Front Parkway surrounded by debris pushed onto the streets by hurricane Sandy in the Queens borough region of the Rockaways in New York, 6 November, 2012. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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A car stops beside a house in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling, Zhejiang province, November 22, 2012. An elderly couple refused to sign an agreement to allow their house to be demolished. They say that compensation offered is not enough to cover rebuilding costs, according to local media. Their house is the only building left standing on a road which was paved through their village. China Daily/ Reuters
Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli remains caretaker PM amid chaos in Nepal. Protesters torched parliament, executive seat, Supreme Court, and presidential residence. President Paudel calls for dialogue as violence continues across the country.
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