As we get close to the middle of 2012, it's now a good time to recall some big events from 2011, and as usual, a picture is worth more than a thousand words.
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A whirpool forms off the Japanese coast after the tsunami on March 11 |
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This sightseeing boat, Hama Yuri, was pulled 1300 feet from the coast and somehow balanced itself on a two story house during the tsunami in Japan |
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Members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1 |
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A before and after shot of Joplin, Missouri after a massive tornado on May 22 |
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A monstrous dust storm (Haboob) roared through Phoenix, Arizona in July |
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Slain Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson’s dog “Hawkeye” lays next to his casket during funeral services in Rockford, Iowa. Tumilson was one of 30 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan on August 6 when their helicopter was shot down during a mission to help fellow troops who had come under fire |
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Cars are abandoned on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive during the “Snowpocalypse” in February |
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Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child, is held by his mother in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee in the town of Dadaab, Kenya. The baby has since made a full recovery |
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A U.S. Army soldier takes five with an Afghan boy during a patrol in Pul-e Alam, a town in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan |
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Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza in 9/11, pauses at his son’s name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial. |