Slideshow: 2010 in Photos
This year brought countless events that challenged, delighted and saddened us… We’ve collected some of the best moments captured in the click of a lens in 2010.
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This year brought countless events that challenged, delighted and saddened us… We’ve collected some of the best moments captured in the click of a lens in 2010.
In December, a suicide-bomber targeted a busy street in Stockholm for an attack, which failed; Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was granted bail; and a group (supposedly) from Limerick tried to reach the Christmas number one spot instead of the X Factor winner.
In November, students in London protested the raising of tuition fees; Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest by the Burmese authorities; and Prince William announced his engagement to Kate Middleton.
In October, an accident at an alumina plant in Hungary killed nine people and released about a million cubic metres of toxic sludge; 33 miners trapped under the ground in Chile were successfully rescued; and Bill Clinton visited Ireland.
In September, Mexico celebrated its bicentennial, Muslims celebrated Ramadan, and Hurricane Igor hit – causing significant damage to Newfoundland in Canada.
In August, Russia was ravaged by wildfires while Pakistan was devastated by heavy rains – and Wyclef Jean announced his intention to run for president of Haiti.
In July, tragedy struck in Germany after 21 people were killed in a stampede during the Love Parade festival in Duisburg; A Spanish man who had undergone the first full face transplant met the media; and the 12th July saw rioting in Northern Ireland.
In June, the 2010 Fifa World Cup kicked off in South Africa, torrential rains hit China, and temperatures soared in Ireland.
In May, an explosion at BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 people and kicked off one of the worst oil spills in history; Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla of ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade; and a bomb planned for Times Square fails.
In April, the eruption of an Icelandic volcano disrupting European air traffic for weeks; The Polish presidential plane crashed in Russia killing 95 people; And Jewish communities across the world remembered the victims of the Holocaust.
In March, hundreds of hopeful people queued outside the Passport Office in Dublin; Unrest exploded on the streets on Athens; and parts of China faced the most severe drought in over 50 years.
In February the underdog won the Superbowl; Willie O’Dea resigned as Minister for Defence; and Chile was rocked by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
In January, the world’s tallest building was unveiled; Irish passports were forged by the Israeli secret service; and longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium occured.