The Year in Pictures
VOA takes a visual tour of the events that defined the year 2011.
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A police officer walks past a graffiti during a police operation in the Nova Holanda slum, part of the Complexo da Mare, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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A student is hit by a jet of water sprayed by riot police during a protest against the government to demand changes in the public state education system, in Santiago, Chile.
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An atmospheric phenomenon known as a "sun dog" is seen in La Paz, El Salvador, June 26, 2013. The rare halo around the sun is caused by the refraction of sunlight by small ice crystal in the atmosphere.
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Prince William and his wife, Catherine, leave the 1902 State Landau carriage as they arrive at Buckingham Palace after their wedding, London, England, April 29, 2011. (Reuters)