The Year in Pictures
VOA takes a visual tour of the events that defined the year 2011.
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During 2011, residents of Athens, Greece, took to the streets dozens of times to protest austerity measures being considered by the government to prop up the country's failing economy. Pictured is a demonstrator detained by riot police, June 29, 2011. (Re
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Royal Airforce Red Arrows perform prior to the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England.
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Spectators watch space shuttle Atlantis STS-135 lift off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 8, 2011. The 12-day mission to the International Space Station was the last mission in the Space Shuttle program. (Reuters)
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The space shuttle Atlantis STS-135 as it lifts off from launch pad 39A, Florida, July 8, 2011. (Reuters)