The Year in Pictures
VOA takes a visual tour of the events that defined the year 2011.
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This NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Irene moving over the U.S. east coast in the Atlantic Ocean, August 27, 2011. (Reuters / NASA-NOAA)
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Robert Peraza pauses at his son's name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2011. (Reuters)
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The "Tribute in Lights" is illuminated next to One World Trade Center. marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, New York, Sept. 11, 2011. (Reuters)
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A man sets himself on fire outside a bank branch in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 16, 2011. (Reuters)