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- Clockwise from top to bottom left-right:
*A protester at Occupy Wall Street, which begins the Occupy movement;
*Protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, killed in October;
*Celebrating the independence of South Sudan, the world's newest country;
*Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastates Eastern Japan and kills nearly 20,000 people, becoming the most expensive natural disaster on record;
*Norway attacks mark the rise of white supremacist terrorism across the west;
*U.S. national security team gathered in the White House Situation Room to monitor progress of Operation Neptune Spear, resulting in the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden;
*A block from Minecraft, released this year, which later becomes the world's best-selling video game.
*Anti-government protests in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
*Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (en)
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