Top 10 Photographs of 2011

It is amazing for me how one photo can explain a situation in so much depth & detail, how one photo can evoke such a strong emotion that you almost feel as if it was you in the photograph. 2011 produced many great photos. Here are my Top 10 Photos of 2011.

Scott Jones kisses his girlfriend Alex Thomas after a police officer’s riot shield knocked her over in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. – Rich Lam

A miner climbs on rocks after a giant drill broke through at the final section Sedrum-Faido, where world’s longest train tunnel will be built. – Arnd Wiegmann

A protester wears a dollar bill over his mouth in a march against corporate profits on Wall Street. – Mario Tama

A U.S. Army soldier fires a howitzer artillery piece in Southern Afghanistan. – Baz Ratner

Chinese children swim along the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao in Shandong province. – STR-AFP

Wild horses are herded down from the mountains for the annual Rapa das Bestas festival in Spain. – Denis Doyle

A girl looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, after she’d been isolated for radiation screening. – Yuriko Nakao

A resident in China Town watches television in his flooded home – Daniel Berehulak

An employee (Zukhro) of the city Zoo in Dushanbe, walks with an 18-month old lion (Vadik) on zoo terrirory. – Nozim Kalandarov

Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand lays on the track after she fell during the women’s 1500m race at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu. – David Gray