2009: The Year In Photos

Russia -- A boy wears mask as swine flu spreads through the city of Chita, 29Oct2009 - Chita public-sector workers told to wear masks as swine flu spreads through the city top2009

61 Russia -- A boy wears mask as swine flu spreads through the city of Chita, 29Oct2009 - Chita public-sector workers told to wear masks as swine flu spreads through the city top2009

62 Belarus -- Remembrance Day (Dziady) march in Minsk, 01Nov2009 - Дзяды 2009 top2009

Iran -- A member of the Basij militia holds an anti-US slogan during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran, 04Nov2009 - IRAN, Tehran : An Iranian member of the Basij militia holds an anti-US slogan during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest. top2009

63 Iran -- A member of the Basij militia holds an anti-US slogan during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran, 04Nov2009 - IRAN, Tehran : An Iranian member of the Basij militia holds an anti-US slogan during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2009 to mark the storming of the American embassy by Iranian students 30 years ago. Thousands of Iranians staged the noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran as riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest. top2009

Russia - Soldiers clad in replica WWII uniforms and weapons prepare to a military parade rehearsal on Moscow's Red Square, 05Nov2009 - RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Moscow : Russian soldiers clad in replica WWII uniforms and weapons prepare to a military parade rehearsal on Moscow's Red Square on November 5, 2009. The parade is a reenactment of the November 7, 1941 events, when troops marched directly to the front from Red Square to fight the invading fascist troops. top2009

64 Russia - Soldiers clad in replica WWII uniforms and weapons prepare to a military parade rehearsal on Moscow's Red Square, 05Nov2009 - RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Moscow : Russian soldiers clad in replica WWII uniforms and weapons prepare to a military parade rehearsal on Moscow's Red Square on November 5, 2009. The parade is a reenactment of the November 7, 1941 events, when troops marched directly to the front from Red Square to fight the invading fascist troops. top2009

Germany -- A tree grows through the bumper of a VW Beetle with East German licence plate near Fuldatal, 06Nov2009 - Caption: A tree grows through the bumper of a VW Beetle near Fuldatal, Germany, 06 November 2009. The Beetle was supposedly the first car to cross the German-German border after the Berlin Wall was opened. Hidden in a garden it is a little memorial of German-German history. POTW46 top2009

65 Germany -- A tree grows through the bumper of a VW Beetle with East German licence plate near Fuldatal, 06Nov2009 - Caption: A tree grows through the bumper of a VW Beetle near Fuldatal, Germany, 06 November 2009. The Beetle was supposedly the first car to cross the German-German border after the Berlin Wall was opened. Hidden in a garden it is a little memorial of German-German history. POTW46 top2009

Russia -- Communists march to mark 92th anniversary of Great October Revolution in Moscow, 07Nov2009 - Russia -- Communists march to mark 92th anniversary of Great October Revolution in Moscow, 07Nov2009 stalin POTW46 top2009

66 Russia -- Communists march to mark 92th anniversary of Great October Revolution in Moscow, 07Nov2009 - Russia -- Communists march to mark 92th anniversary of Great October Revolution in Moscow, 07Nov2009 stalin POTW46 top2009

Germany -- The Brandenburg Gate surrounded by dominoes, representing the Berlin Wall, stretching from the Tor to Potsdamer Square in Berlin, 08Nov2009 - Caption: epa01926369 The Brandenburger Tor surounded by dominoes, representing the Berlin Wall, stretching from the Tor to Potsdamer Square in Berlin Germany on 08 November 2009. Some 1,000 of these dominos have been set up between the Reichstag building, Brandenburg Gate and Potsdam Square and mark the former course of the Berlin Wall. On 09 November at eight o'clock in the evening, the dominos will be toppled during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. top2009 POTW46

67 Germany -- The Brandenburg Gate surrounded by dominoes, representing the Berlin Wall, stretching from the Tor to Potsdamer Square in Berlin, 08Nov2009 - Caption: epa01926369 The Brandenburger Tor surounded by dominoes, representing the Berlin Wall, stretching from the Tor to Potsdamer Square in Berlin Germany on 08 November 2009. Some 1,000 of these dominos have been set up between the Reichstag building, Brandenburg Gate and Potsdam Square and mark the former course of the Berlin Wall. On 09 November at eight o'clock in the evening, the dominos will be toppled during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. top2009 POTW46

U.S. -- A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan will be served, 10Nov2009 - UNITED STATES, FORT HOOD : A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service that US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on November 5, 2009. top2009 POTW46

68 U.S. -- A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan will be served, 10Nov2009 - UNITED STATES, FORT HOOD : A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service that US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on November 5, 2009. top2009 POTW46

Serbia -- A man kisses the hand of Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle during a memorial service at the Congregational church, in Belgrade, 15Nov2009 - epa01934797 A man kisses the hand of Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle during a memorial service at the Congregational church, in Belgrade, Serbia, 15 November 2009. Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia's Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, died on 15 November 2009 at the age of 95. POTW47 top2009 Photo by epa/KOCA SULEJMANOVIC

69 Serbia -- A man kisses the hand of Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle during a memorial service at the Congregational church, in Belgrade, 15Nov2009 - epa01934797 A man kisses the hand of Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle during a memorial service at the Congregational church, in Belgrade, Serbia, 15 November 2009. Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia's Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, died on 15 November 2009 at the age of 95. POTW47 top2009 Photo by epa/KOCA SULEJMANOVIC

Czech Republic - Czech people watch a symbolic iron curtain falling on Narodni trida in Prague in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, on 17Nov2009 - CZECH REPUBLIC, Prague : Czech people watch a symbolic iron curtain falling on Narodni trida in Prague in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, on November 17, 2009. Thousands of Czech citizens followed the same route taken by student demonstrators in 1989 until a violent intervention by riot police took place in what was then communist Czechoslovakia. The event in 1989 sparked a series of much larger protests and strikes that ended with in the relinquishing of power by the communist authorities in December of 1989, paving the way for the democratic election of a post-communist government under the leadership of then-President Vaclav Havel. AFP PHOTO/ JOE KLAMAR top2009 POTW47

70 Czech Republic - Czech people watch a symbolic iron curtain falling on Narodni trida in Prague in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, on 17Nov2009 - CZECH REPUBLIC, Prague : Czech people watch a symbolic iron curtain falling on Narodni trida in Prague in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, on November 17, 2009. Thousands of Czech citizens followed the same route taken by student demonstrators in 1989 until a violent intervention by riot police took place in what was then communist Czechoslovakia. The event in 1989 sparked a series of much larger protests and strikes that ended with in the relinquishing of power by the communist authorities in December of 1989, paving the way for the democratic election of a post-communist government under the leadership of then-President Vaclav Havel. AFP PHOTO/ JOE KLAMAR top2009 POTW47

Saudi Arabia -- Muslim pilgrims arrive gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the city of Mecca, 26Nov2009 - SAUDI ARABIA, ARAFAT : Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi city of Mecca on November 26, 2009. Some 2.5 million Muslims from more than 160 countries converge annually on the Islamic cities of Mecca and Medina in western Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS POTW48 top2009

71 Saudi Arabia -- Muslim pilgrims arrive gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the city of Mecca, 26Nov2009 - SAUDI ARABIA, ARAFAT : Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi city of Mecca on November 26, 2009. Some 2.5 million Muslims from more than 160 countries converge annually on the Islamic cities of Mecca and Medina in western Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS POTW48 top2009

Russia -- Workers inspect a damaged railway carriage, 28Nov2009 - RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UGLOVKA : Workers inspect a damaged railway carriage not far from the village of Uglovka in Russia's Novgorod region on November 28, 2009, as it travelled between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Rescue workers searched for bodies on November 28, 2009 and investigators opened a terrorism probe after a Russian passenger train derailed overnight, reportedly killing 39 people and injuring nearly 100 more. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV POTW49 top2009

72 Russia -- Workers inspect a damaged railway carriage, 28Nov2009 - RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UGLOVKA : Workers inspect a damaged railway carriage not far from the village of Uglovka in Russia's Novgorod region on November 28, 2009, as it travelled between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Rescue workers searched for bodies on November 28, 2009 and investigators opened a terrorism probe after a Russian passenger train derailed overnight, reportedly killing 39 people and injuring nearly 100 more. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV POTW49 top2009

Norway -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama poses with the diploma and medal during the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony in Oslo, 10Dec2009 - NORWAY, Oslo : Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama smiles on the podium with his diploma and gold medal during the Nobel ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo on December 10, 2009. The president faces a tricky task of reconciling the revered honor with his decision just last week to send 30,000 troops to escalate the war in Afghanistan, a move which tripled the US force there since he took office. AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD top2009 POTW50

73 Norway -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama poses with the diploma and medal during the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony in Oslo, 10Dec2009 - NORWAY, Oslo : Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama smiles on the podium with his diploma and gold medal during the Nobel ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo on December 10, 2009. The president faces a tricky task of reconciling the revered honor with his decision just last week to send 30,000 troops to escalate the war in Afghanistan, a move which tripled the US force there since he took office. AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD top2009 POTW50

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2009: The Year In Photos