From oil spills, wildfires, and floods to Victory Day and the World Cup, these photos tell the stories that defined 2010.
2010: The Year In Photos
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Russian police detain a protester for trying to prevent loggers from cutting down a section of the Khimki Forest. Activists have been trying to keep the forest from being cleared to make way for a highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Photo by Alexander Natruskin for Reuters
Photo by Alexander Natruskin for Reuters
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A U.S. soldier carries his luggage at Tallil Air Base as he prepares to leave Iraq on August 15. The last U.S. combat brigade withdrew from Iraq on August 19, although some 50,000 U.S. troops remain there in an advisory capacity.
Photo by Thaier al-Sudani for Reuters
Photo by Thaier al-Sudani for Reuters
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Muslim men read the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan at the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, on August 18.
Photo by Mushtaq Muhammed for Reuters
Photo by Mushtaq Muhammed for Reuters
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Maluza Abramishvili (left), 52, and Nunu Basaria, 49, Georgian refugees from Abkhazia, are seen with their lips sewn together during a hunger strike in Tbilisi on August 25. Dozens of refugees protested a government decision to evict them from their current homes.
Photo by David Mdzinarishvili for Reuters
Photo by David Mdzinarishvili for Reuters