1. Demonstrators hold the flags of Arab nations aloft during a rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

2. Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are fighting against the corrosive power of financial institutions over the democratic process.

3. A portrait of Tunisian protest hero Mohamed Bouazizi who ignited the historic Arab Spring.

4. People mourn and show their respect for the victims of the July 22 shooting at a Norwegian Labour Youth League camp.

5. Anna Hazare appears to be a messiah - one who will bring deliverance from the corrupt bureaucratic system.

6. Devastation wreaked by tsunami in Japan.

7. US withdrawal from Iraq.

8. Mastermind of the September 11 attacks killed on May 1, 2011.

9. Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was killed on 20 October 2011 during the Libyan civil war.

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