January 20: On January 12, 2010, Haiti was rocked by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people. In this image from eight days later a few lone individuals wander amid the wreckage on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.
Gregory Bull, File/AP
February 12: Vancouver hosted the 2010 Olympic Games, and in this image from the opening ceremonies at BC Place, exploding Olympics rings form a backdrop to a soaring snowboarding.
Michael Kappeler–AFP/Getty Images
April 6: In March 2010, Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted, and in this photograph from April, we see a plume of steam and ash blanketing the surrounding atmosphere.
Brynjar Gauti/AP
April 21: On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, and in this photograph from a day later we see fire boats and crew battling the blazing remnants of the fire, before the rig eventually sank on April 22.
U.S. Coast Guard–Reuters/Landov
May 5: On May 2, Greece signed an agreement with the European Union and the IMF that committed it to deep cuts in the public sector, tax increases, and tax reform in return for bailout funds. In this photo from three days later, demonstrators in Athens attack police in opposition to the plan, though the measure was subsequently approved by the Hellenic Parliament.
Nikolas Giakoumidis/AP
July 11: In 2010 South Africa became the first African country to stage a World Cup finals. In this image, from the final, Spain’s Andrés Iniesta scored the lone goal in his team’s triumph over the Netherlands 1-0. It was Spain’s first ever World Cup championship, and Iniesta, who scored in the 116th minute, was named the game’s “Man of the Match.”
Martin Meissner/AP
July 17: Following the murder of four police officers in their vehicle in Acapulco, Mexico, the grandmother of one of the victims, José Ramírez, grieves over his body.
Bernardino Hernandez/AP
August 29: Beginning in July, Pakistan endured the most destructive floods in the country’s recorded history, spurred by unprecedented monsoon rains. In this photograph from August, some of the displaced take shelter on the higher ground of an embankment near the flooded Indus River, outside Thatta, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan. The floods affected some 20 million people.
Kevin Frayer/AP
October 6: On October 4 an ecological disaster in Hungary was caused by a sludge spill after a reservoir broke at a metallurgical plant in Ajka, in the western part of the country, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in three counties. In this image from October 6, we see the toxic red sludge floddign several nearby villages, including Devecser (pictured).
Sandor H. Szabo–MTI/AP
October 13: In a dramatic rescue, the 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped underground since a mine-shaft collapse in the San Jose gold and copper mine in August are lifted to the surface, one by one, in a specially designed capsule
If a picture paints 1,000 words, here are 10,000 words of pictures for 2010. The photographs, which will appear in the forthcoming Britannica Book of the Year 2011, are just a few of the photographs selected by Karen Sparks, Director and Editor of the Yearbook, and media editors Kimberly Cleary and Nicole DiGiacomo.
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