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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A Bosnian woman touches gravestones at the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica, Bosnia. On July 11, Bosnians marked the 15th anniversary of the wartime Srebrenica massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim males by Serb troops.
Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff for AFP
Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff for AFP
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Residents of Pakistan's Baluchistan Province cling to a rope as they walk through floodwaters on July 23. Heavy monsoon rains throughout much of Pakistan led to severe floods that affected as many as 20 million people.
Photo by Reuters
Photo by Reuters
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A man sits on the ground as a house burns outside the Russian town of Vyksa, near Nizhny Novgorod, on July 29. The hottest summer temperatures on record in Russia led to deadly wildfires in July and August.
Photo by Mikhail Voskresensky for Reuters
Photo by Mikhail Voskresensky for Reuters
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Police detain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on July 31 for attempting to stage an unsanctioned rally to defend the right to freedom of assembly.
Photo by Yuri Timofeyev for RFE/RL
Photo by Yuri Timofeyev for RFE/RL