As fotografias que marcaram 2012

"Estamos na reta final de 2012. Um ano marcado por grandes eventos como as eleições para Casa Branca, as Olimpíadas de Londres, um ano também marcado por catástrofes que pararam o mundo como o furacão Sandy. Já que estamos vivendo as últimas horas de 2012, nada melhor como relembrar os fatos que marcaram o ano numa retrospectiva fotográfica. Afinal, os fatos nos dias de hoje não seriam nada sem as fotos.

A agência Reuters, como no ano anterior fez uma retrospectiva das fotos que marcaram o ano. Fotos impactantes, comoventes, alegres, imagens de momentos tristes e engraçados. Reveja os momentos que não devem ser esquecidos de 2012!"

* Por Francine de Mattos (www.fotografeumaideia.com.br)

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Dentre as imagens que a agência separou em sua publicação original, separei algumas fotos que definem bem como foi o ano de 2012.

Reindeer herder Anna Jemmett from the Glenmore Reindeer Centre, calls out to attract a herd of free ranging reindeer before feeding them, in the Cairngorm Mountains near Aviemore, Scotland December 28, 2012. The 150 strong Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is Britain's only herd of reindeer.
REUTERS/David Moir

Iraqi Sunni Muslims wave the old Iraqi national flag during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, December 28, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority poured onto the streets after Friday prayers in a show of force against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, keeping up a week-old blockade of a highway. Around 60,000 people blocked the main road through the city of Falluja, setting fire to the Iranian flag and shouting "out, out Iran! Baghdad stays free" and "Maliki you coward, don't take your advice from Iran". Many Sunnis, whose community dominated Iraq until the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, accuse Maliki of refusing to share power and of favouring Shi'ite, non-Arab neighbour Iran.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

An elephant holds a soccer ball with his trunk during an exhibition soccer match on the final day of the Elephant Race event at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu December 28, 2012. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan participated in the Elephant Race event which involved elephants playing an exhibition soccer match and taking part in various other sporting activities. The event began on Wednesday and ends on Friday.
REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Bridgeport police officer Peter Garcia inspects guns brought in during a gun buyback event in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School

Firefighters and frontier soldiers rescue icebound ships at the frozen Bohai Bay of Bohai Sea in Jinzhou, Liaoning province, December 27, 2012. A fresh cold snap will hit most parts of China in the coming three days, according to the National Meteorological Center's forecast on Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Central African Republic President Francois Bozize (C) speaks to a crowd of supporters and anti-rebel protesters during an appeal for help, in Bangui December 27, 2012. Bozize on Thursday appealed for France and the United States to help push back rebels threatening his government and the capital, but Paris said its troops were only ready to protect French nationals. The exchanges came as regional African leaders tried to broker a ceasefire deal and as rebels said they had temporarily halted their advance on Bangui, the capital, to allow talks to take place.
REUTERS/Stringer

Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during clashes at a protest against the nearby Jewish settlement of Kdumim, in the West Bank village of Kfar Kadum, near Nablus December 28, 2012.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Low income families wait in line to receive donated toys for their children at a church in Madrid December 28, 2012. Traditionally, children in Spain receive their presents delivered by the Three Wise Men on the morning of January 6 during the Christian holiday of the Epiphany.
REUTERS/Susana Vera

Syrian refugees and local residents take part in a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, outside the Syrian embassy in Amman December 28, 2012.
REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

A family walks past a damaged mosque and tank at Azaz city, north Aleppo December 28, 2012. Russia invited the leader of Syria's opposition on Friday to visit for the first time, but the opposition swiftly dismissed a renewed call by Moscow for talks with President Bashar al-Assad's government to end the 21-month civil war.
REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Russia's players celebrate defeating Team USA in their preliminary round game during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 28, 2012.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Workers sweep the floor in front of the final stock price index after the ceremonial closing event of the 2012 stock market during a photo opportunity for the media at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul December 28, 2012. South Korean shares finished the year higher on Friday boosted by heavyweight Samsung Electronics in a thin trading session despite the unresolved U.S. fiscal negotiations and the slide of automakers. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 0.5 percent to close at 1,997.05 points, a one-week high.
REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

A civil servant takes part in a demonstration against the government's austerity measures in front of the Regional Parliament of Asturias in Oviedo December 28, 2012. Demonstrators hung paper dolls during the protest which was held on "Dia de los Santos Inocentes" (Holy Innocents' Day), when people traditionally play pranks like putting paper dolls on each other's backs.
REUTERS/Eloy Alonsodicionar legenda