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#10. Nik Wallenda tightroped over Niagara Falls on a 2-inch-wide wire. He's the first person to ever cross directly over the falls from the U.S. into Canada.
#11. Fashionistas pose for photographs in front of a homeless man outside Moynihan Station following a New York Fashion Week show in September.
#14. Thanks to Curiosity, this is one of the clearest images of Mars ever taken.
#16. Israeli border police officers use pepper spray as they detain an injured Palestinian protester during clashes on Land Day in March. Security forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades to break up groups of Palestinian stone-throwers as annual Land Day rallies turned violent.
#24. Women protest in front of a court in South Africa. The women were demanding the release of husbands, brothers, and sons among the 259 arrested miners expected to be charged with public violence.
#28. A Tibetan exile runs through a street during a protest against the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao.
#30. A Syrian man carries his wounded daughter outside a hospital in the northern city of Aleppo in September. Syrian troops shelled several districts in Aleppo and clashed with rebels.
#33. A Palestinian girl tries to punch an Israeli soldier during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish.
#42. Keesha Patterson of Ft. Washington, Maryland, proposed to her girlfriend, Rowan Ha, during the election night victory rally in Chicago. Maryland, along with three other states, voted in favor of gay marriage in November.
#44. Ramoncito Campo kisses his wife Hernelie Ruazol Campo on a flooded street during a southwest monsoon that battered Manila, Philippines, in August. The newlywed couple pushed through with their scheduled wedding despite severe flooding that inundated wide areas of the capital and nine nearby provinces.
SOURCE: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/most-powerful-images-of-2012
The photos above were chosen as the most influential of 2012. Which photo is most intriguing to you? Describe your interpretation of the photo. What personal connection can you make to the photo? What does the photo show about human behavior? About society? Defend your position.
-Brenden Lee Teacher
and low tolerance for them telling me how to lean