2011'den Kalanlar

Lightning flashes around the ash plume at the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain in Chile. The volcano was dormant for decades before it erupted in June, 2011. (Reuters)

21 Lightning flashes around the ash plume at the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain in Chile. The volcano was dormant for decades before it erupted in June, 2011. (Reuters)

During 2011, residents of Athens, Greece, took to the streets dozens of times to protest austerity measures being considered by the government to prop up the country's failing economy. Pictured is a demonstrator detained by riot police, June 29, 2011. (Re

22 During 2011, residents of Athens, Greece, took to the streets dozens of times to protest austerity measures being considered by the government to prop up the country's failing economy. Pictured is a demonstrator detained by riot police, June 29, 2011. (Re

23 A man prays at the John Garang Mausoleum before the Independence Day celebrations July 9, 2011 in Juba, South Sudan. (Reuters)

Spectators watch space shuttle Atlantis STS-135 lift off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 8, 2011. The 12-day mission to the International Space Station was the last mission in the Space Shuttle program. (Reuters)

24 Spectators watch space shuttle Atlantis STS-135 lift off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 8, 2011. The 12-day mission to the International Space Station was the last mission in the Space Shuttle program. (Reuters)