Flickr picks the 18 best news photos of 2011

We all may have a little year-end list fatigue, but Flickr has curated a pretty cool one: a collection of the best news photos of the year as selected by Yahoo editors.

Natural disasters (the tsunami in Japan, the tornado in Joplin, and Hurricane Irene in the Northeast) figure prominently, as do the protests that began in the Middle East and have spread to Wall Street. (That doesn't include the riot in Vancouver following the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, which is also featured on Flickr's list.)

Our personal favorite remains the May 2 photo, released by the White House, showing President Barack Obama and his national security team as they huddled in the Situation Room to watch a video live feed of the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden.

Click here to view all 18 photos.

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