Close this content

News photos of the year

In this Dec. 17, 2011 photo, soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, attend a casing of the colors ceremony by handwritten names of soldiers at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. Around 500 troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ended their presence on Camp Adder, the last remaining American base, and departed in the final American military convoy out of Iraq, arriving into Kuwait in the early morning hours of Dec. 18.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians pray and celebrate the fall of the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, and to maintain pressure on the current military rulers, in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Friday, Feb. 18, 2011.

A Libyan rebel urges people to leave, as shelling from Gadhafi's forces started landing on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

Japanese police officers carry a body during search and recovery operation for missing victims in the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011. In the background is part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex.

A police officer rides on the hood of the vehicle carrying Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as he arrives to his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday March 18, 2011. Aristide, who was forced to flee Haiti due to a rebellion in 2004 aboard a U.S. plane, returned after seven years of exile in South Africa, days before Haiti's presidential runoff election Sunday.

Beverly Winans hugs her daughter Debbie Spurlin while salvaging items from Winans' devastated home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Winans and her husband rode out the EF-5 tornado by hiding under a bed in the home. The tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 123 people.

Crowds gathers outside the White House in Washington early Monday, May 2, 2011, to celebrate after President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden.

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden at the golden sea beach at Puri, Orissa, India, Monday, May 2, 2011. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of people, was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade.

A demonstrator shows his hands covered with blood of a fellow demonstrator as police officers try to remove them during clashes in Barcelona, Friday, May 27, 2011. Truncheon-wielding police in Barcelona have clashed with protesters at a makeshift camp that is one of dozens erected in Spain to protest high unemployment and other woes. Officers in riot gear were accompanying workers tasked with cleaning up the nearly two-week old camp at Plaza de Catalunya and police used force when protesters would not evacuate the camp temporarily as requested.

A protester prepares to hit riot police with a stick during clashes at Syntagma square, central Athens, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Greece approved more austerity measures needed to avert default next month, in a vote Wednesday that calmed markets but triggered a second day of riots that left dozens injured and the capital blanketed with tear gas.

Casey Anthony, center, is overcome with emotion following her acquittal of murder charges at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Anthony had been charged with killing her daughter, Caylee.

The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA.

Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes a campaign stop at the Iowa 80 Group in Walcott, Iowa, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.

Sculptures of Mayan women are partially submerged in floodwaters in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, Friday Sept. 9, 2011. Guatemalans appear poised to elect former general Otto Perez Molina of the Patriotic Party as president in Sunday's election. Molina is not likely to win outright. Candidates must get more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a November runoff, and recent polls show Perez with 40 percent in a field of 10 candidates.

Republican presidential candidates, from left, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas., stand together before a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif.

Nepalese women remove bricks of the damaged house to make way for pedestrians after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 shook northeastern India on Sunday night, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Rescue workers used shovels and their bare hands to pull bodies from the debris of collapsed buildings Monday, as the death toll from an earthquake that hit northeast India, Nepal and Tibet rises.

Freed Americans Shane Bauer, left, Josh Fattal, center, and Sarah Shourd, right, Bauer's fiance, wave from the door to an airplane before leaving for the United States at the airport in Muscat, Oman, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Two Americans freed from an Iranian prison told reporters Saturday they were "eager to go home" just before boarding their flight to the U.S. from Oman, the Gulf state that helped mediate their release after more than two years in custody on accusations of spying. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were scheduled to arrive home on Sunday, according to Samantha Topping, a spokeswoman for their families. The two were released from Tehran's Evin prison under a $1 million bail deal and arrived in Oman on Wednesday in the first leg of their journey home. There they were reunited with joyful relatives.

Conrad Murray wipes a tear during the defense opening arguments in his involuntary manslaughter trial at Superior Court, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 in Los Angeles. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death.

Amanda Knox motions to cheering supporters at a news conference shortly after her arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Seattle. It's been four years since the University of Washington student left for the study abroad program in Perugia and landed in prison. The group Friends of Amanda Knox and others have been awaiting her return since an Italian appeals court on Monday overturned her conviction of sexually assaulting and killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.

A protestor hurls a canister towards police next to a burning car during clashes in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Protesters in Rome smashed shop windows and torched cars as violence broke out during a demonstration in the Italian capital, part of worldwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures, entitled Occupy Wall Street.

Vehicles at a Honda car factory submerge in floodwaters in the Rojana industrial district in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Monsoon deluges that have pounded Thailand since late July have affected 8 million people and swept across two-thirds of the country, drowning agricultural land and swallowing low-lying villages along the way. More than 200 major highways and roads are impassable, and the main rail lines to the north have been shut down. Authorities say property damage and losses could reach $3 billion dollars.

Workers, with belongings, make their way to a flooded road after being ordered to evacuate when floodwater broke through makeshift barriers at Nawa Nakhon industrial estate on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Soldiers, civil servants and families worked frantically Tuesday to add more than 1 million sandbags to Bangkok's vulnerable northern flood defenses after the city's governor warned they were needed to keep waters from swamping the capital.

Protestors post signs atop a University of California at Berkeley building as they participate in an Occupy Cal rally outside Sproul Hall Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 in Berkeley, Calif.

A portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is carried past mourners during his funeral procession through the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011.

Best news photos of 2011

In this Dec. 17, 2011 photo, soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, attend a casing of the colors ceremony by handwritten names of soldiers at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. Around 500 troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ended their presence on Camp Adder, the last remaining American base, and departed in the final American military convoy out of Iraq, arriving into Kuwait in the early morning hours of Dec. 18.

Memorable images from this year's top news stories.

HuffPost
I Was One Of The Most Famous Pop Stars In The World. No One Knew The Secret Pain I Hid.
"I was deeply unhappy, barely containing secrets that would soon devastate me emotionally and send me to the brink of suicide at the height of my fame."
2h ago
Yahoo News
McDonald's worker praised for kicking 'entitled' customer out of drive-thru
A drive-thru employee at McDonald's has gone viral for telling off a customer. Find out why viewers are on her side.
12h ago
The Guardian
Mark Meadows’ associate threatened ex-White House aide before her testimony
It was the second warning Cassidy Hutchinson had received before her deposition, cautioning her against cooperating with the panel
14h ago
CBS News
Girl loses her leg in shark attack at Florida beach: "It's a tragedy"
One of the girl's family members jumped in the water and beat the shark off of her until she was free, officials said.
3h ago
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
This was the scariest moment in Arizona's GOP governor's debate. Be warned, America
In a Republican gubernatorial debate full of cringe-worthy moments, their answers on whether the 2020 election was stolen were the creepiest of all.
17h ago
INSIDER
Justice Neil Gorsuch fumes that the Supreme Court 'failed' to 'honor this Nation's promises' as it rolled back tribal authority in Oklahoma
Gorsuch's dissenting opinion came as the nation's highest court handed more power to states over Native American lands.
2d ago
HuffPost
Right-Wing Lawmaker's 'BEST' Trump Question Backfires Spectacularly On Twitter
GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson likely didn't receive the answers he was hoping for.
1d ago
The Wrap
Former Trump Staffer Alyssa Farah Says She Led Cassidy Hutchinson to Liz Cheney: ‘That’s How This Shocking Testimony Came About’ (Video)
"She shared with me ‘There is more I want to share that was not asked in those settings. How do we do this?'" Farah revealed
23h ago
Good Housekeeping
Watch Vanna White Make a Run for It After Bumping Into 'WOF' Host Pat Sajak on Vacation
'Wheel of Fortune' star Vanna White bumped into Pat Sajak while on vacation and she ran away from him as his daughter Maggie Sajak watched.
17h ago
Women's Health
Miranda Lambert's Pink Bikini Vacay Photos With Her Husband Are Causing A Stir
Over Father's Day weekend, singer Miranda Lambert and husband Brendan McLoughlin weren't scared to show some PDA on Instagram.
18h ago
INSIDER
Trump's 'girth would prevent him from actually getting to the steering wheel' of his SUV, former Secret Service agent says: 'I don't see this president ever being able to do that. Ever.'
"Trump's not a little guy, right? And the space to actually be able to lunge towards the wheel is not that big," the former agent told Insider.
2d ago
Consequence of Sound
Beyoncé Reveals Cover Art for Renaissance
The cover art apparently pays homage to the Renaissance painting of Lady Godiva, as well as Bianca Jagger's grand entrance on horseback at Studio 54 in 1977. Beyoncé Reveals Cover Art for Renaissance Alex Young
23h ago
The Telegraph
Prince Charles enjoys ‘very emotional’ first meeting with Lilibet
The Prince of Wales enjoyed a “very emotional” first meeting with his granddaughter, Lilibet, a senior royal aide has revealed.
1d ago
InStyle
Khloé Kardashian's Nude Catsuit Mimicked Tattoos All Over Her Body
Not as permanent but just as edgy.
1d ago
Golf Channel
Zach Johnson says 'connect the dots' on LIV defectors participating in future Ryder Cups
ZJ isn't too concerned about how LIV will affect his Ryder Cup squad. Others, however, are more anxious about their future status.
2d ago
Politico
New details of Jan. 6 panel's mystery messages emerge
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson told the committee she was contacted by an intermediary for Mark Meadows, according to a person familiar with her final deposition.
16h ago
Hoops Hype
NBA Twitter reacts to Jalen Brunson signing $110M deal with the Knicks: ‘Looking forward to the NBA investigating the Knicks for tampering’
Here's how NBA Twitter reacted to Jalen Brunson signing a $110 million deal with the New York Knicks.
18h ago
College Football News
Big Ten Expansion Top 5 Candidates: Possible Schools To Join USC and UCLA
Top 5 schools the Big Ten might go after now that it grabbed USC and UCLA?
12h ago
NBC Sports BayArea
NBA rumors: Gary Payton II, Trail Blazers finalizing three-year contract
It appears that the Warriors have lost another fan favorite. Gary Payton II reportedly is finalizing a three-year, $28 million deal with the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.
10h ago
People
Hilaria Baldwin Shows Off Growing Baby Bump on Summer Hamptons Stroll with Husband Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Baldwin, who are expecting their seventh child together, were photographed Thursday on a walk in the Hamptons, New York
38m ago