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Jennifer Lawrence has become well-known as the internet’s sweetheart, largely thanks to her unconventionally casual attitude to fame. After winning an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, photographers perfectly captured the essence of the Hollywood-by-way-of-Kentucky starlet when she responded to a jibe telling her not to slip on the steps like she did once before.
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We’ve experienced a year of extreme weather the world over, and in Northern Ireland, one March snow storm left shepherds struggling to find their sheep. In snow drifts as big as 20 feet, one farmer photographed here was trying to save animals that had been buried by the icy blast.
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On April 15th, the world was shaken by the dramatic, deadly scenes that unfolded at the Boston Marathon. As runners made their way to the finish line, this photo taken on a mobile phone was one of the first to document the bombings that left hundreds injured and killed three.
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Oscar Pistorius, the former Olympic sprinter nicknamed ‘Blade Runner’, saw the first day of his murder trial court proceedings in February. After being charged with shooting his girlfriend dead, Pistorius applied for bail before the world’s media.
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In a tragedy that transformed the once idyllic scenery of Italy’s Giglio Island into nothing short of a nightmare, the capsizing of cruise ship Costa Concordia in 2012 was followed by an intense and lengthy rescue operation. A year or so later, an aerial photograph of the scene depicts the true scale of the catastrophe.
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A fearless visionary and humanitarian hero, anti-apartheid activist and South African president Nelson Mandela touched the lives of many and sadly passed away on December 5th. Here, an artist paints a tribute to Mandela six months before his death, to bring a “ray of light to a dark neighborhood” in Lisbon.
