02012 in Review: The Year in Photos2012 in FocusA look at a stormy 12 months, from the Mideast to America’s toll from an epic hurricane and gun violence.The Daily BeastUpdated Jul. 14, 2017 3:37AM EDT / Published Dec. 23, 2012 4:45AM EST Year in PicturesFilippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Year in PicturesCharles Ommanney/Getty Year in PicturesCharles Ommanney for Newsweek Year in PicturesMusadeq Sadeq/AP Year in PicturesMuhammed Muheisen/AP Year in PicturesPete Muller for Newsweek Year in PicturesManish Swarup/AP Year in PicturesAmmar Awad/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesMoises Saman / Magnum Photos Year in PicturesManu Brabo/AP Year in PicturesMichael Zumstein / Agence VU for Newsweek Year in PicturesMichael Zumstein/Agence VU for Newsweek Year In PicturesJon Lowenstein/NOOR Year in PicturesKevin Frayer/AP Year in PicturesAFP/Getty Year in PicturesAli Jarekji/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesNASA/AP Year in PicturesAdam Dean/Panos Pictures Year in PicturesGoran Tomasevic/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesDaniel Etter/Redux Year in PicturesEmilio Morenatti/AP Year in PicturesMikhail Voskresensky/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesYannis Behrakis/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesPablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Year in PicturesEsam Al-Fetori/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesJewel Samad/AFP/Getty Year in PicturesChris Carlson/AP Year in PicturesReuters, via Landov Year in PicturesBen Baker / Redux Year in PicturesJulie Dermansky/Corbis Year in PicturesJulie Dermansky/Corbis Year in PicturesFrank Franklin II/AP Year in PicturesAmru Salahuddien/Xinhu, via Redux Year in PicturesAndre Pain/EPA, via Landov Year in PicturesMajed Hamdan/AP Year in PicturesAnnibale Greco/Corbis Year in PicturesAbbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Year in PicturesJessica Hill/AP Year in PicturesYorgos Karahalis/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesMichael Christopher Brown The Daily Beast@thedailybeastGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Year in PicturesFilippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Year in PicturesCharles Ommanney/Getty Year in PicturesCharles Ommanney for Newsweek Year in PicturesMusadeq Sadeq/AP Year in PicturesMuhammed Muheisen/AP Year in PicturesPete Muller for Newsweek Year in PicturesManish Swarup/AP Year in PicturesAmmar Awad/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesMoises Saman / Magnum Photos Year in PicturesManu Brabo/AP Year in PicturesMichael Zumstein / Agence VU for Newsweek Year in PicturesMichael Zumstein/Agence VU for Newsweek Year In PicturesJon Lowenstein/NOOR Year in PicturesKevin Frayer/AP Year in PicturesAFP/Getty Year in PicturesAli Jarekji/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesNASA/AP Year in PicturesAdam Dean/Panos Pictures Year in PicturesGoran Tomasevic/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesDaniel Etter/Redux Year in PicturesEmilio Morenatti/AP Year in PicturesMikhail Voskresensky/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesYannis Behrakis/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesPablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Year in PicturesEsam Al-Fetori/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesJewel Samad/AFP/Getty Year in PicturesChris Carlson/AP Year in PicturesReuters, via Landov Year in PicturesBen Baker / Redux Year in PicturesJulie Dermansky/Corbis Year in PicturesJulie Dermansky/Corbis Year in PicturesFrank Franklin II/AP Year in PicturesAmru Salahuddien/Xinhu, via Redux Year in PicturesAndre Pain/EPA, via Landov Year in PicturesMajed Hamdan/AP Year in PicturesAnnibale Greco/Corbis Year in PicturesAbbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Year in PicturesJessica Hill/AP Year in PicturesYorgos Karahalis/Reuters, via Landov Year in PicturesMichael Christopher Brown