The first quarter of
2013 was a tough one for many people. It certainly was difficult for us
here in Boston. Putting together the best photos of the year can be
depressing. For the most part, the wire services move their most
dramatic photos of the most significant events and many of those are
violent. In this post, you will see photos from the horrific collapse of
the garment factory in Bangladesh, the Boston Marathon bombings and you
will see a few light moments sprinkled within. It’s critical for us to
document these tragic moments. Because of the images of the building
collapse seen around the world, Bangladesh now has a new labor law that
boosts worker rights. But after this edit, I'm going to start gathering
some positive images for a future post. --Thea Breite (28 photos total)
Tammy
Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren, two-year-old Charlotte
Walker, left, four-year-old Esther Walker, third from left,
nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, second from right,
and six-year-old Caleb Walker, right, take refuge under a jetty as a
wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the
state capital of Hobart, Australia on Jan. 4, 2013 The family credits
God with their survival from the fire that destroyed around 90 homes in
Dunalley. (Holmes Family, Tim Holmes/AP)
Jimmy
Greene, left, kisses his wife Nelba Marquez-Greene as he holds a
portrait of their daughter, Sandy Hook School shooting victim Ana
Marquez-Greene at a news conference at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown,
Conn., Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. One month after the mass school shooting
at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the parents joined a grassroots
initiative called Sandy Hook Promise to support solutions for a safer
community. (Jessica Hill/AP)#
An
Afghan security officer walks at the scene after an attack by militants
in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants wearing
suicide vests including one driving a car packed with explosives
attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence in Kabul, setting off a
blast that reportedly caused several deaths and wounded at least 30
civilians. (Ahmad Jamshid/AP)#
An
Iranian officer lashes a man, convicted of rape, at the northeastern
city of Sabzevar, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Rape, like murder and
treason, can be punished by the death sentence in Iran, but sometimes
judges imposed a sentence of lashes before execution or imprisonment.
(Hossein Esmaeli/AP)#
The
outfit worn by the two-year-old Princess Anne at Britain's Queen
Elizabeth II's Coronation on June 2, 1953, is seen during a photo
opportunity at the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace in central London,
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Summer 2013 marked the 60th anniversary the
Coronation and a special exhibition at Buckingham Palace will brang
together an array of the dress, uniform and robes worn on that occasion.
(Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)#
A
man stands around coffins containing the remains of victims after the
bodies were identified at a gymnasium in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do
Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. A fast-moving fire roared
through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in southern Brazil,
within seconds filling the space with flames and a thick, toxic smoke
that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers who gasped for breath and
fought in a stampede to escape. (Felipe Dana/AP)#
A
woman walks behind Belgian riot policemen during clashes with Arcelor
Mittal workers from several Liege steel plants demonstrating outside the
Walloon Region parliament in Namur January 29, 2013. Arcelor Mittal,
the world's largest steel producer, plans to shut a coke plant and six
finishing lines at its site in Liege, Belgium, which will affect 1,300
employees, the group said. (Yves Herman/REUTERS) #
Marching
band members wait to perform during a procession walking to bathe on
the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna
and the mythical Saraswati, on the auspicious bathing day of Mauni
Amavasya during the Maha Kumbh Mela on February 10, 2013 in Allahabad,
India. The Maha Kumbh Mela, believed to be the largest religious
gathering on earth, is held every 12 years on the banks of Sangam, the
confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati.
The Kumbh Mela alternates between the cities of Nasik, Allahabad, Ujjain
and Haridwar every three years. The Maha Kumbh Mela celebrated at the
holy site of Sangam in Allahabad, is the largest and holiest, celebrated
over 55 days, and is expected to attract over 100 million people.
(Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)#
Former
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jokes with U.S. Secretary of
Defense Leon Panetta after being presented the Department of Defense's
highest award for public service at the Pentagon February 14, 2013 in
Arlington, Virginia. Secretary Clinton recently retired from public
service. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)#
"Blade
Runner" Oscar Pistorius awaits the start of court proceedings in the
Pretoria Magistrates court February 19, 2013. Pistorius, a double
amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was
applying for bail after being charged in court with shooting dead his
girlfriend, 30-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria house.
Standing behind Oscar (3rd L), wearing a scarf, is his sister Aimee, and
his brother Carl (4th L). To his right in green, are members of the
African National Congress (ANC) Women's League. (Siphiwe Sibeko/REUTERS)#
Mark
Kelly leans his head on the shoulder of his wife and former
Congresswoman Gabby Giffords as they attend a news conference asking
Congress and the Senate to provide stricter gun control in the United
States on March 6, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords and Kelly were
joined by survivors of the Tucson shooting as they spoke outside the
Safeway grocery store where the shooting happened two years ago where
six people were killed. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)#
Azra,
68, looks at her dead pet bird in a cage at her home, which was
previously burnt by a mob, in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 11, 2013.
Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country
demanding better protection after the Christian neighbourhood was
torched in the city of Lahore in connection with the country's
controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Mohsin Raza/REUTERS)#
Lesleigh
Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her
brother, Ryan Coyer, who served with the U.S. Army in both Iraq and
Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia March 11, 2013.
Coyer died of complications from an injury sustained in Afghanistan.
(Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS)#
Egyptian
protesters drag a wounded Muslim Brotherhood supporter during clashes
between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood
near the Islamist group’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March
22, 2013. Egyptian protesters clashed with the president's Muslim
Brotherhood backers and ransacked three offices nationwide as anger over
allegations of beatings and power-grabbing boiled over into the largest
and most violent demonstrations yet on the doorstep of the powerful
group. (Khalil Hamra/AP)#
Farmer
Donald O'Reilly searches for sheep or lambs trapped in a snow drift
near weakened animals that had just been rescued, in the Aughafatten
area of County Antrim, Northern Ireland March 26, 2013. At least 140,000
homes and businesses in Northern Ireland were left without power over
the weekend following heavy snowfall, causing snowdrifts of up to 5
metres (18 feet). (Cathal McNaughton/REUTERS)#
The
family of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife,
Cynthia, comfort each other during their funeral services at the First
Baptist Church of Wortham Friday, April 5, 2013, in Wortham, Texas. The
couple was found shot to death in their house near Forney, about 20
miles east of Dallas. (LM Otero/AP)#
Cherry
blossoms bloom on the edge of the Tidal Basin after a colder than
normal March and chilly April delayed the beginning of the cherry
blossom season in the nation's capital April 8, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Peak bloom was originally predicted between March 26 and March 30th,
with the revised prediction moving to April 6-10. (Win McNamee/Getty
Images)#
19-year-old
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, bloody and
disheveled with the red dot of a rifle laser sight on his forehead,
raises his hand from inside a boat at the time of his capture by law
enforcement authorities in Watertown, Mass. According to State police
spokesman David Procopio, Sgt. Sean Murphy, the state police
photographer who released this photo and others of the bloodied Tsarnaev
during his capture, retired Nov. 1, 2013, days after internal charges
against him were upheld for releasing the images. (Sean
Murphy/AP/Massachusetts State Police) #
A
farmer puts baskets of newly hatched ducklings in a hatch room at a
poultry egg trading market in Wuzhen town, Tongxiang, Zhejiang province
April 18, 2013. China's poultry sector has recorded losses of more than
10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) since reports emerged of a new strain of
bird flu, an official at the country's National Poultry Industry
Association told Reuters. An elderly man in eastern China died of bird
flu on April 23, 2013, bringing the death toll from a strain that
recently emerged in humans to 22, a provincial health agency reported.
(Stringer/REUTERS)#
A
Carabiniere police officer lies on the ground after gunshots were fired
in front of Chigi Palace in Rome April 28, 2013. Two police officers
were shot and wounded outside the Italian prime minister's office as
Enrico Letta's new government was being sworn in around a km (0.62
miles) away at the president's palace, RAI state television reported.
(Giampiero Sposito/REUTERS)#
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