Best of 2009 in pictures

[shehanK]

A picture says a thousand words. And this holds true for the different people who stood out in the year 2009. Snapshots of the best from the field of politics, glamour, sports and beyond.

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Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor (L), Dev Patel (C) and Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire arrive at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on February 22, 2009.
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A security guard stands outside the head office of Satyam Computer Services in Hyderabad, India on January 7, 2009. The head of Indian outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services resigned on Wednesday, disclosing that profits had been falsely inflated for years and sending its shares tumbling nearly 80 per cent.

 

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A video grab shows gunmen firing in the direction of a police vehicle in Lahore on March 3, 2009. Six members of the Sri Lankan cricket squad were wounded when around a dozen gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under police escort on Tuesday to a stadium in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

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President Barack Obama, the newly sworn in 44th President of the United States, waves as he and his wife Michelle walk down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Inaugural parade in Washington on January 20, 2009.

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US pop singer Michael Jackson gestures during a news conference at the O2 Arena in London on March 5, 2009. Jackson died aged 50 from an apparent cardiac arrest at his rented LA mansion on June 25, 2009.

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Michael Phelps of the US reacts after setting a world record in the men's 100m butterfly swimming final at the World Championships in Rome August 1, 2009.

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates with mascot 'Berlino' after winning the men's 200 metres final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 20, 2009
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Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Andy Rod**** of the US in their Gentlemen's Singles finals match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on July 5, 2009.

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Brawn GP Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain celebrates becoming the 2009 Formula One World Champion after finishing fifth in the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix at the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo on October 18, 2009.

 

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Hollywood actress Kate Winslet accepts the Oscar for best actress for The Reader in front of former best actress winners, from (L-R) Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine, Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, and Marion Cotillard during the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on February 22, 2009.

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Hollywood actor Sean Penn holds up his Oscar for best actor for his role in Milk backstage at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on February 22, 2009.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie plays with Iraqi refugee children living in Jaramana, a suburb in southern Damascus on October 2, 2009.

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The Brazilian Navy picks a piece of debris from Air France flight AF447 out of the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles (1,200 km) northeast of Recife distributed by the Navy in Recife, northeastern Brazil on June 9, 2009. Air France Flight 447 crashed en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro, killing all 228 people on board in an incident experts are still trying to understand as French and Brazilian teams scour deep Atlantic waters for its black box voice and data recorders.

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Residents living in Manila Bay look out from their house that was damaged by Typhoon Mirinae in Bacoor town, south of Manila on October 31, 2009.

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[milindasenarath]

graet pics
thanx

 

[shehanK]

graet pics
thanx

 

[Suvin1122]

Nice pics....

 

[Poscher]

Sri Lanka becomes the first country to defeat terrorism completely in Sri Lanka

 

[mahen harshana]

great pics thanks