2011 has been a momentous year and the world has seen major changes along the way. There have been drastic changes in world politics with uprisings around the world, major impact on sporting events, entertainment and humanity.
Here’s a look back at the year so far.
New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes (R) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the New England Patriots during the fourth quarter of their AFC Divisional NFL playoff football game in Foxborough, January 16, 2011.REUTERS/Adam HungerFrance's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wipes the brow of her husband, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, as they visit a market in Fort-de-France on the Martinique island January 8, 2011. Sarkozy and his wife travel to Martinique and Guadeloupe to deliver New Year's address to French overseas territories before a meeting with the U.S. President in Washington on Monday.REUTERS/Philippe WojazerOrich Florestal (L), 24 and Rosemond Altidon, 22, stand on the edge of their partially destroyed apartment of Port-au-Prince January 9, 2011. Haiti will this week mark the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed around 250,000 people and wrecked much of the capital Port-au-Prince on Jan 12, 2010.REUTERS/Allison ShelleyA frame grab released January 10, 2011 shows the video declaration of three members of Spain's Basque Separatist Group ETA declaring a permanent ceasefire. The ETA called for a permanent truce on Monday, Basque-language newspaper Gara said on its website, three months after the weakened group announced a halt to armed attacks.REUTERS/Gara/HandoutA Tunisian soldier screams as he tries to calm down rioters during clashes with the police in downtown of the capital Tunis January 14, 2011. Tunisian President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali declared a state of emergency on Friday and warned that protesters would be shot in an increasingly frantic effort to quell the worst unrest in his two decades in power.REUTERS/Zohra BensemraMigrants rest inside an auditorium which is being used as a migrant's shelter in Chahuites, Istmo de Tehuantepec January 8, 2011, before continuing their journey to the United States. Countless Latin American migrants travel some 1,900 miles (3,058 km) through Mexico hoping for a better life in the United States, but many see their journeys end in robbery, assault or arrest. According to Mexico's National Commission of Human Rights, more than 10,000 migrants would have been kidnapped in the last six months.REUTERS/Jorge Luis PlataFriends of Ramses Barron hug outside his home while mourning his death in Nogales January 6, 2011. A U.S. Border Patrol agent was involved in a shooting on the Arizona border with Mexico on Wednesday that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Barron who was trying to illegally scale the border fence, Mexican police said.REUTERS/Alonso Castillo
