The Year in Photos

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Riot police detain a man during a demonstration while Brazilian anti-government protesters rally, in part angered by the billions spent for World Cup preparations, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 26, 2013.

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This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows form NSA contractor Edward Snowden in Hong Kong after he leaked classified documents, June 9, 2013.

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A man holds a woman after the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Savar near Dhaka, killing more than 1,100 people, April 25, 2013.

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A Union flag-draped coffin bearing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is carried on a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Artillery during her ceremonial funeral procession in London, England, April 17, 2013.