Below you will find a link to the 45 most powerful Images of the year 2011 according to Buzzfeed.

"A monstrous dust storm (Haboob) roared through Phoenix, Arizona in July".

"A U.S. Army soldier takes five with an Afghan boy during a patrol in Pul-e Alam, a town in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan".

"Australian Scott Jones kisses his Canadian girlfriend Alex Thomas after she was knocked to the ground by a police officer's riot shield in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadians rioted after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins".

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