2009: The Year In Photos
![A pregnant woman begs for change on September 14 in front of a store advertisement in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the countries suffering the effects of the world economic crisis.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d129766c-83cc-4731-be87-d27a18a4323b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pregnant woman begs for change on September 14 in front of a store advertisement in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the countries suffering the effects of the world economic crisis.
![A father and daughter celebrate National Day in Beijing on October 1 amid massive events marking 60 years of communist rule in China.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c4123244-dfb7-421d-a682-cbdaa08de8ba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A father and daughter celebrate National Day in Beijing on October 1 amid massive events marking 60 years of communist rule in China.
![A statue of former U.S. President Bill Clinton is lifted into place in Pristina, Kosovo, on October 12.](https://gdb.rferl.org/65bd3b95-31df-4217-959d-b32d211d06f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A statue of former U.S. President Bill Clinton is lifted into place in Pristina, Kosovo, on October 12.
![U.S. Marines are engulfed in a dust storm as they await helicopter transport from their forward operating base in Farah Province, in southern Afghanistan, on October 12.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7c32344b-aeee-4fbf-a6fa-b32a11d8ac2a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Marines are engulfed in a dust storm as they await helicopter transport from their forward operating base in Farah Province, in southern Afghanistan, on October 12.
![U.S. actor Andy Garcia plays Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in a film shot in Tbilisi about the 2008 Georgian-Russian war.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d44337b3-976b-4b06-be00-ccf63a405e8e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. actor Andy Garcia plays Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in a film shot in Tbilisi about the 2008 Georgian-Russian war.
![An Iraqi man weeps after twin car bombings at the Justice and Labor ministries in Baghdad on October 25 killed at least 90 people.](https://gdb.rferl.org/4e850a8e-4f47-451b-996a-44804692b4b0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi man weeps after twin car bombings at the Justice and Labor ministries in Baghdad on October 25 killed at least 90 people.
![A Pakistani youth mourns as shops burn at a market following a deadly car bomb blast in Peshawar on October 28.](https://gdb.rferl.org/edcf00ed-8f6b-41d6-93c6-e1ffef4a847c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani youth mourns as shops burn at a market following a deadly car bomb blast in Peshawar on October 28.
![A boy in Chita, Russia, wears a mask as protection against swine flu.](https://gdb.rferl.org/4718cfd5-b8bc-426c-b9c1-b6c7b6711ead_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy in Chita, Russia, wears a mask as protection against swine flu.
![Russian soldiers dressed in World War II uniforms rehearse a military parade on November 5, ahead of a reenactment of the Soviet Army's battle with invading fascist troops in Moscow on November 7, 1941.](https://gdb.rferl.org/4489b33b-1603-47fc-b45d-78cfc1db1250_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian soldiers dressed in World War II uniforms rehearse a military parade on November 5, ahead of a reenactment of the Soviet Army's battle with invading fascist troops in Moscow on November 7, 1941.
![A memorial in Fort Hood, Texas, commemorates the 13 service members who died when a U.S. Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage at the military base on November 5.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7ee5d810-c8dc-4187-a706-8678bca547e5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A memorial in Fort Hood, Texas, commemorates the 13 service members who died when a U.S. Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage at the military base on November 5.
![The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is surrounded by giant dominoes that were toppled on November 8 to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years earlier.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d99d6b1d-f242-41d0-8419-3c9927883ffc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is surrounded by giant dominoes that were toppled on November 8 to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years earlier.
![A man kisses the hand of the late Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle during a memorial service in Belgrade on November 15.](https://gdb.rferl.org/169d0da4-297e-43ff-8d9b-bc57ed36bd36_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man kisses the hand of the late Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle during a memorial service in Belgrade on November 15.
![Czechs watch a fireworks display symbolizing the fall of the Iron Curtain in Prague on November 17, the anniversary of the 1989 protests that sparked the peaceful Velvet Revolution.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5d252088-7dd4-48f9-94b6-efdf28d03cc5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Czechs watch a fireworks display symbolizing the fall of the Iron Curtain in Prague on November 17, the anniversary of the 1989 protests that sparked the peaceful Velvet Revolution.
![Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi city of Mecca, on November 26 as some 2.5 million Muslims took part in the annual hajj.](https://gdb.rferl.org/761636f5-520a-452d-b896-284deb7f9703_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi city of Mecca, on November 26 as some 2.5 million Muslims took part in the annual hajj.
![Workers inspect a damaged train car in Russia's Novgorod region on November 28 after a bomb derailed the Nevsky Express train, killing at least 30 passengers.](https://gdb.rferl.org/738ef1a6-744b-4d84-8e2f-ea2ae7394439_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers inspect a damaged train car in Russia's Novgorod region on November 28 after a bomb derailed the Nevsky Express train, killing at least 30 passengers.
![U.S. President Barack Obama shows his Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo on December 10.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b78af9a9-e6bf-4ffb-a784-38e4716a32d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. President Barack Obama shows his Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo on December 10.
![An injured Iranian opposition supporter flashes a victory sign during clashes with security forces in Tehran on December 27. At least eight protesters were killed in the clashes.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5990e45a-7883-41fb-9f60-d9aeb52921d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An injured Iranian opposition supporter flashes a victory sign during clashes with security forces in Tehran on December 27. At least eight protesters were killed in the clashes.