The Year in Pictures 2011

An Egyptian man dips his finger in ink at a parliamentary polling station in the Cairo neighborhood of Shubra, Nov. 29, 2011. Egyptians in Cairo and the port city Alexandria waited in long queues to cast ballots for a new parliament -- the start of multi-stage elections that are the first since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in February. (Mohammed Hossam/AFP/Getty Images)