Best Pictures of 2008

From The Big Picture

2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. It's not the story of 2008, it's certainly not all stories, but as a collection it does show a good portion of what life has been like over the past 12 months. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days:

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Part 2
Part 3

Those are some amazing pictures. Some are gory. Some are poignant. Some are tragic. Here are two of the more light-hearted ones from the collection - a woman cantering her horse alongside the Tour d' France competitors, and the fans of Red Star Belgrade soccer team lighting up the red flares during a game:

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