2010 - year in photos

Ukraine -- An Iranian security guard drags a topless protester away from a hall during an Iranian cultural event in Kuiv, 11Nov2010 - An Iranian security guard drags a partially dressed protester away from a hall during an Iranian cultural event in Kiev November 11, 2010. Activists from the women's rights organization Femen staged the protest in support of Iranian citizen Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, accused both of adultery and of being complicit in her husband's murder. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS, IRAN) POTW45 10poty

9 Ukraine -- An Iranian security guard drags a topless protester away from a hall during an Iranian cultural event in Kuiv, 11Nov2010 - An Iranian security guard drags a partially dressed protester away from a hall during an Iranian cultural event in Kiev November 11, 2010. Activists from the women's rights organization Femen staged the protest in support of Iranian citizen Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, accused both of adultery and of being complicit in her husband's murder. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS, IRAN) POTW45 10poty

Iran -- A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, 26Oct2010 - A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, some 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran October 26, 2010. Iran has begun loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, one of the last steps to realising its stated goal of becoming a peaceful nuclear power, state-run Press TV reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/IRNA/Mohammad Babaie (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) POTW43 10poty

10 Iran -- A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, 26Oct2010 - A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, some 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran October 26, 2010. Iran has begun loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, one of the last steps to realising its stated goal of becoming a peaceful nuclear power, state-run Press TV reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/IRNA/Mohammad Babaie (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) POTW43 10poty

U.S. -- Protesters demonstrate outside the U.N. headquarters against Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in New York, 23Sep2010 - Protesters demonstrate outside the U.N. headquarters against Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) potw38 10POTY

11 U.S. -- Protesters demonstrate outside the U.N. headquarters against Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in New York, 23Sep2010 - Protesters demonstrate outside the U.N. headquarters against Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) potw38 10POTY

Kazakhstan -- A constructor walks along a hall of Zhybek-Zholy (Silk Way) station of the Almaty subway, 21Oct2010 - A constructor walks along a hall of Zhybek-Zholy (Silk Way) station of the Almaty subway, October 21, 2010. The construction of the Almaty underground, a project which started under the Soviet Union in 1988, is in its final stage and will be opened next year. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) POTW42 10poty

12 Kazakhstan -- A constructor walks along a hall of Zhybek-Zholy (Silk Way) station of the Almaty subway, 21Oct2010 - A constructor walks along a hall of Zhybek-Zholy (Silk Way) station of the Almaty subway, October 21, 2010. The construction of the Almaty underground, a project which started under the Soviet Union in 1988, is in its final stage and will be opened next year. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) POTW42 10poty