2010 - year in photos

Belarus - President Alyaksandr Lukashenka (C, standing) addresses delegates during the 4th All-Belarusian national assembly in Minsk, 06Dec2010 - BELARUS, Minsk : Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (C, standing) addresses delegates during the 4th All-Belarusian national assembly in Minsk on December 6, 2010. Lukashenko, who has ruled the former Soviet republic with an iron grip since 1994, looks set to dominate the December 19 presidential vote. AFP PHOTO / BELTA / POOL / MAXIM GUCHEK 10poty

17 Belarus - President Alyaksandr Lukashenka (C, standing) addresses delegates during the 4th All-Belarusian national assembly in Minsk, 06Dec2010 - BELARUS, Minsk : Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (C, standing) addresses delegates during the 4th All-Belarusian national assembly in Minsk on December 6, 2010. Lukashenko, who has ruled the former Soviet republic with an iron grip since 1994, looks set to dominate the December 19 presidential vote. AFP PHOTO / BELTA / POOL / MAXIM GUCHEK 10poty

Germany - A woman watching the internet site of WikiLeaks as on the screen at (R) can be seen a photo of WikiLeaks-founder Julian Assange, Schwerin, 30Nov2010 - This illustration taken on November 30, 2010 in Schwerin, northeastern Germany, shows a woman watching the internet site of WikiLeaks as on the screen at (R) can be seen a photo of WikiLeaks-founder Julian Assange. WikiLeaks faced a worldwide backlash over its release of secret US diplomatic cables, with some countries saying the revelations undermined diplomacy while others dismissed them as worthless 10poty

19 Germany - A woman watching the internet site of WikiLeaks as on the screen at (R) can be seen a photo of WikiLeaks-founder Julian Assange, Schwerin, 30Nov2010 - This illustration taken on November 30, 2010 in Schwerin, northeastern Germany, shows a woman watching the internet site of WikiLeaks as on the screen at (R) can be seen a photo of WikiLeaks-founder Julian Assange. WikiLeaks faced a worldwide backlash over its release of secret US diplomatic cables, with some countries saying the revelations undermined diplomacy while others dismissed them as worthless 10poty

20 Russia -- Moscow's Mayor Yury Luzhkov talks to the media in Moscow, 18Sep2010 - Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov talks to the media in Moscow in this September 18, 2010 file photo. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked a powerful political opponent, veteran Moscow mayor Luzhkov, a Kremlin spokeswoman said September 28, 2010. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov/Files (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 10poty

Belarus -- Elderly women visit a cemetery near the village of Baruny, 01Nov2010 - BELARUS, Baruny : TOPSHOTS Elderly women visit a cemetery near the Belarus village of Baruny, some 105 km northwest of the capital Minsk, on November 1, 2010, marking the upcoming Dzyady (The Remembrance Day or All Saints' Day). TOPSHOTS / AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV POTW44 10poty

21 Belarus -- Elderly women visit a cemetery near the village of Baruny, 01Nov2010 - BELARUS, Baruny : TOPSHOTS Elderly women visit a cemetery near the Belarus village of Baruny, some 105 km northwest of the capital Minsk, on November 1, 2010, marking the upcoming Dzyady (The Remembrance Day or All Saints' Day). TOPSHOTS / AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV POTW44 10poty