From oil spills, wildfires, and floods to Victory Day and the World Cup, these photos tell the stories that defined 2010.
2010: The Year In Photos
![Orthodox Christians bathe in freezing water on Epiphany Day, January 19, at the New Jerusalem monastery near Moscow. Photo by RFE/RL](https://gdb.rferl.org/717fc0a8-8159-476d-ab91-b19654980916_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Orthodox Christians bathe in freezing water on Epiphany Day, January 19, at the New Jerusalem monastery near Moscow.
Photo by RFE/RL
Photo by RFE/RL
![Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower, the world's tallest skyscraper, is illuminated by lasers during its opening ceremony on January 4. Photo by Karim Sahib for AFP](https://gdb.rferl.org/fa71c70c-7d8a-40c1-81c1-d716aa077aa4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower, the world's tallest skyscraper, is illuminated by lasers during its opening ceremony on January 4.
Photo by Karim Sahib for AFP
Photo by Karim Sahib for AFP
![A woman is rescued from the rubble in Port-au-Prince after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti on January 12. The Haitian government estimates that more than 200,000 people died as a result of the earthquake and 1 million were left homeless. Photo by Lisandro Suero for AFP](https://gdb.rferl.org/79c776b7-9479-4490-8432-f6e8391cf352_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman is rescued from the rubble in Port-au-Prince after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti on January 12. The Haitian government estimates that more than 200,000 people died as a result of the earthquake and 1 million were left homeless.
Photo by Lisandro Suero for AFP
Photo by Lisandro Suero for AFP
![The new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Irinej of Nis, was enthroned on January 23 at Belgrade's Cathedral Church. Photo by Vesna Anđić for RFE/RL](https://gdb.rferl.org/f8f5d943-1d8c-48d4-837c-fc08cb3f5772_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Irinej of Nis, was enthroned on January 23 at Belgrade's Cathedral Church.
Photo by Vesna Anđić for RFE/RL
Photo by Vesna Anđić for RFE/RL