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Photo AFP가 뽑은 "2009 사진"의 일부
2010.01.09 06:11
AFP가 뽑은 '2009 사진'의 일부입니다. A farmer sprays milk on police forces during a protest against falling milk prices outside the European Headquarters on October 5, 2009 in Brussels. EU farm ministers are to discuss proposals in Brussels on October 5, 2009 on European dairy market rules to help milk farmers hit by falling prices. AFP PHOTO/ GEORGES GOBET Bulgarians dive into icy water as they compete to catch a cross in the middle of a lake in Sofia on Epiphany Day on January 6, 2009. It is believed that the man who is the first to grab the cross, thrown into the water by an Eastern Orthodox priest, will be healthy throughout the new year. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF Palestinian civilians and medics run to safety during an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED Veterinarians prepare the Budapest Zoo?s oldest gorilla, Liesel ready for an operation in Budapest on January 15, 2009. The surgery became necessary due to the progress of a tumour, which could cause the death of the ape. During the three-hour long intervention, doctors for humans, with assistance from the zoo?s veterinarians checked the 32-year-old female, lowland gorilla?s fibroids in the uterus, which are anatomically very similar to the human body. Surgery on gorillas is extremely rare, and this was the first time that this kind of intervention became mandatory in Hungary. AFP PHOTO / POOL A White House staffer carries a framed photograph of US President George W. Bush outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2009, one week before Barack Obama is sworn in as president. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB
Two bikers pass a dune during the sixth stage of the 2009 Dakar between San Rafael and Mendoza, January 08, 2009. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS The body of the child (top) killed during Israeli strikes over the UN-run school is pictured along with bodies of two other children killed during strikes in the morgue of Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS 
Manchester United's French defender Patrice Evra clears the ball during his team's UEFA Champions League first knockout round first leg football match against Inter Milan on February 24, 2009 at San Siro Stadium in Milan. AFP PHOTO / ANDREW YATES A fisheye lens view of people walking across the dried-up Hubei lake in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province on February 12, 2009. In four provinces, Henan, Anhui, Shandong and Shanxi, authorities have declared the highest-level drought emergency, the first time the emergency had ever been raised so high, as some regions had not seen precipitation in more than 100 days. CHINA OUT GETTY OUT AFP PHOTO A Hindu devotee takes a ceremonial shower prior making a pilgrimage to the Batu Caves temple before sunrise during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur on February 8, 2009. The Hindu festival of Thaipusam, which commemorates the day when Goddess Pavarthi gave her son Lord Muruga an invincible lance with which he destroyed evil demons, is celebrated by some two million ethnic Indians in Malaysia. AFP PHOTO/ Saeed KHAN
Dancers perform during a rehearsal of US dancer Dita Von Teese show on the stage of the Crazy Horse strip cabaret, on January 28, 2009 in Paris. Her show will be shown from February 1st to 15, 2009. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU A life-like 16ft high sculpture of an iceberg featuring a stranded polar bear and its cub is pictured on the River Thames in London on January 26, 2009. A giant polar bear sculpture sailed on the River Thames on Monday to raise awareness of the melting ice caps and mark the launch of the new Natural History TV channel Eden. AFP PHOTO/ Shaun Curry German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao listen to the national anthems on January 29, 2009 at the Chancellory in Berlin. Wen Jiabao will hold talks with Angela Merkel, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German president Horst Koehler and attend an economic forum with Merkel during the day. AFP PHOTO DDP/POOL/GERO BRELOER GERMANY OUT The former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev poses during a press conference ahead of the "Cinema for Peace" gala on the sidelines of the 59th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin February 8, 2009. The gala will be held on February 9. The Berlinale is taking place from February 5 to 15, 2009 with 18 productions vying for the coveted Golden Bear for best picture to be awarded on February 14. Two supporters of Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina take refuge behind a container as the police fire tear gas after a rally in the main avenue of the Madagascan capital Antananarivo on February 16, 2009. Police in Madagascar fired warning shots Monday to disperse thousands of anti-government demonstrators taking part in a rally after a tense standoff with security forces. Around 10,000 proptestors had gathered at the city's main square for a rally in support of Antananarivo's sacked mayor Andry Rajoelina who has called for the removal of President Marc Ravalomanana. AFP PHOTO/Walter ASTRADA Hungarian cyclists hold up their bikes at Varosliget public garden in Budapest on April 19, 2009 during an environmental demonstration. The Budapest "Critical Mass", a worldwide demonstration, is becoming one of the most important with more than 30,000 participants. AFP PHOTO / BALINT PORNECZI Thousands of scrapped taxis are abandoned at a yard in the center of Chongqing city on March 4, 2009. Traffic congestion and pollution have worsened dramatically in Chinese cities as the country's long-running economic expansion has allowed increasing numbers of consumers to make big-ticket purchases such as cars. CHINA OUT GETTY OUT AFP PHOTO A photographer takes pictures of hostesses on Tiananmen Square during the closing ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 12, 2009. China's annual parliamentary sessions, the National People's Congress (NPC) and its advisory auxiliary, the CPPCC come to a close with the economy and unemployment at the top the agenda. A reveller of Leandro de Itaquera samba school parades at the Sambadrome, as part of Carnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late on February 21, 2009. Carnival is the biggest and most popular celebration in Brazil and runs throughout the country until February 23. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA French aerobatic team " Cartouche dor? "fly in formation near Aix-en-Provence, southern France. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wait at Baden-Baden City hall on April 3, 2009 for heads of delegations to arrive during the NATO summit. The summit, which marks the organisation's 60th anniversary, is taking place on April 3 and 4, 2009 in Strasbourg, France and the neighbouring German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl. AFP PHOTO DDP / MICHAEL KAPPELER Kenyan paramilitary police burn illegal weapons on March 17, 2009 in Nairobi. Kenyan police on destroyed over 2,000 weapons that were used in criminal activities in many parts of the country and were confiscated by the police since 2007. AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA Turkish Marines approach landing during an Efes-2009 Military Exercise in Izmir on May 26, 2009. Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to attend the exercises. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN A German veterinarian gives a pedicure to Boy, a 39 year-old Asian elephant, who was sedated before the cosmetic work at Kiev Zoo on May 23, 2009. A delegation of German veterinarians arrived from Munich Zoo to help their Ukrainian colleagues perform the complex pedicure. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY Handout photo released by the NASA shows a view taken from the International Space Station of the Sarychev Volcano on the Kuril Islands in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain, and it is located on the northwestern end of Matua Island. AFP PHOTO / HO / NASA A model presents an outfit by British designer Alexander McQueen during ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show on October 6, 2009 in Paris. AFP PHOTO FRANCOIS GUILLOT A competitor trains ahead of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 at the 02 Arena, in east London, on October 12, 2009. The competition runs from October 13 to 18. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza A poster of Michael Jackson is signed by fans near his Star on the Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on June 29, 2009. Michael Jackson's family won temporary custody of the star's children and applied for control of his estate Monday as the first shots were fired in the legal fight arising from the icon's death. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS A man stands near a huge advertisement for the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup on a building in Johannesburg on June 24, 2009. South Africa is hosting the tournament from June 14 to 28. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA SC Braga's goalkeeper Eduardo Carvalho wears his shirt over his head at the end of their Portuguese First league football match against FC Porto at the AXA Stadium in Braga, on September 19, 2009. Braga won the match 1-0. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL RIOPA
A model displays a creation of Moschino Cheap and Chic Spring/Summer 2010 ready-to-wear fashion show on September 24, 2009 during the Women's fashion week in Milan. AFP PHOTO / Christophe Simon A model presents an outfit by Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf during ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show in on October 3, 2009 in Paris. AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY Nude models directed by US photographer Spencer Tunick hold bottles in a Bourgogne (Burgundy) wineyard near Macon, central-eastern France, on October 3, 2009, for a giant photograph during an operation with Greenpeace. The event is organized to call attention on the danger of climatic change ahead of negotiations on a global climate treaty begin in December in Copenhagen. AFP PHOTO / JEFF PACHOUD |
The world of 2009 was full of joy, sadness, disaster, glories, and anything you can imagine.
And, so will be 2010. Can we handle all of those again ??
AFP ?? There are a lot of them around such as;
American Family Physician,
Association for Financial Professionals,
Association of Fundraising Professionals,
and even, Anglican Fellowship of Prayer.
But I guess it is "American Free Press Newspaper" in this case.