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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

2011 in Lego: the year's news - in pictures

allyhook/Flickr - Lego royal wedding
April 2011: Well-wishers, tourists and media gather to watch the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's 'first' kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace as a married couple following their wedding at Westminster Abbey
Photograph: allyhook/Flickr/some rights reserved
Profound Whatever/Flickr - Situation Room
May 2011: US president Barack Obama and his national security team in the now famous photograph of them watching the mission to kill Osama bin Laden unfold in real time
Photograph: Profound Whatever/Flickr/some rights reserved
purpleplanetcom/Flickr - Merkel & Obama
June 2011: Barack Obama appears with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, as they played down the prospect of a double-dip recession
Photograph: purpleplanetcom/Flickr/some rights reserved
Jim Walshe/Flickr - This is the most humble day of my life
July 2011: Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng blocks him from getting cream-pied during a hearing of a government select committee hearing on phone hacking
Photograph: Jim Walshe/Flickr/some rights reserved
Graeme_Smith/Flickr - Unrest in Lego Town
August 2011: Rioters clash with police in London, Birmingham and Manchester, as local businesses and buildings are looted and damaged
Photograph: Graeme Smith/Flickr/some rights reserved
[clint]/Flickr - Occupy Wall Street
September 2011: Protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, sparking copycat demonstrations across the globe
Photograph: [clint]/Flickr/some rights reserved
yappen all day long/Flickr - Libya MOC
October 2011: Fighting continues in Libya between anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalists, as the rebels mount a massive attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte
Photograph: yappen all day long/Flickr/some rights reserved
nolnet/Flickr - Occupy Space!
November 2011: A police officer pepper sprays students at a protest in California sparked a series of online memes, as Xeni Jardin explains
Photograph: nolnet/Flickr/some rights reserved
digibron/Flickr - Lego Christmas tree
November 2011: Lego makes the news for real this time as a Lego Christmas tree is erected in London
Photograph: digibron/Flickr/some rights reserved
Southcoasting/Flickr - May all old soldiers rest in peace
November 2011: 11/11/11 remembered
Photograph: Southcoasting/Flickr/some rights reserved
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