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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Sarah Gilbert

Best photographs of 2009

Photographs of the year: US marain afghanistan
July: Medics aid a US marine in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Photograph: Getty Photograph: David Guttenfelder/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: Christian Lacroix
July: Designer Christian Lacroix on the catwalk in Paris following the collapse of his fashion house. Photograph: Rex Features/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: traffic jam
November: A huge traffic jam in the forests of French Guiana. Photograph: JODY AMIET/Getty/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: hindu holy men
July: Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, watch the solar eclipse in the city of Allahabad, India. Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: Filipino boy floodwaters
September: A Filipino boy is carried to safety through floodwaters after tropical storm Ketsana hit Manila. Photograph: JAY DIRECTO/Getty/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: floodwaters malaysia
November: A piece of land with livestock surrounded by floodwaters following the evacuation of villagers in Rantau Panjang, Malaysia. Photograph: FATHIL ASRI/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: Couple kissing mexico city
April: A couple wearing masks in Mexico City kiss during the outbreak of swine flu. Photograph: ALFREDO ESTRELLA/Getty/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: Andrew Strauss ashes
August: Andrew Strauss lifts the Ashes at the Oval following England’s defeat of Australia. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: Andean woman football match
December: An Andean woman, or “Mamacha”, practices before the women’s football championships at the Peruvian national stadium in Lima. Photograph: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: michelle obama
November: First Lady Michelle Obama rests her feet before the seventh of 10 inauguration balls she attended with her husband in one night. Photograph: Callie Shell/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: palestinian boy
June: A Palestinian boy flinches as youths frighten him with toy guns in a refugee camp in the West Bank. Photograph: MUHAMMED MUHEISEN/guardian.co.uk
Photographs of the year: brazilian student
December: A Brazilian student faces a line of charging riot police on horseback during protests against government corruption. Photograph: EVARISTO SA/Getty/guardian.co.uk
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