Featuring great photographs from Libya, Japan, and a basketball game aboard a U.S. warship
Aug. 23, 2011 – Tripoli, Libya – An armed rebel fighter kicks a soccer ball near Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound as its engulfed in flames. Libyan rebels captured the palace after days of fighting for control of Tripoli. (Credit Image: © Maxppp/ZUMAPRESS.com)
Every year, thousands of photographs are viewed, edited argued over, and finally selected by Maclean’s photo department for the pages of the magazine. For the Year in Pictures issue, we were looking for the best images that told the story of 2011. A great news photograph must do many things besides record a moment, the most important of which is to create an emotional response in the reader. Joy, outrage, sympathy, laughter; you know it when you see it. Below are our 10 favourite news photos of 2011.