2010: The Year In Photos

A Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Mount Al-Noor during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 9. The hajj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who are able to perform it. Photo by Mohammed Salem for Reuters

47 A Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Mount Al-Noor during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 9. The hajj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who are able to perform it.

Photo by Mohammed Salem for Reuters

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka addresses delegates during the fourth All-Belarusian national assembly in Minsk on December 6. Lukashenka, who has ruled the former Soviet republic since 1994, looks set to dominate the December 19 presidential vote. Photo by Maxim Guchek for AFP

48 Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka addresses delegates during the fourth All-Belarusian national assembly in Minsk on December 6. Lukashenka, who has ruled the former Soviet republic since 1994, looks set to dominate the December 19 presidential vote.

Photo by Maxim Guchek for AFP

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, cries during an interview with Iran's English-language Press TV in an image released on December 9. The stoning sentence against Ashtiani, who is charged with adultery and murdering her husband, has raised an outcry from human rights defenders. Photo by Reuters/Press TV

49 Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, cries during an interview with Iran's English-language Press TV in an image released on December 9. The stoning sentence against Ashtiani, who is charged with adultery and murdering her husband, has raised an outcry from human rights defenders.

Photo by Reuters/Press TV

Supporters of Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci celebrate election victory in Pristina on December 12. The parliamentary elections were the first since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 2008. Photo by Armend Nimani for AFP

50 Supporters of Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci celebrate election victory in Pristina on December 12. The parliamentary elections were the first since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 2008.

Photo by Armend Nimani for AFP