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The GlobalFlyer, piloted by Steve FossettFlight record
March 3: Steve Fossett's bid to fly solo, nonstop around the world.

 
John and Jackie KnillTsunami couple
February 25: Couple's images of wave that killed them recovered.
Special report: Indian Ocean tsunami

 
A Londoner walks across Clapham CommonSnow blankets Britain
February 22: Blizzards sweep the country as a prolonged cold snap hits.
Special report: weather

 
A woman walks in front of a house on the outskirts of Zarand, a town in Kerman province - around 440 miles south-east of Tehran - which was damaged when a powerful earthquake struck the central Iranian region. Photograph: Hasan Sarbakhshian/APEarthquake in Iran
February 22: South-eastern Iran is hit by an earthquake, killing 270 people.
Special report: Iran

 
A foxhound waits before the start of the Lunesdale hunt in Sedburgh, Cumbria. Photograph: Paul Ellis/APThe death of hunting
February 17: The last days of legal hunting with dogs in Britain.
Special report: hunting

 
Model Naomi Campbell and designer Julien MacDonald kiss on the runwayWhen frocks came to town
February 15: All the glitz and glamour from the London Fashion Week.

 
A handout photograph shows Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles at Birkhall in Scotland. Photograph: Clarence House/Reuters A photo love story
February 10: Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles to marry.
Special report: the monarchy

 
A Chinese boy wears a chicken costume in a park in Beijing. Photograph: Reinhard Krause/ReutersChinese New Year
February 9: How people around Asia saw in the year of the rooster.
Special report: China

 
British sailor Ellen MacArthur celebrates completing her 27,000 mile circumnavigation of the worldSetting sail records
February 8: Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest solo round-the-world sailor.
Guardian Unlimited Sport

 
Two Shia women cast their vote at a polling station in Damascus. Photo: Khaled al-Hariri/ReutersAfter half a century
January 28: Expatriate and exiled Iraqis go to the polls.
Special report: Iraq

 
George Bush is sworn in for a second termA second term
January 20: Images from the inauguration of George Bush.
Special report: United States

 
Rahmianti, 13, cries in Nusa villageRebuilding Nusa
January 20: The villagers of Nusa in Aceh work to restore their lives.
After the tsunami: rebuilding Nusa

 
Photograph number 20, of 22, used in the court martial in Osnabruck, Germany, where three soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers are facing a court martial over the ill-treatment of civilian prisoners in IraqAlleged abuse by British troops
January 19: Photographs shown to the courts martial of three soldiers.
Special report: Iraq

 
A US soldier hands out pro-election and anti-insurgent flyers to Iraqis in Tal Afar. Photograph: Chris Hondros/GettyIraq elections
January 18: Iraq prepares for polling day.
Special report: Iraq

 
An Airbus A380 is prepared pulled on the tarmac for tests in Blagnac, near Toulouse. Photograph: Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty ImagesA giant unveiled
January 18: The launch of the Airbus A380 superjumbo.
Special report: the airline industry

 
 Archived photo galleries
A full index of our photo specials

 
 UK
David Blunkett tours AmritsarA political career in pictures
December 15: From the 'socialist republic of Sheffield' to the Home Office.
Special report: David Blunkett

 
The Queen's speech | Berkshire train crash | Pro-hunting protests | London fashion week | Flash floods in Boscastle | Heroes remember | Day of judgment | Congestion charging in London | The 'seven wonders of Britain' | Britain's best views | Potters Bar rail disaster | The Falklands war 20 years on | South African Freedom Day concert | Donald Campbell and Bluebird | Selby train crash | Foot and mouth disease | The Ronnie Biggs story

 
 The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster
A survivor tries to salvage whatever is left of his stall at a commercial area in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province. Photo: Bullit Marquez/AP Tsunami disaster in Indonesia
December 2004: The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia.
Special report: Indian Ocean tsunami

 
Tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka | Tsunami disaster in India | Tsunami disaster in Thailand | Tsunami disaster in Malaysia

 
 International
The first colour picture of Titan's surface returned from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe shows pebbles on a landscape darker than originally expected, and consisting of a mixture of water and hydrocarbon ice. Photograph: ESA/NASA/University of Arizona/PA Mission to Titan
January 17: Huygens space probe's voyage to Saturn's largest moon.
Special report: space exploration

 
Siege of Falluja | Protests in Ukraine | Israel's West Bank barrier  | Typhoons in the Philippines | A day in the life of Bam | Arafat's possible successors | Arafat's funeral | Portrait of the new China | The Sinai bomb attacks | Elections in Afghanistan | Jakarta embassy bombing | The Middle East mourns | Arafat's life in pictures | Russia school siege | Inside Guant?namo | Rafah under fire | Muammar used to say | Indian elections | Athens' Olympics preparations | Spain's day of terror | Craig Vear's Antarctic voyage | Mandela's 85th birthday | New Young Europeans | Masked against Sars | The Columbia astronauts | The Three Gorges dam | The Bali bombing | Kashmir | East Timor celebrates independence | The euro hits Europe | Afghanistan after the Taliban | The fall of Kabul | Protests in Genoa | The Milosevic indictment | Gulf war: 10 years on

 
 Science and nature
Cat-eyed snake eating red-eyed treefrog spawn [ONLY TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2004] (Natural History Museum/BBC Wildlife Magazine)Rejoicing in nature
October 21: Winners in the 2004 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Special report: conservation

 
Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Hurricane Charley | Hurricane Ivan | Etna erupts | Debris and destruction | Idaho Gem and his cloned friends | The ends of the earth

 
 Festivals
Pilgrims pray at the Grand MosqueHajj 2005
January 18: Two million converge on Mecca for the annual pilgrimage.
Special report: Saudi Arabia

 
Holy Week around the world | Chinese new year | May Day 2003

 
 The final frontier
The transit of VenusVenus reveals herself
June 9: Observers around the world watch the transit of Venus.
Special report: space exploration

 
Mars: a close encounter | Spirit on Mars | Tito in space | Mir's splashdown

 
 The year in pictures
Martin Argles: Shadow chancellor Oliver LetwinMartin Argles' 2004
December 17: Guardian photographer Martin Argles selects 12 pictures and explains their appeal.

 
Dan Chung's 2004 | Sean Smith's 2004 | 2003: the year in pictures | 2002: the year in pictures | 2001: the year in pictures

 
 Iraq
A Mahdi army fighter takes cover from US marine snipers during heavy fighting in Najaf. Photograph: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad /Getty Images Shia uprising in Iraq
August 20: Images from Najaf and flashpoints across the country.
Special report: Iraq

 
Inside Falluja | The new Iraq | Ayatollah Sistani visits Najaf | Capture of Saddam Hussein | Fake torture photos | Uprising in Iraq | Saddam's bolthole | Bomb in Najaf | Uday and Qusay Hussein | More pictures from the Iraq conflict

 
 Arts
Trafalgar square empty fourth plinthSomeday my plinth will come
December 11: A private view of forthcoming attractions in Trafalgar Square.
Guardian Unlimited Arts

 
The dictator on the 8.43 | The great cover-up | Body Worlds | Leonardo drawings from the Royal Collection | John Lennon: a life in pictures | More arts galleries

 
 United States
John McCain in New YorkRepublican convention 2004
September 1: Images from the Republican convention in New York.
Special report: US elections 2004

 
New York fashion week | Democratic convention | A life in pictures | Bush's state visit | Bush's state visit - day two | Bush's state visit - day three | The veepstakes | White House bound | Camp X-ray

 
 Attack on America
Planes crash into World Trade CentreTerrorist attacks in the US
September 11: The 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
Special report: September 11

 
America stunned after darkest day | Surveying the carnage | World Trade Centre memorial plans | One year on: New York remembers | Terrorism timeline

 
 Monarchy
Crowds in the Mall celebrate the Queen's golden jubileeGolden jubilee celebrations
June 4: All the bunting, entertainers and crowds that turned out for the celebrations.
Special report: the Queen's golden jubilee

 
Queen's golden jubilee tour of Britain | The Queen Mother's funeral | Princess Margaret, 1930-2002 | The Queen's speech in pictures

 
 Sport and leisure
Britain's yngling gold medallistsOlympics 2004
August 18: Images from the 2004 Olympic games.
Full coverage: Olympics 2004

 
Piccadilly circuits | Magnificent millinery | Tour de France 2003 | Chelsea Flower Show 2004





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