Reuters Pictures of the Year

Reuters ^ | December 9, 2004 | Reuters

[West Coast Conservative]

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry kite surfs off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts July 20, 2004. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. Democratic Senator presidential candidate John Kerry peeks from behind the curtain as he is introduced to address a town hall meeting at the University of South Carolina in Columbia January 30, 2004. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest of Israeli and Palestinians against the construction of Israel's controversial security barrier in the West Bank town of A-Ram June 26, 2004. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Iraq's deposed dictator Saddam Hussein appears before an Iraqi tribunal in Iraq July 1, 2004. He refused to recognize its authority and said the 'real criminal' was President Bush (news - web sites). REUTERS/Ho

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic movement Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin listen to Imam at al Mojamah mosque during Friday prayer in Gaza January 9,2004. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. director Michael Moore (C) waves to the crowd as he holds the Palme d'Or for his documentary film 'Fahrenheit 9/11' as Jury President Quentin Tarantino (C Top) applauds with members of the jury during a special red carpet arrival at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, May 23, 2004. Seen on top row, from L-R: Kathleen Turner, Jerry Schatzberg, Emmanuelle Beart, Cannes Film Festival President Gilles Jacob, Tarantino, Edwidge Danticat, Benoit Poelvoorde, and Tilda Swinton. REUTERS/John Schults

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush negotiates his umbrella in the wind during a rainstorm after stepping off Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland, June 1, 2004. REUTERS/Larry Downing REUTERS

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Standing at his desk in the Oval Office, President George W. Bush receives a phone call from Democratic nominee John Kerry, in which the Senator conceded defeat in the 2004 presidential election, November 3, 2004. Kerry's concession squashed prospects of a lengthy legal challenge and endless ballot counting in Ohio, where the election had been too close to call and delayed the final outcome for hours. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Eric Draper/The White House/Handout

[cmsgop]

For Real? OMG whata Rag!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

More pictures of the year from must Camp Pendleton visit this year.....

[It's me]

He's dead, isn't he? I seem to remember his head half blown off and him lying in a morgue.

That should have been one of the photos of the year.

God forgive me.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

There are tons of pictures of the President with children - each one more precious than anything seen in these socalled pictures of the year....

[ErnBatavia]

You're not fooling anybody with that caption; that's the side of the Greyhound Bus terminal in San Francisco.

[weegee]

Same petty trash that they try to get away with every day.

THIS is newsworthy or a good photo? Give. Me. A. Break!!!

[weegee]

I thought it was Canadians waiting in line for same sex marriage licenses.

[csvset]

Yes, he's dead. Thank goodness. All and all it was a rough year for Hamas. May the new year be even rougher.

[ovrtaxt]

"from the first minaret to your last dying day..."

[weegee]

Photo-op malfunction.

[aShepard]

Bump for the T-1 line!

[InfraRed]

Did anyone else see this photo and initlally think a photographer caught an action shot of Bubba's zipper?

[weegee]

"LURCH?!!! Don't just stand there! Show our guests in..."

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

A thread that calls for favorite pictures of the year...to counter Reuters bogus (except for one) photos of the year. Yes we are BIASED as we should be since the President of the USA impacts as much of the world today as the remote people of Northern Russia that took up 4 or 5 pictures and Jack Valenti who evidently deserved 7 pictures in the lineup.

There are so many pictures - that qualify as pictures of the year. At least Reuters put in the one of the President receiving his concession call from Kerry. That is the only legitimate one IMHO.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

George W. Bush negotiates his ax. "Stand still Dan Rather
I'll knock that apple off your head with my ax."

Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com

[csvset]

Lol

[Johnny Crab]

Bump for the T-1 line!

One benefit of living behind a firewall and proxy server by day. I second that!

[US_MilitaryRules]

How much are those sunglasses?

[Nataku X]

I thought the Palestinian picture was some sort of West Side Story performance at first...

I'd vote for the Kerry + curtains picture; Kerry looks utterly alone, rejected, and unhappy.

The Bush pictures are quite cute, but can't read a lot of meaning into them... unless you want to use the umbrella as a metaphor for holding onto his presidency during the tough campaigning. The concession picture of Bush by his desk is odd, you'd think he would've been more happy.

Moore's picture of him grinning hugely can be considered "most ironic". Pride goeth before a fall.

[quesera]

If anyone has the pic of President Bush hugging the little girl from Ohio who lost her mom on Sept 11, 2001, please post it. That one should be a favorite, it sure is for me.