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A body on a sidewalk covered in dust from a building in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 14, 2010. Rescue organizations from around the world we...

The door of a house is stirred by the waves at a beach in Pelluhue, Chile, on March 3, 2010. A tsunami, caused by the powerful earthquake that rocked...

A man dressed as George Washington cheers on during the Tea Party Taxpayer march in front of the Washington Monument and the Capitol building in Washi...

Christian Bale, an actor, in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2010. (Kevin Scanlon/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND...

Kim Kardashian, a reality television star, shows off an earring from her new jewelry line at a Bebe store in New York, Nov. 16, 2010. (Piotr Redlinski...

Ted Danson, an actor, in New York, on March 10, 2010. (Michael Nagle/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND STORIES --

Ben Stiller, who starred in the small-scale production "Greenberg," in New York, on Feb. 26, 2010. (Chad Batka/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR U...

Scarlett Johansonn on a balcony at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, on May 5, 2010. (Robert Yager/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE A...

Katy Perry, a singer, in New York, on July 21, 2010. (Josh Haner/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND STORIES --

Katy Perry, a singer, in New York, on July 21, 2010. (Josh Haner/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND STORIES --

Al Pacino, who is playing Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice," in New York, on Oct. 15, 2010. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE...

Cyndi Lauper, a musician, in Central Park in New York, on May 16, 2010. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREN...

Martin Scorsese, the legendary film director, in New York, on Jan. 26, 2010. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH Y...

Sting, actor and musician, in New York, July 8, 2010. (Beatrice de Gea/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND STORIES --

Nick Jonas at the Queens Theatre, where he is appearing in Les Miserables, in London, July 3, 2010. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FO...

A man sits on a sled used to transport goods from Egypt in a tunnel beneath the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, on June 27, 2010. Two developments ha...

Kayle Gray, a rodeo cowboy, is bucked off his horse during the 100th Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Ore., on Sept. 17, 2010. (Jim Wilson/The New Yor...

Lena Authier, right, and Florent Lalande gaze at grey nurse sharks at the Oceanworld Manly Aquarium in Sydney, on Feb. 20, 2010. (Tony Sernack/The New...

Feng Xiwen, who was visiting from the Sichuan province for the spring festival, spreads out on a frozen lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing, on Feb....

Chriselle Tidrick, a dancer, warms up in a hammock before her show at the House of Yes in New York, on July 22, 2010. (Piotr Redlinski/The New York Ti...

David Carr, a columnist with The New York Times, swims while vacationing on the uninhabited Little Deadman's Cay island off the coast of Long Island,...

Art handlers install John Baldessari's "Brain Cloud" for the artist's show, "John Baldessari: Pure Beauty," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Y...

Taylor Swift performs during a sold-out concert at the Verizon Center in Washington, on June 1, 2010. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE FO...

Robin Weigert, left, and Christian Borle perform in "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" at the Signature Theater in New York, on Oct. 20 2010....

Viola Davis, as Rose, left, and Denzel Washington, as Troy, perform in Kenny Leon's revival of August Wilson's "Fences," in New York, on April 20, 201...

Ana Julia Torres with a lion named Jupiter at her animal sanctuary in Cali, Colombia, on March 23, 2010. (Meredith Kohut/The New York Times) -- STANDA...

Sergeant First Class Eisch sits in recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The boys have since visited him and are waiting for his return in Waut...

A view of the historical center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 30, 2010. Jeddah's historic center is a slum and its port badly needs upgrading, leading...

Synchronized swimmers perform during Le Reve at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nov. 1, 2010. Ludivine Perrin-Stsepaniuk and 13 other former elite sy...

Synchronized swimmers perform during Le Reve at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nov. 1, 2010. Ludivine Perrin-Stsepaniuk and 13 other former elite sy...

Swimmers perform during Le Reve at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nov. 1, 2010. Ludivine Perrin-Stsepaniuk and 13 other former elite synchronized sw...

A performance during Le Reve at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nov. 1, 2010. Ludivine Perrin-Stsepaniuk and 13 other former elite synchronized swimm...

A diver assists a performer during Le Reve at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nov. 1, 2010. Ludivine Perrin-Stsepaniuk and 13 other former elite sync...

An armed robot, called Maars, during a recent demonstration at the Robotics Rodeo at Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 14, 2010. War would be a lot safer, the A...

An armed robot, called Maars, during a recent demonstration at the Robotics Rodeo at Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 14, 2010. New robots -- none of them very...

An armed robot, called Maars, maneuvers at a training site during the Robotics Rodeo at Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 14, 2010. New robots -- none of them v...

An armed robot, called Maars, maneuvers at a training site during the Robotics Rodeo at Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 14, 2010. New robots -- none of them v...

Family and friends of Lost Boy Joseph Gatyoung Khan, slaughter a goat in celebration of his return home to Nyal village in souther Sudan, after 22 yea...

A Sudanese boy plays with a self-made toy in the shape of a military truck with a soldier manning a gun in southern Sudan, Nov. 17, 2010. As the peopl...

Lada St. Edmund, a former actress and Hollywood stuntwoman, at the Odyssey Athletic Center in Waldwick, N.J., Oct. 7, 2010. St. Edmund made men's hear...

A picture of Lada St. Edmund with Arnold Schwarzenegger, from her days as a Hollywood Stuntman, pinned to the wall of Edmund's office at the Odyssey A...

Lada St. Edmund, a former actress and Hollywood stuntwoman, top, trains with a client, Jack Deluca, at the Odyssey Athletic Center in Waldwick, N.J.,...

Lada St. Edmund, a former actress and Hollywood stuntwoman, foreground, trains with a client, Jack Deluca, at the Odyssey Athletic Center in Waldwick,...

Middle School students watch a 3D movie depicting a woman with dementia who wanders from home, in Seongnam, South Korea, Oct. 6, 2010. South Korea is...

Students run under the shade of a solar array at Rancho Milpitas Junior High School in Milpitas, Calif., Nov. 5, 2010. Ersatz roofs made of solar pane...

FILE -- Hats on display at Hermes Men's store in New York, Feb. 26, 2010. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, controlled by Bernard Arnault, has acquire...

Multiple solar arrays cover parking lots at Rancho Milpitas High School in Milpitas, Calif., Nov. 5, 2010. Ersatz roofs made of solar panels have spro...

The Happy Holidaze: hot chocolate with Charteuse. Between now and New Year's Day, even occasional drinkers will find numerous occasions to lift a glas...

The second-floor parlor, decorated in English Aesthetic, of Charlotte and Peter Fiell's home in London, on Nov. 20, 2010. The brass fire screen is by...

Andrew Perrin, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sociologist who is working to fight grade inflation, in Chapel Hill, N.C., Nov. 19, 2010....