10 striking images that tell the stories of the decade
![Lone activist Ieshia Evans stands her ground while offering her hands for arrest as she is charged by riot police during a protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, U.S.A., July 9 2016. Picture taken 9 July 2016. Evans, a 28-year-old Pennsylvania nurse and mother of one, traveled to Baton Rouge to protest against the shooting of Alton Sterling. Sterling was a 37-year-old black man and father of five, who was shot at close range by two white police officers. The shooting, captured on a multitude of cell phone videos, aggravated the unrest coursing through the United States in previous years over the use of excessive force by police, particularly against black men. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo SEARCH "POY DECADE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2019 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC2SND9DGLVA](https://assets.weforum.org/article/image/large_t3GqD4T-SB3vQKMWd5oLHHL4mrf1SjFC3hIgSsKEfLQ.jpg)
Reuters selected photographs showing major moments in the past decade. Image: REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
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- News organization Reuters has released the pictures of the decade.
- The images include royal weddings, historic moments and scenes that show the power of nature.
- This is a selection of 10 of the best photos of the 2010s.
As the second decade of the century draws to a close, Reuters has released its Pictures of the Decade. These images show some of the people, places and events that have shaped our recent history.
This selection, based on Reuters’ 142 Pictures of the Decade, marks some of the highs and lows of the past 10 years.
1. The Northern Lights are seen above the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajӧkull volcano in Iceland, 22 April 2010.
![The Northern Lights are seen above the ash plume of a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/R28EiqiyUMEyTBzQjXcB0mplDpmTH6e2DwIB7tIBu7k.jpg)
2. Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace following their wedding in London’s Westminster Abbey, UK, 29 April 2011.
![Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, watched by bridemaids Grace van Cutsem (L), Margarita Armstrong-Jones and pageboy Tom Pettifer, after their wedding in Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, April 29, 2011](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/gN9RYFvnA_10yO31Fe75i7IUJDZl0wuplZRJtZlMtX0.jpg)
3. Usain Bolt of Jamaica looks at Andre De Grasse of Canada as they compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Men’s 100m Semi-Finals at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 August 2016.
![Usain Bolt (JAM) of Jamaica looks at Andre De Grasse (CAN) of Canada as they compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Men's 100m Semifinals at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 14, 2016. Picture taken August 14, 2016](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/EjaTLM2uZXCUTBSt5KtWsUbRvzS8eb-dx2kCBV2ec2g.jpg)
4. Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, signs a copy of her book before an event launching her memoir at the Southbank Centre in London, UK, 20 October 2013.
![Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, signs a copy of her book before an event launching her memoir,](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/m67YaaI3raCQ3vu_IUeCK4QNwfJEsoijipcAJbWThH4.jpg)
5. Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, 15 April 2019.
![Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, April 15, 2019. Picture taken April 15, 2019](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/bGB1XaKSUvtSMBP9vg_fHq-OgeqKhOMquDR1A42BPAU.jpg)
6. A tree in the Amazon rainforest burns as the area is cleared by farmers in Rio Pardo, Rondȏnia, Brazil, 15 September 2019.
![A tree in the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by farmers in Rio Pardo, Rondonia, Brazil, September 15, 2019. Picture taken September 15, 2019](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/zRgyu3Gpxi3cZ7H8dJh4D8vwsTZUGcyiQtOs-Hpjuys.jpg)
7. An aerial view of a coastal town devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Samar province, Philippines, 11 November 2013.
![An aerial view of a coastal town devastated by super Typhoon Haiyan in Samar province, Philippines, November 11, 2013](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/kFwpb6lUfIza66QtnzP4ru6yJFbphLmDI4jPCRqegyw.jpg)
8. Lone activist Ieshia Evans stands her ground while offering her hands for arrest as she is approached by riot police during a protest outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, USA, 9 July 2016. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman)
![Lone activist Leshia Evans stands her ground while offering her hands for arrest as she is charged by riot police during a protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, U.S.A., July 9 2016. Picture taken 9 July 2016.](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/6rM6RJhJTk9seTlNCWNb2ilQfDsLx3d6V-WKpKuK0SU.jpg)
9. US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea, in Panmunjom, South Korea, 30 June 2019. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
![U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019.](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/_J_IXk-Ct7wRz1BtEc2v7uBcAHZU4FkKibN5DD6vV8w.jpg)
10. Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg joins French Youth for Climate campaigners at the “questions to the government” session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 23 July 2019. (REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer)
![Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, Ivy-Fleur Boileau, Virgile Mouquet, Adelaide Charlier and Alicia Arquetoux, French activists from the Youth for Climate movement, attend the questions to the government session, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, July 23, 2019](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/7QwOUHJw3HUw_wiqQvxLxX7EEwbwtP_fzkRCviNNUoA.jpg)
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