Photos that shook the world in 2013

Three more weeks, and another year will come to an end, so it's time to remember the past and take stock. The year was rich in impressive events and wonderful shots. And in this issue you will find everything that was most viewed, liked, quoted and commented on in the outgoing 2013.

(Total 37 photos)

1. A coming storm in Romania.

2. The captain of the ship in Australia took an unusual cloud over the ocean.

3. 12 killer whales stuck in Hudson Bay. The rescue operation ended in success, and all killer whales were released.

4. Firemen extinguished warehouses in Chicago in sub-zero temperatures, as a result of which everything turned into ice sculptures.

5. Last winter, Europe was covered with heavy snowfalls.

6. In honor of the birth of John the Baptist in the city of Ålesund, Norway, an annual festival is held, at which the largest bonfire in the world is kindled.

7. Fires in Australia. Disaster and serene bathing people. The photo caused a mixed reaction on the network.

8. Heaviest snowfall in Jerusalem in 20 years. On January 10, 2013, Jerusalem was hit by the worst snowfall in 20 years.

9. Amateur shot: a triple tornado on the island of Sardinia.

10. This year, Venice was not only flooded, but also covered with ice.

11. Chelyabinsk meteorite enters the Earth's atmosphere.

12. Snowstorm "Nemo" hit the United States, pouring record high snowdrifts.

13. Flooding in Greece. Photo of a girl caught in a strong stream of water. After her rescue, she became a screen star.

14. Smiling whale. He literally charmed the whole world with his beautiful smile.

15. Stripe of fire. Wildfires burned out part of a reserve in Brazil.

16. A landslide near the American city of Bingham filled up the world's largest quarry. As a result of the landslide, millions of tons of rock collapsed.

17. An impressive amateur shot of one of the Oklahoma tornadoes.

18. Photo hailstones, which was picked up by a resident of Oklahoma after the tornado.

19. Bloody sky during a baseball game.

20. Flooding in the Czech Republic.

21. Wedding in the Philippines, during the flood.

22. This photo has become a record for views on many resources. Unusual cloud over the lighthouse.

23. The approach of a tornado and a supercell in Colorado.

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25. Perseid shower 2013.

26. Fighting on the streets of Egypt. The armored car falls off the bridge.

27. Spiral northern lights.

28. The rise of the cruise ship Costa Concordia.

29. The most powerful flood in the Far East.

30. Lightning strikes in the Grand Canyon.

31. Mexican fire opal, which under different lighting conditions resembles either a sunset in the clouds or huge puffs of flame after an explosion.

32. Firefighters strike in Belgium. Fire engines sprayed the local policemen with foam.

33. Cave Er Van Dong in the Chinese province of Chongqing. The researchers accidentally stumbled upon a cave so huge that inside it there is its own weather system - thin clouds and eternal fogs.

34. 4 tornadoes off the coast of Italy. This phenomenal photo was taken by photographer Roberto Giudici while on a boat off Brindisi, Italy.

35. Artist Nikolai Lamm showed us the world as cats see it.

36. Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

37. A man with a chain during a rally in Ukraine.

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