2011 in Lego: the year's news - in pictures
From the royal wedding to the death of Osama bin Laden, the English summer riots and the fall of Gaddafi, here are some of major news stories of the past 12 months captured in Lego by Flickr members.
If you want to add your Lego take on a news event this year, email community.coordinators@guardian.co.uk or join our Flickr group
If you want to add your Lego take on a news event this year, email community.coordinators@guardian.co.uk or join our Flickr group
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April 2011: Well-wishers, tourists and media gather to watch the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's 'first' kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace as a married couple following their wedding at Westminster Abbey Photograph: allyhook/Flickr/some rights reserved
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May 2011: US president Barack Obama and his national security team in the now famous photograph of them watching the mission to kill Osama bin Laden unfold in real timePhotograph: Profound Whatever/Flickr/some rights reserved
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June 2011: Barack Obama appears with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, as they played down the prospect of a double-dip recessionPhotograph: purpleplanetcom/Flickr/some rights reserved
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July 2011: Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng blocks him from getting cream-pied during a hearing of a government select committee hearing on phone hackingPhotograph: Jim Walshe/Flickr/some rights reserved
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August 2011: Rioters clash with police in London, Birmingham and Manchester, as local businesses and buildings are looted and damagedPhotograph: Graeme Smith/Flickr/some rights reserved
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September 2011: Protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, sparking copycat demonstrations across the globe Photograph: [clint]/Flickr/some rights reserved
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October 2011: Fighting continues in Libya between anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalists, as the rebels mount a massive attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of SirtePhotograph: yappen all day long/Flickr/some rights reserved
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November 2011: A police officer pepper sprays students at a protest in California sparked a series of online memes, as Xeni Jardin explains Photograph: nolnet/Flickr/some rights reserved
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November 2011: 11/11/11 rememberedPhotograph: Southcoasting/Flickr/some rights reserved
![[clint]/Flickr - Occupy Wall Street](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/12/12/1323697246014/September-2011---proteste-010.jpg?width=1010&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=e32191d6348e5352f88cf3296765ecaf)
