Wiki's Pictures of the Year
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Wikimedia Commons, the most popular website for sharing and using photographs, has compiled the best pictures of 2011.
In the second part of this photo series, rediff.com presents some of the most popular photographs from Wikimedia Commons.
ALSO SEE: Wiki's Pictures of the Year - Part I
Olive ridley sea turtle nesting at Oaxaca, Mexico
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A LCVP from the US Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division onto Omaha Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing, two thirds of the Company E became casualties.
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Photographs: Robert F. Sargent/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Bill Inglais/NASA/Wikimedia Commons
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The Atacama Dry lake, in Chile. At the horizon, the Licancabur volcano.
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Photographs: Francesco Mocellin/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: David Iliff/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Benh Lieu Song/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Louise Docker/Wikimedia Commons
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A snowy ski lift on top of Areskutan, Sweden.
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Photographs: Anders Carlsson/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Pieter Brueghel/Wikimedia Commons
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Himeji Castle, Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
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Photographs: Bernard Gagnon/Wikimedia Commons
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Two boys at the beach. One is buried in the sand and the other is bending forward while holding the other's head.
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Photographs: B hringer Friedrich/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: R O'Connell/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Luc Viatour/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Saffron Blaze/Wikimedia Commons
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El Golfo Beach in Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain).
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Photographs: Luc Viatour/Wikimedia Commons
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A mountain massif of Flakstadoya island in the background to the road to Nusfjord village, Lofoten, Norway.
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Photographs: Simo Rsnen/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Jebulon/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: B hringer Friedrich/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Mike Trenchard/NASA/Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs: Richard Moore/Wikimedia Commons
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