Reuters: Our World Now 5

The Arab Spring, the Japanese tsunami, the England riots and beyond: "Our World Now 5" captures 2011 in over 350 powerful photos by award-winning Reuters Photojournalists, presenting a fresh take on the most memorable worldwide events and stories of the year. The book is organized into four sections representing the four quarters of the year. The images cover the full range of news reporting politics, commerce, conflict, accidents and disasters, the environment, faith and festivities, entertainment, celebrity and lifestyle. Succinct captions summarize the story behind each image. Witness features in each chapter present powerful, in-depth photo-essays from around the world. An introduction explains in the photographers own words the events and approaches that lead to spectacular photojournalism. This is a book that consistently packs an emotional punch: spectacular, moving, hard-hitting, at times even funny. This is the fifth volume in this high-impact series that has built to become an indispensable visual record of our times.