Gallery: Year In Review (January to June)
Updated:A look back at 2012, beginning with January to June.
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1 JANUARY: Berlin in Germany rang in the new year with fireworks over the Quadriga statue atop the Brandenburg Gate
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2 JANUARY: The Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Italy, leaving over 30 people dead
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3 JANUARY/FEBRUARY: Hundreds of people died as a result of a cold snap in Europe
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4 FEBRUARY: Singer and actress Whitney Houston, winner of six Grammy Awards, died at the age of 48
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5 FEBRUARY: More than 70 people died after violence at a football match in Egypt's capital, Cairo
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6 FEBRUARY: Over 350 inmates died after a fire swept through a prison in Honduras
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7 MARCH: Melbourne said farewell to Dublin-born Australian Rules legend Jim Stynes with a state funeral
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8 APRIL: International judges found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war
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9 MAY: 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch sold at auction in New York for a record-breaking $120m
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10 MAY: After its much-anticipated IPO, Facebook shares later failed to impress
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11 MAY: Bolton Wanderers' Fabrice Muamba made an emotional return to White Harts Lane after collapsing there during an FA Cup match months earlier
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12 MAY: Nicolas Sarkozy left the Élysée Palace to make way for new French president Francois Hollande
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13 MAY: Political leaders took a break from G8 summit talks to watch the overtime shootout of Chelsea v Bayern Munich in the Champions League final
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14 JUNE: Irish fans celebrated every moment they spent in Poland for Euro 2012
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15 JUNE: Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness shook hands for the first time
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16 JUNE: Up to 50 million Egyptians went to the polls in free elections for the first time in their history, electing the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi
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17 JUNE: Croke Park in Dublin played host to the 50th International Eucharistic Congress
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18 JUNE: Sky-gazers around the world witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus slid across the sun
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19 Syria's conflict continued to devastate cities and lives in 2012, with the death toll climbing to more than 40,000
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20 Greece saw major protests throughout the year as the country's people protested the ongoing austerity
