Photos: January 2012: Top Pictures of the Month
By Sanskrity Sinha | Feb 04, 2012 12:09 AM EDT
The year 2012 began with a blend both the good and the bad.
While winter sport athletes enthralled audiences across the world, the tragic fate of Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia was disheartening.
From entertainment to sports and from disasters to fashion, check out all that kept the world occupied during the first month of the year...
Female cast members of "Modern Family" (L-R) Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara pose backstage at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 15, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Date:02/03/2012
The Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island lies on its side, half-submerged and threatening to slide into deeper waters Jan. 23, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Tony Gentile Date:02/03/2012
Finland's Janne Happonen takes off from the ski jump during a practice session for the third event of the 60th Four Hills Ski Jumping Tournament in Innsbruck, on Jan. 3, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Date:02/03/2012
Actor Ashton Kutcher looks at his phone during the NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets in Los Angeles, California January 3, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Date:02/03/2012
An aerial view shows the snow covered church of the village of Jenisberg near the Swiss mountain resort of Davos Jan. 23, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Date:02/03/2012
Actresses Angelina Jolie and Tilda Swinton (R) talk as actor Brad Pitt looks on, at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California Jan. 29, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Date:02/08/2012
Members of the crowd cheer as cowboy Marco Eguche jumps off the bull Complete Debacle during the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Madison Square Garden Invitational in New York Jan. 6, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Date:02/03/2012
Spain's Nani Roma and co-pilot Michel Perin of France drive their Mini Monster during the 10th stage of the fourth South American edition of the Dakar Rally 2012 from Iquique to Arica Jan. 11, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Jerome Prevot/Pool Date:02/03/2012
A Red-bellied Woodpecker perches on a suet feeder during a winter storm in the village of Nyack, New York, Jan. 21, 2012. The first major winter storm of 2012 to hit the northeast U.S. was expected to drop up to eight inches of snow on the region.
Source: REUTERS/Mike Segar Date:02/03/2012
A general view of the aurora borealis near the city of Tromsoe in northern Norway Jan. 25, 2012. The year's first massive solar storm on Jan. 24 caused beautiful northern lights.
Source: REUTERS/Scanpix Norway Date:02/03/2012
A musher greets his dog during a break in a stage of the Sedivackuv Long dog sled race in Destne v Orlickych horach, Jan. 26, 2012. Each year, racers from all over Europe arrive to the village of Destne in Orlicke mountains in Czech Republic to take part in this race series.
Source: REUTERS/Petr Josek Snr Date:02/03/2012
vendor selling donkeys waits for customers in his shop at the Souq al-Milh marketplace in the Old Sanaa city Jan. 3, 2012.
Source: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Date:02/03/2012
