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- President Obama waved himself into ridicule at the Open Government Partnership Event at the United Nations on September 20, 2011, in New York. During a group photograph of several world leaders, President Obama offered a solitary wave that accidentally covered the face of the president of Mongolia. Next time, just say "cheese." (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum-Pool/Getty Images
[*=center]A young couple chose to make love, not war, as riot police struggled to control the violence that erupted after the Vancouver Canucks lost game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals on June 15, 2011. When the image went viral on the Web, the kissing couple was identified as Scott Jones of Perth, Australia, and Alexandra Thomas, a recent graduate of the University of Guelph in Ontario. Jones later revealed that the couple had been knocked down by riot police and he was merely trying to calm down his girlfriend amid the chaos. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
This amazing photo, taken from an apartment window in 2010, surfaced this year and won the Office du Tourisme de Paris competition. "I quickly grabbed my camera and put it on a tripod by the window," said the 31-year-old photographer who caught the moment the Eiffel Tower appeared to be struck by lightning. (Photo by Caters News)
... and many more at Yahoo! 2011 Year In Review - Top Viral Photos of 2011
