0The Year in Pictures 2010From surreal photos of the Gulf oil spill to Lindsay Lohan’s tearful court appearance to the ash cloud that crippled travel, see the most iconic images of 2010.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 9:29PM EDT / Published Dec. 29, 2010 7:59AM EST Gerald Herbert / AP Photo Gerald Herbert / AP Photo Ivanoh Demers / AP Photo Juan Barreto, AFP / Getty Images Charles Krupa / AP Photo Paul Sakuma / AP Photo Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Mike Blake / Reuters Stefan Wermuth / Reuters Joe Skipper / Reuters Andrew Theodorakis / NY Daily News via Getty Images Aris Messinis, AFP / Getty Images Vyacheslav Oseledko, AFP / Getty Images Lucas Jackson / Reuters Joe Klamer, AFP / Getty Images Terje Sorgjerd / Getty Images Nordicphotos / Getty Images US Coast Guard / AP Photo Stephen Chernin / Getty Images Alex Wong / Getty Images Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Images Gerald Herbert / AP Photo Charlie Riedel / AP Photo Jewel Samad, AFP / Getty Images Nathaniel S Butler / NBAE via Getty Images Reuters Susana Vera / Reuters Jamie McDonald / Getty Images Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Chip Somodevilla, AFP / Getty Images David McNew, Pool / AP Photo Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images Ramon Espinosa / AP Photo Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images Adrees Latif / Reuters Zuma Press / Newscom Mike Blake / Reuters Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo Hugo Infante, AFP / Getty Images Bela Szandelszky / AP Photo Joshua Lott / Getty Images Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Fabrice Coffrini, AFP / Getty Images Charles Dharapak / AP Photo Sang Tan / AP Photo Tang Chhin, AFP / Getty Images AP Photo Matt Dunham / AP Photo John McConnico / AP Photo Andrew Burton / Getty Images
Gerald Herbert / AP Photo Ivanoh Demers / AP Photo Juan Barreto, AFP / Getty Images Charles Krupa / AP Photo Paul Sakuma / AP Photo Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Mike Blake / Reuters Stefan Wermuth / Reuters Joe Skipper / Reuters Andrew Theodorakis / NY Daily News via Getty Images Aris Messinis, AFP / Getty Images Vyacheslav Oseledko, AFP / Getty Images Lucas Jackson / Reuters Joe Klamer, AFP / Getty Images Terje Sorgjerd / Getty Images Nordicphotos / Getty Images US Coast Guard / AP Photo Stephen Chernin / Getty Images Alex Wong / Getty Images Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Images Gerald Herbert / AP Photo Charlie Riedel / AP Photo Jewel Samad, AFP / Getty Images Nathaniel S Butler / NBAE via Getty Images Reuters Susana Vera / Reuters Jamie McDonald / Getty Images Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Chip Somodevilla, AFP / Getty Images David McNew, Pool / AP Photo Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images Ramon Espinosa / AP Photo Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images Adrees Latif / Reuters Zuma Press / Newscom Mike Blake / Reuters Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo Hugo Infante, AFP / Getty Images Bela Szandelszky / AP Photo Joshua Lott / Getty Images Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Fabrice Coffrini, AFP / Getty Images Charles Dharapak / AP Photo Sang Tan / AP Photo Tang Chhin, AFP / Getty Images AP Photo Matt Dunham / AP Photo John McConnico / AP Photo Andrew Burton / Getty Images