02 January 2013 10:30 | By Matt Yelland, Picture Manager
Exposed: Secrets behind the best pictures of 2012

Pictures of the year: The stories behind the best photographs of 2012

Review of the best pictures of 2012. A pick from some of the favourite images of the year (© Reuters)
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  • Review of the best pictures of 2012. A pick from some of the favourite images of the year (© Reuters)
  • A bench engraved with the name of the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship is seen washed up on the shore of Giglio island (© REUTERS/Paul Hanna)
  • A woman eats clam chowder as media and supporters surround Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum (© REUTERS/Eric Thayer)
  • A physically disabled woman on her wheelchair clashes with riot police in the centre of La Paz (© REUTERS/David Mercado)
  • Men use ropes to try and right a supply truck overloaded with wheat straw (© REUTERS/Mian Khursheed)
  • The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games (© REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)
  • A child looks on as she observes the Bisket festival at the ancient city of Bhaktapur near Kathmandu (© REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)
  • A Yawalapiti boy dips his head into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park (© REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)
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Have you ever wondered how photographers come to take the great pictures that illustrate the stories you read? We asked some of the best image makers of 2012 to explain how they came to take their favourite photographs of the year.

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