2013: The Year in Photos

I was looking through The Atlantic's collection of what they call, "some of the most memorable events and images of 2013," and I came to the conclusion that we are so sucked into our own egos that we fail to recognize what is going on in the rest of the world. Maybe it's just my generation of ignorance or maybe the media is focused way too much on celebrity gossip, but one thing is for sure, we are blind to the fact that our world is full of death and destruction.

In just one year, our human race (and natural disasters) has caused the shape of our world the change forever. With that being said, I challenge you to become more informed of global issues and try to create peace in our world.

Take a look at some of the most memorable photos below and check out the entire collection HERE.

A police vehicle falls off of the 6th of October bridge close to the largest sit-in by supporters of ousted President Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, on August 14, 2013. 

The wrapped bodies of two dead people hang from an overpass as three more dead bodies lie on the ground in Saltillo, Mexico, on March 8, 2013. Three of the five male bodies were hanging from the overpass while two others were lying on the ground when they were found early Friday, according to local media. While drug-related violence in Mexico is slightly down from recent years, it remained high throughout 2013. 

During a time of dangerous levels of air pollution, a bright video screen shows images of blue sky on Tiananmen Square, on January 23, 2013 in Beijing, China.

Anti-government protesters give roses, through razor wire, to security personnel guarding the Defense Ministry as protesters gather outside it in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 28, 2013. Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra breezed through a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday as confusion emerged over the goals of an anti-government protest movement massing at government offices.

A white shelf cloud caps brownish dirt from a dust storm, or haboob, as it travels across the Indian Ocean near Onslow on the Western Australia coast.