Best Pictures of the Year 2005

year in pictures 2005
Kadir Van Lohuizen / VU for TIME

Forget-me-nots
Among souvenirs left by Katrina in homes like this one in Biloxi, Miss.: filth, decaying paint matter and conditions perfect for the proliferation of mold.

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