Best Photos of the Year 2006

year in pictures 2006
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Treacherous Hills
Wounded U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division are moved for evacuation in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, after suffering shrapnel wounds to their eyes and foreheads in a firefight with Islamic militants.

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