TIME charts the highs and lows of the past year in 50 wide-ranging lists

Top 10 Pictures of the Year

4. Tears

By Mark RykoffTuesday, Dec. 08, 2009
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A mourner awaits the start of a tribute to Michael Jackson at the Apollo Theater in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City on June 30.

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