120 memorable photos of 2012

In this Sept. 1, 2012, photo, a villager offers flowers to a female adult elephant lying dead on a paddy field in Panbari village, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Gauhati, India. The elephant was hit by a train and killed while crossing railway tracks with a herd of wild Asiatic elephants.

Credit: AP Photo/Anupam Nath