120 memorable photos of 2012

In this May 23, 2012, photo, an Egyptian woman searches for her name on a registration list outside a polling station in Helwan, a southern suburb of Cario, Egypt. Egypt commenced two days of presidential voting after 16 months of interim rule by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. This election was the first free and fair presidential race since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak.

Credit: AP Photo/Pete Muller