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A look back at some of the best Observers' stories of the year

This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.

THE OBSERVERS

This week, we take a look back at a few of the best Observers' stories from the past year.

Derek Thomson

Presenter

23/04/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

This week: Bloodbath in Iraq's camp Ashraf, army crackdown in Syria and risky art in Ukraine

This week, our Observers tell us about violent clashes between Iranian opposition activists and the Iraqi army, they witness the military crackdown on Syrian protesters, and comment a provocative art event in Ukraine.

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16/04/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

This week: A Libyan doctor calls for help for his hospital, fully veiled women join Yemen protests, and Russia gets its first superhero

This week, our Observers bring us to a hospital in Libya in desperate need of humanitarian aid, then to the streets of Yemen, where fully veiled women have joined the protests, and finally to Russia, which may have found its own new superhero.

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09/04/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

This week: Abidjan under siege, the revolt of Syrian Kurds, and Senegalese kite-boats

This week, our Observers bring us to the Ivory Coast, where Abidjan residents live in fear of looting. Then to Syria, where the Kurdish minority is up in arms. Finally, to Senegal, where a new invention is being tested in Dakar ports: kite-boats.

02/04/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

Social unrest in Syria, Ivory Coast refugees in Ghana and Moroccan aid mission in Fukushima

This week, our Observers tell us about the anti-government protests in Syria, about Ivorian refugees fleeing to Ghana, and of the brave initiative of two Moroccan businessmen who organised an aid convoy to quake-hit Fukushima in Japan.

26/03/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

This week: Tuareg nomads in Libya, protests in Croatia and bear-baiting in Pakistan

This week our Observers tell us about Tuareg nomads fleeing the fighting in Libya, peaceful anti-government protests in Croatia, and the brutal practice of bear baiting in Pakistan.