I tend to replace the word "failure" with "learning curve."
On Jan. 9, 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone,
new mobile technology Time magazine dubbed the "invention of the
year.” The first touchscreen phone
featured a music player, camera, and web browser. Tens of thousands lined up
outside retailer shops to purchase the new device. In this photograph by Shaun
Curry, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is pictured announced the iPhone's release in
Britain.
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On
Dec. 30, 2006, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was executed at the headquarters of his former military intelligence
service in the Baghdad suburb of Khadimeya. The fallen dictator was convicted
of crimes against humanity prior to his execution, which was carried out by
Iraqi officials with the support of the United States. "He was
frightened,” Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser, told The Washington Post. Hussein is pictured in this screen grab from
Iraqi national television station Al Iraqiya in the moments before his
execution.
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I am well-versed with the fact that by the end of the day, everything will be fine
In
August 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast of the United States for
eight days, leaving a devastating path of destruction in its wake. The Category
5 hurricane, which remains the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history,
killed more than 1,800 people and caused $125 billion in damage. This photo by Ross Taylor shows firefighter
Jerome Crenshaw taking a break from recovery efforts.
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A
9.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia on Dec. 26, 2004.
The geological event triggered a series of tidal waves that caused catastrophic
damage in 12 different countries throughout Southeast Asia. Thailand,
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and the Maldives were among the hardest hit, leaving 228,429 people dead or
missing. This photo shows tourists
in the water as the first of six tsunamis arrived at Thailand's Hat Rai Lay
Beach.
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After
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein failed to meet the U.S.-imposed deadline to leave
the country, armed forces from the United States, Britain, and other allied
nations stormed Baghdad on March 19, 2003. President George W. Bush
subsequently announced the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraq War
lasted four years, killing more than 3,000 U.S.
troops, wounding more than 23,000, and
causing more than 50,000 civilian casualties. U.S. Army 3rd Division 3-7
Bradley vehicles wait inside the demilitarized zone between Kuwait and Iraq in
this photo by Scott Nelson.
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I like to be at peace with myself, my surroundings, and my current circumstance
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Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, terrorists bombed two nightclubs on Bali in Indonesia on Oct, 12, 2002, killing 202 people
from 21 countries. In 2006, a suspect was taken U.S. detention center
Guantanamo Bay and held as a "high value
detainee” for 15 years before
being charged in 2017. This photo by Choo Youn-Kong shows an
onlooker staring at the rubble left behind.