Creating an image - or trapped in one

This has been a year of extremes - extreme joys and extreme sorrow. It was a year many celebrities decided to tie the knot, or bear children, or emigrate overseas, at least in name; and it was a year amateur photographers made history without the aid of Photoshop.

Blueprint of a mammoth city

It could be a photographer's paradise - if it comes true as envisioned by local officials.