Xinhua world images of the year 2012

Jean Dujardin (R), Best Actor In A Leading Role winner for "The Artist" and Meryl Streep (L), Best Actress In A Leading Role winner for "The Iron Lady", pose backstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, the United States, Feb 26, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

A relative of the victims holds a candle during a demonstration of the Chinese community to express their condolences to the victims and condemnation towards an armed robbery in Rome, Italy, Jan 10, 2012. Zhou Zheng, a 31-year-old Chinese bar owner, and his baby daughter Joy were killed during the armed robbery in the Tor Pignattara area in Rome on Jan 4, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]