Top 50 UPI photos of 2012 (51 images)

Amanda Medek (C) grieves as her sister's casket is brought out after the funeral for Aurora Movie Shootings victim 23 year old Micayla Medek at the New Hope Baptist Church in Denver on July 26, 2012. The suspect, James Eagan Holmes, killed 12 people at a midnight screening the Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. UPI/Gary C. Caskey

Afghanistan military secure battle zone as they regained control of Kabul on April 16, 2012, after an 18-hour attack by the Taliban on the capital city that paralyzed Kabul's government district and left 36 insurgents dead. Afghan President Hamid Karzai blamed NATO and the Afghan military for the lack of intelligence to allow the attack to happen. UPI

Angelina Jolie arrives for the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in Los Angeles on February 26, 2012. UPI/David Silpa

Several thousand students from historically black universities, some wearing hoodies, rally for slain youth Trayvon Martin in front of the state Capitol in Atlanta on March 26, 2012. A Capitol policeman said it was the largest rally in recent memory and several downtown streets were closed down, snarling the evening rush hour. UPI/David Tulis