Year In Review: The biggest news stories of 2012 in pictures

The Diamond Jubilee and London 2012 gave Britain plenty of reason to celebrate amid a year of continuing economic woe. Yahoo! looks back at what made the news this year.

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  1. Felix Baumgartner jumped from the platform of his capsule 24 miles above Earth in an extraordinary feat watched by millions worldwide in October. The 43 year old took 9.03 minutes to reach Earth, brea
  2. Tony Nicklinson, 58, who suffered from locked-in syndrome, died in August a week after losing a legal bid to end his life with a doctor's help. Mr Nicklinson suffered a stroke in 2005 and was para
  3. A woman makes her way through South Square in Aberdeen, that has been covered in a thick sea foam after flooding from the North sea as stormy weather affects the Scottish coast in September. Extreme w